Our Leadership

A dedicated team of highly skilled and experienced professionals lead our organisation.

Executive Leadership Team

Our Executive Leadership Team are among our most dedicated advocates of the people we support. Occupying a wide range of expert skills and a vast wealth of knowledge across a diverse catalogue of industries. The team has both professional and lived experience in the disability sector which is continually drawn upon in the pursuit of service quality and organisational excellence.

Board Members

Our Board Members bring a depth of corporate leadership expertise to The Disability Trust. Each with an intimate lived experience of the hardship of disability and a determination to improve lives. The Board is driven by the goal of guiding the creation of an inclusive world built on trust, respect and equality, where people with disability can live the life they choose and so everyone can live, work and belong in an inclusive world.

Group Chief Executive Officer, Karenza Louis-Smith

Karenza Louis-Smith

Group Chief Executive Officer
Mathew McIntyre

Mathew McIntyre

Deputy Group CEO
Tarryn Bracken

Tarryn Bracken

Deputy Group CEO
Rebecca Coombes Head of People and Culture at The Disability Trust

Rebecca Coombes

Group Chief People Officer
Robyn Haydon - Chief Growth Officer

Robyn Haydon

Group Chief Growth Officer
Michael Bowers

Michael Bowers

Group Chief Commercial Officer
Dr Peter Langkamp

Dr Peter Langkamp

Chair
Carol Heijo

Carol Heijo

Deputy Chair
Stephen Balch

Stephen Balch

Tom Baxter

Tom Baxter

Margaret Bowen

Margaret Bowen

Dr Shane Clifton

Dr Shane Clifton

Franca Venetico

Franca Venetico

Agata Jarbin

Agata Jarbin

Madeline Tynan Disability Trust board person

Madeline Tynan

Andrew Radford

Andrew Radford

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Our People.

Indigenous Culture mark

The Disability Trust acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Country on which we provide services. We recognise the strength and intergenerational resilience of Elders and honour the culture and knowledge of community leaders past, present and emerging.

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