Mr Michael Burn
Chair, SVI Board
Michael Burn became Chair of The SVI Board in May 2025, having first joined the board in 2019.
He has enjoyed a long career in investment banking and is the Deputy Chairman of Flagstaff Partners, a leading boutique corporate advisory firm. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Carlton Football Club.
He was previously an Executive Director of Macquarie Group, and a Non-Executive Director of PFD Food Services, The Victorian Convention & Exhibition Centre Trust and the Victoria Racing Club (the latter which he Chaired from 2011-2016).
Ms Kallie Blauhorn
For more than 20 years, Kallie Blauhorn has applied her experience and enthusiasm to the social sector through her work with international and Australian not-for-profit organisations. Her previous work includes roles at: VerySpecial Kids (Australia), The United Nations Development Programme/ UNAIDS (India) and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Australia). In 2015, Kallie commenced as Director of MGA (Monash Gallery of Art) which is the Australian home of photography. In 2017, she became Chair of MGA Foundation. Kallie is also a board member of Melbourne Fashion Festival and National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association.
Ms Melanie Eagle
Melanie Eagle’s many years of governance experience span local government, community services, health, disability, and violence against women, as well as having worked professionally in women’s policy, law reform, equal opportunity, city strategic planning and private legal practice.
For the past decade, Ms Eagle served as CEO of LiverWELL (previously Hepatitis Victoria) and on the Board of Hepatitis Australia. At LiverWELL Ms Eagle expanded the remit in relation to hepatitis B and then broader liver disease, and most critically built the participation of those with lived experience. Other governance roles currently held by Ms Eagle include the Inaugural Chair of the Disability Worker Registration Board, Director of Alfred Health and Director of the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT). Previous governance roles include Inaugural Chair of Respect Victoria, Star Health, Hanover Welfare Services, Prahran Mission and a Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust member. She is also a former Mayor of the City of St Kilda. Ms Eagle has qualifications in Arts, Social Work, the Law, and International Development and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Jeremy Gobbo KC
As well as serving on the SVI Board, Jeremy Gobbo KC is the Chair of the SVI Foundation Board.
He was educated at Xavier College and the University of Melbourne. He has been a practising lawyer for more than 40 years, 39 years at the Victorian Bar and 23 years as a QC, now KC.
He enjoyed a diverse practice, specialising in property related matters, particularly town planning. He was a member of The Bar’s Ethics Committee for 5 years and Chairman of the committee that managed Foley’s List, Barristers, and a director, for 9 years.
He is a Fellow of the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association. He is a director of International Specialised Skills Institute, a not-for-profit organisation promoting skills by awarding overseas study fellowships.
He left the Bar recently to pursue other activities and is now consulting to three large family businesses in relation to their property and business strategies. He has a particular interest in health and wellness. He is a keen golfer, part-time farmer, Italophile and doting grandfather.
Professor Fabienne Mackay
Professor Fabienne Mackay is Director of SVI. She previously served as Director and CEO of QIMR Berghofer. Her career has also included leadership roles at Monash University, where she was Head and Chair of the Department of Immunology, and at the University of Melbourne, where she led the School of Biomedical Sciences.
She is internationally recognised for her commitment to research that delivers real-world impact.
Professor Mike McGuckin
Professor Mike McGuckin is the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne, where he oversees the strategic direction of research and the International, Engagement and People & Culture portfolios.
Professor McGuckin is the author of more than 170 scientific publications, with his research currently focused on mucosal infection, chronic inflammation and cancer in the gastrointestinal tract, and diabetes. Professor McGuckin has held four patents and his intellectual property is being developed in the start-up company, Jetra Therapeutics. He is heavily involved in national and international peer review, has served on the Editorial Boards of multiple international journals, and is the immediate Past-President for the international Society for Mucosal Immunology. He has served previously on multiple Boards, including for the Cancer Council Queensland, and is currently a Director on the Boards of SVI and the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance.
Mr Don Pasquariello
Don Pasquariello is an accomplished professional with extensive leadership experience at global firms Deloitte and KPMG, where he held senior client service and executive roles. At Deloitte, he was the Victorian Leader for Audit & Assurance and a member of the Victorian Executive Leadership Team, advising boards and guiding multinational organisations across diverse and complex markets.
His expertise spans audit, business strategy, corporate governance, risk management and regulatory compliance, and he has partnered with some of Australia’s largest listed companies in the property, construction, infrastructure, services and healthcare sectors.
Mr Pasquariello is currently Chair of the Oliver Hume Property Group and serves as Advisory Board Director at Villawood Properties Group, bringing deep commercial insight and a strong governance focus to the SVI Board.
The Honourable Chris Pearce, Deputy Board Chair
The Honourable Chris Pearce has been a Member of the Ministry in the Federal Government of Australia responsible for financial services, business law and consumer affairs and later, in Opposition, as Shadow Minister. Throughout his career, Mr Pearce has been an energetic non-executive director on boards, including having been Chairman & Board Director at Anglicare Victoria, the State’s largest child and welfare organisation, Chairman of the Board for Global Voices, Board Director of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) and a Board Director for Renewtek Pty Ltd.
Mr Pearce is presently a Board Director of the McKinnon Institute and the External Representative on the Learning and Engagement Board Committee of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Mr Pearce has been a former Associate Fellow of The CEO Institute, former Member of The Economist CEO Forum and a former Member of the Australian National Academy of Music. He is presently a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute, Member of the Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices, and a Member of the Royal School of Church Music.
Ms Fiona Rowland
Fiona Rowland is an experienced Non-Executive Director and former CEO, in public, private, government and for-purpose sectors, with significant experience in leading established and disruptor businesses through transformational and regulatory change. Ms Rowland has extensive experience in financial services, asset management and infrastructure across wide-ranging customer segments in public, private, government, listed and disruptor environments. Over her 23-year executive career, Ms Rowland held senior executive management, CEO and Managing Director roles at the Bennelong Group, National Australia Bank, UBS AG, UBS Wealth Management, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group.
Ms Rowland is currently the Non-Executive Chair of Macquarie Investment Services Limited and Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Life Limited, Melbourne Water Corporation, Infrastructure Specialist Asset Management Limited (part of the UK Foresight Group Holdings Limited FSG:LSE), where she also Chairs the Audit, Compliance, Risk Management Committee. Ms Rowland is also an Independent Member of the Audit & Risk Committee of Unisuper Limited and an Advisory Board member of Kearney Australia part of the global management consulting group. Ms Rowland holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and is admitted as a legal practitioner in Victoria. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Roger Sharp
Roger Sharp leads Bupa’s sustainability, strategic communications and stakeholder engagement across the Asia Pacific region, where he is focused on driving progressive change that supports people, communities and the environment.
He brings extensive experience across government and industry, having held senior roles with the Victorian Government’s Department of Health and Human Services, Treasury Wine Estates and Cadbury. His international career includes positions with Telefónica Europe and advisory roles to senior UK Government ministers across science, technology, trade and culture portfolios.
Mr Sharp holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Studies and a Master of Political Studies (Hons.) from the University of Auckland. In 2026, he was recognised as one of the world’s Top 250 Sustainability Leaders by Sustainability Magazine.
He is currently a member of the Movember Global Men’s Health Advisory Committee and the UTS Faculty of Science Industry Advisory Board, and has previously served on several industry and community boards.
Adj. Professor Nicole Tweddle
Adj. Professor Tweddle joined St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne in April 2021 as Executive Director of Acute Services, before being appointed Chief Executive in August 2022. Prior to this, she was Chief Operating Officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where she also took up the role of Interim Chief Executive.
Adj. Professor Tweddle has held additional executive positions across Melbourne’s renowned Parkville Precinct, specifically Executive Director Strategy and Development roles at both the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital.
Ms Yan Li Wang
Yan Li Wang is a Partner of HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, a major Australian legal firm, practising primarily in tax and commercial law. For the past 10 years, she has been an advisory committee member and Australian representative of three private charitable foundations with a global reach in more than 40 countries, working with NGOs both in Australia and overseas on projects in medical research, education, Microfinance, social enterprises and post-disaster reconstruction.
Ms Wang has been a member of the Melbourne Leadership Council of Social Ventures Australia and is a current member of the assessment panel appointed by the City of Melbourne to evaluate applications for social enterprise and micro business grants.
Ms Alice J M Williams
Ms Williams has more than 30 years of senior management, board and investment banking experience across the corporate and government sectors. She is a non-executive Director of ASX-listed Pro Medicus, Mercer Investments Australia Ltd and ASC Pty Ltd, and serves as Vice President of Swimming Australia. Her roles include chairing Audit & Risk Committees.
Her previous appointments include membership of the Foreign Investment Review Board and directorships with the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Port of Melbourne Corporation, Airservices Australia and the Australian Accounting Standards Board. She has also undertaken major government reviews and advisory roles, and previously held senior positions with NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited, Ansett Australia Holdings Limited and J.P. Morgan Australia.
Ms Williams holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow CPA. She has also completed postgraduate cybersecurity programs at Harvard University and New York University.
The Honourable Kathy Williams
The Honourable Kathy Williams was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2002 to 2015 and a Judge of the Victorian County Court from 1999. She initially practised as a solicitor and taught in the Law Schools at The University of Melbourne and Monash University. She then joined the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial law. She was a director of Barristers’ Chambers Limited and Over 50s Building Society. At the Supreme Court, Ms Williams was Principal Judge of the Common Law Division and President of the Victorian Forensic Leave Panel. Ms Williams is currently also a director of Launch Housing and President of Court Network.