Mr Trevor Burns
Acting Chairperson
Trevor Burns was appointed to the Board in October 2024. He is a highly respected government affairs practitioner with more than 30 years of direct experience in Canberra, including roles for global companies, Australian institutions and as a policy adviser at all levels of government. As founder of TSB Advisory Pty Ltd, Trevor has advised multiple well known domestic and international organisations on their dealings with the Australian Parliament.
Trevor has also been a board director for Rare Cancers Australia for the past decade.
Ms Marie-Louise Pearson
Acting Vice Chairperson
Marie-Louise Pearson joined the Board in 2023 and has a strong history serving on boards and in community organisation leadership. She is a Life Member and Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences. She is an active member of several Territory organisations and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021 for services through other organisations.
She is passionate about making a meaningful contribution and utilising her high-level governance skills to support high quality person-centred services.
Ms Amanda Wren
Company Secretary
Amanda Wren was appointed to the Board in 2024. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has lived and worked in the Territory for more than 17 years, with comprehensive experience across large and small businesses, non-government and First Nations organisations. She has extensive expertise in financial management, compliance risk mitigation, strategic leadership and business development.
Amanda also brings lived disability experience through her son who lives with Autism. This experience brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding in navigating systems and multi-disciplinary therapies to suit her son’s needs through a range of services delivered by the NDIS and Foundational Supports.
Mr Niki Ross
Board Director
Niki Ross joined the Board in 2024. He has worked for over 15 years within the Australian Government and is currently the Chief Executive Officer at the Centre for Appropriate Technology Ltd (CfAT Ltd). Niki has travelled extensively throughout the Northern Territory and is passionate about supporting remote Aboriginal communities establishing opportunities through employment, education, and economic development. Niki is a Director on several boards, including both commercial and not-for-profit entities. Niki has family ties to the Kaytetye and Arrente people of Central Australia.
Mr Hamza Vayani
Board Director
Hamza Vayani joined the Board in 2022 and has held several appointments in a range of senior management roles and advisory committees at state and national level. He has a demonstrated track record as a strong advocate for culturally responsive, clinically safe and accessible healthcare and disability services with a particular focus on people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. He is passionate about making health and social care systems integrated, accessible and easier to navigate.
Hamza is not afraid of asking the difficult questions when it comes to maintaining confidence in the accessible and clinically safe delivery of health and human services. He believes public policy and service delivery should be about choice and control for people accessing the services they need in a way that is empowering, inclusive of lived experience perspectives and based in evidence.