Corporate Ladder: Your weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia
South Australia’s premier executive appointments column tracking the movements of those driving the state’s public and private sectors. Plus, the latest executive recruitment opportunities.
New CEO at Unity Housing
Unity Housing has appointed Geoff Slack as its new CEO after a short tenure as interim-CEO.
Slack has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across the housing and homelessness sectors in both government and corporate organisations.
Prior to joining Unity Housing, Slack spent five years as CEO of YourPlace Housing which merged with Unity Housing earlier this year to provide affordable, social and specialist disability housing across SA.
He is currently a board member for Australian Community Housing, was previously chair of Community Housing Council of SA, and was an SA board member Community Housing Industry Association.
“I am very grateful for the board’s confidence and for the support and encouragement I have received from staff. It is a privilege to lead Unity Housing, and I am excited to continue working with the board, staff and sector partners,” Slack said.
New chapter for former SA Education Minister
John Gardner, former SA Liberal Education Minister, is stepping in as a senior advisor for global early learning group MindChamps, bringing his experience in education policy and reform.
Serving as SA Education Minister from 2018 to 2022, Gardner said he was impressed by MindChamps’ operating model and its distinction as the only education organisation to have attained patent status for its methodology in the US, UK, Australia and Singapore.
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“In the MindChamps centres I have visited, I have been struck by the high quality of the educators and programmes, the authentic relationships between educators and children, the confidence of the children and the joy on their faces,” Gardner said.
“MindChamps’ music, nutrition and literacy programmes are innovative, and it has been wonderful to see the genuine engagement between educators and their young Champs firsthand.
“I love the way that MindChamps goes above and beyond to support all children in their centres to become their best selves, with a mindset that is ready for school and for life.”
Chief financial officer joins confectionery company
SA manufacturer Menz Confectionery has appointed Caroline Ayling as its new chief financial officer.
Ayling has more than 15 years’ experience in executive finance roles across manufacturing, agriculture and corporate sectors where she has a successful track record of driving operational efficiency.
She was previously senior manager of business advisory and strategic consulting at Findex in Mildura and regional finance manager of Murray River Organics.
Ayling is also an experienced board director and advisor who is currently on the Maranatha Health board and is finance director of Common Equity Housing SA’s advisory board.
MusicSA appoints new chair
MusicSA has appointed Adrian Tisato as its new board chair following the retirement of John Glenn.
Tisato is a lawyer with more than 25 years of professional experience, including 19 years at Griffins Lawyers and his current role as director at law firm WRP Legal.
He has been songwriting since his teens, leading his own original band in the 1990s, running his own indie record label, and remains active in music publishing and licensing.
Tisato also has extensive board experience, including his current role as Art Gallery of SA Foundation chair, and was previously deputy chair of the Adelaide Fringe, People’s Republic of Animation chair and an SA Film Corporation board member.
“I look forward to working with the Board and our CEO Christine Schloithe and her team to support, promote and advocate for SA’s brilliant contemporary music artists, venues and businesses,” Tisato said.
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Voluntary Assisted Dying board appointments
The SA Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board has appointed Robert Bonner as its new presiding member alongside two other appointments.
Bonner has extensive experience in the health and aged care sectors with a strong understanding of end-of-life care and SA’s health system.
He was previously the executive director at the SA branch for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Foundation for nearly 40 years, where he advocated for equal pay and greater pay.
Bonner is also a director of the HESTA Superannuation Fund, a member of the National Careers Institute advisory board and a director of the HumanAbility board.
Experienced health and aged care leader Jane Pickering has also been selected as a member of the board.
Pickering began her career as a registered nurse and midwife working in various roles in the public and private sectors and in rural and remote areas, including the Torres Strait.
She has served as the chief executive of Eldercare for 13 years, was previously the CEO of The Society of Saint Hilarion, and the executive director of Domiciliary Care SA.
Cheyne Sullivan has been appointed to the board and is an experienced leader in Aboriginal health, pharmacy and strategy.
She is a Barkindji woman, pharmacist and the current director of Aboriginal Health Partnerships and Engagement within the Department for Health and Wellbeing, leading initiatives focused on improving medicine management for First Nations people.
Sullivan has previously been the SA Pharmacy Aboriginal health lead and the lead pharmacist of palliative care at Central Adelaide Palliative Care Service.
“Their knowledge and experience across health, aged care, Aboriginal health and pharmacy will support the Board’s ongoing oversight of our state’s voluntary assisted dying framework,” Health Minister Blair Boyer said.
Resignation at Nova Eye Medical
SA-based medical eye technology company Nova Eye Medical has announced the resignation of Mike Southard as its director.
Southard is an internationally experienced ophthalmic leader who held the role of director at Nova Eye for more than eight years.
He previously spent 26 years with global medical company Alcon Laboratories, which specialises in surgical eye care equipment, including as Vice President of the business.
Prior to Alcon, Southard held executive positions with Beecham Laboratories, CooperVision and continues ophthalmology, dermatology and orthopedics consulting through his company.
“His deep knowledge of the ophthalmic industry, particularly the US surgical market, and his extensive industry relationships have been of considerable value to the Board and management team,” Nova Eye chair Victor Previn said.
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