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	Michael Traill AM, Chief Executive [Team Leader]		Genelle Nicholls, Chief Financial Officer
	Lynn Anderson, Director, Marketing and Communications		Jan Owen AM, Executive Director
	Chris Boys, Director, Venture Development		Duncan Peppercorn, Executive Director
	Lisa Cotton, Director, Social Investment		Kevin Robbie, Social Enterprise Development
	Chris Cuffe, Chairman, SVA Future Trust		Marylou Verberne, Director, Victoria

Michael joined SVA as founding CEO in 2002 after 15 years as a co-founder and Executive Director of Macquarie Group’s private equity arm, Macquarie Direct Investment.

Michael is a Director of the Opera Australia Capital Fund, Documentaries Australia Foundation and the advisory board of MLC Private Equity. He holds a BA (Hons) from Melbourne University and an MBA from Harvard University.

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Jan Owen AM has been an executive director of Social Ventures Australia (SVA) since 2002. Prior to this, Jan was founder and inaugural chief executive of the CREATE Foundation. She has more than 25 years experience in the non-profit sector, including establishing and operating numerous organisations and cross-sectoral partnerships.

Jan serves on the boards of Social Firms Australia, the CREATE Foundation, the International Women’s Development Agency, Inspire Foundation and the International Board of Advisors of the Medical Knowledge Foundation. She is the author of ‘Every Childhood Lasts a Lifetime’ (1996).

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In 2006, after more than 20 years of experience in building successful wealth management practices at Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group, Chris joined SVA as an Executive Director. Chris held this position until May 2009, at which point he became Chairman, SVA Future Trust.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of Finsia. He is also a Director of Arkx Investment Management, Centric Wealth Limited, Unisuper Limited and WAM Active Limited.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW and a Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia.

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