Posted 28 February 2025
Two accomplished leaders, with skills in business, media, governance, and community service, have joined SVI’s Foundation Board. Kathryn Fink is the Director of Television at SBS, and Maree Davenport is a strategic advisor, author, and former Victorian MP.
Jeremy Gobbo KC, Foundation Board Chair said:
“The energy, experience, and networks that Kathryn and Maree bring are formidable. Both are clearly determined to help SVI scientists find breakthroughs that impact people’s daily lives.”
Kathryn has more than 30 years’ industry experience working in major media markets including Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong, and in senior roles overseeing content and operations for television and streaming services including at the Walt Disney Company, Sky Italia, and News Corp.
Prior to returning to Australia and joining SBS in July 2022, Kathryn was General Manager, Media for the Walt Disney Company in Italy. She has also served as Managing Director at Fox Networks Group Italy which included Fox Entertainment, Fox Sports and National Geographic and played a key role in the launch of Sky Italia in 2003. She has an MBA from the University of Melbourne and the University of Chicago, a B.A Honours from the University of Melbourne and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 
Kathryn comes from a medical family. Her late father, Roy Fink, was a Resident at St Vincent’s from 1962 which was the beginning of a 53-year association with St Vincent’s Hospital. Kathryn’s brother, Michael Fink, also trained at St Vincent’s and is a hepato-pancreato-biliary and liver transplant surgeon at the Austin Hospital, an Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne and has research interests related to liver transplantation.
Maree was the youngest woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria, aged 28, and served two terms. She was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Housing, Community Services and Aged Care, Member & Deputy Chair of the Joint All-Party Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Chair of the Redundant Legislation and Regulation Review SARC Committees and other senior policy roles.
With qualifications in governance and risk (AICD and GIA), Maree has earned a Master of Leadership in gender equality and specialises in workplace Gender Equality Action Plans and Audits.
A Member of Chief Executive Women (CEW), Maree has been an Ambassador for Carlton Football Club since 2013. She has been appointed as Ambassador for the Housing Industry Association (HIA) Building Women and is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), Women in Public Health, Women on Boards, and Victorian Women’s Trust.
Maree is the author of The Australian Guide to Living Well with Endometriosis, which was published by Wiley in March 2025.
SVI Foundation Board