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Katherine was appointed CEO of Abound Communities in Dec 2023. This follows five years as a senior executive with Mercy Health and previous senior leadership positions at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Austin Health in operational, quality and safety and clinical roles.

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Katherine holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Radiations beginning her career as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist working in clinical, educational and quality roles in public and specialist health services. After completing a second qualification in Business Administration Katherine worked in operational and quality roles in not-for-profit health and aged care organisations.

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Katherine currently serves on the Board of Rural Northwest Health and BreastScreen Victorias Board Quality Committee. She has a passion for building inclusive services and believes strong consumer engagement is critical for improving outcomes for all consumers.

Clay has over 20 years’ experience in senior commercial and leadership roles focusing on the Australian healthcare sector.  Most recently, he was a member of the Regis Aged Care senior leadership team and was General Manager of an allied health organisation delivering services into aged care.

Clay is passionate about building a positive team culture and helping our staff members become the best versions of themselves. He is also a strong advocate for our vulnerable communities.

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Mila is a highly qualified and proficient Human Resources professional with an extensive strategic and operational executive leadership background. With significant experience in the Health and Community sectors, Mila has a strong business focus and expertise in strategic change, organisational engagement, delivering leading solutions and driving growth. Her open and inclusive leadership style results in highly motivated and successful teams, striving for and achieving best practice in business excellence. Mila was drawn to work for Abound Communities to support vulnerable people in the community.

Narelle has been providing health, safety, wellness, quality, risk management and governance expertise to industry for over 18 years. Whilst Narelle has predominately worked in the public and private healthcare and aged care sector she has also consulted for construction, manufacturing, hospitality, agricultural and transport companies.
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She is a qualified Registered Nurse and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Postgraduate Certificate in Wellness, TAE and Lead Auditor qualifications.
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Narelle is passionate about advocating for residents and client preferences and enabling people to live the life they choose. She is committed to ensuring high quality care is accessible and available and systems can provide efficiencies so that there is more time to care.

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Tim joined Abound Communities after holding senior leadership roles in marketing, communications and fundraising in not-for-profit organisations in the Aged Care sector. Prior to this, Tim has held senior marketing and communications roles across public health and education. Tim has a degree in Public Relations (Communications) from RMIT and is currently undertaking his Master of Business Administration. Tim is passionate about ensuring that there is equitable access to health and aged care and that these areas are sustainably funded. He looks forward to connecting Abound Communities to donors and philanthropists who also share this passion.

Kathryn is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at Abound Communities.Kathryn has a passion for providing quality administrative assistance. She brings over 25 years of experience to the table within the Aged Care, Home Care, Retirement Living and Health Care sector.