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Advisory Board Members
Dr Catriona Wallace is the Director of market research firm, ACA Research and Strategy Consulting and Research company callcentres.net Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Singapore and Malaysia. Dr Wallace has a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the Australian Graduate School of Management, where she is Adjunct Faculty as well as being a well published academic author. Dr Wallace is recognised internationally as a leading commentator in the Service Management field and was recognised as one of Australia's leading business women through the 2008 Telstra Awards programme. Dr Wallace has an active involvement in Philanthropy where her focus has been on projects related to Indigenous people. Dr Wallace also currently runs programmes supporting women prisoners. Catriona is also the mother of five children and would dearly love to have some more...;)
Gregory Richards is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and graduated from the University of Technology - Sydney with a Bachelor of Business. He has worked in public practice in excess of 20 years for a number of firms and has vast experience in providing tax, accounting, audit and business advisory services to a large number of organisations/clients in both the commercial business and not for profit space. He is currently involved in a number of community based programs to improve social awareness in general.
Harry Wallace was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to human rights and Australian Business. Mr Wallace was the founder of the ‘AusBuy’ campaign which campaigned for Australians to purchase Australian made products and services. Mr Wallace is also a successful business man, previously owning FT Wimble, Australia’s largest ink manufacturing company, amongst numerous other businesses. Mr Wallace is currently the Chairman of the BNG Trading Group which is a PNG based large distribution company. Mr Wallace was also the Founder of not-for-profit organisations, the Wallace Foundation, The Pacific Region Development Fund and The Major Issues And Theology (MIAT) group.
Dr Tracey Pillinger is a psychologist with many years experience working with children and adults with special needs. Originally employed as a child care social worker in London, Dr Pillinger moved on to work with adults with a chronic and long term mental health problem who were moving from institutional care to care in the community. A contract with The University of London and Guy’s Hospital to research the effectiveness of community mental health teams throughout the UK, saw a transition into full time academic work. Dr Pillinger has a Masters Degree in Occupational Psychology from the University of Sheffield, UK, and a PhD in Learning Theory and Skill Development from the University of New South Wales . Dr Pillinger was involved in the initial development of The Advanced Learning Laboratories, based at The University of New South Wales and Melbourne University . These units are completing ground breaking work on the learning and development of managerial skill. Dr Pillinger is currently taking time out of the workforce to raise her two young children and is a registered foster carer, providing short term support for children in need.
The Fund's Figure Head
Indigo Wallace-Knight, aged 9, is a Figure Head for the Fund. Indigo was assessed as having a serious reading disability at age 5. Indigo suffered bullying, ridicule and social ostracism as a result of not being able to read. Since age 6 Indigo has undertaken literacy programmes and now is a competent reader.
Indeed it was Indigo herself who approached her mother with regard to establishing a programme to assist other children such as herself. Indigo expressed, “I would like to help children like me who can’t read. I don’t want them to go through what I did. It is much better being able to read. I want them to be happy.”
As a result of her experience and her keenness to support other girls, Indigo will take an active and lead role in the Fund for fundraising and for peer support (please see Indigo's Blog).
Governing Body
The Sydney Community Foundation is the Trustee for the Indigo Express Fund. As Trustee, the Sydney Community Foundation completes the due diligence process before grants are made to recipients and has final discretion on grants made after considering the recommendation/s of the Indigo Express Fund advisory committee.
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