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Board of Directors

Chair and Non-Executive Director Dr Rae Cooper, BA (Hons) UNSW; PhD (Usyd)

Dr Rachel (Rae) Cooper was appointed Chair of Australian Hearing 22 October 2011. She is currently a Board Director of the NSW TAFE Commission and the NSW Rural Assistance Authority and also a Deputy Chair of the Premier's Expert Advisory Council on Women.

Dr Cooper is Senior Lecturer in the University of Sydney Business School and has been a full time academic since 2000. In this time she has published over 30 articles and chapters on industrial relations and gender and work in leading international and Australian journals. She is currently investigating the negotiation of workplace flexibility for working parents, supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant.

Dr Cooper uses her research expertise to consult for a number of major organisations and regularly advises policy makers on workplace matters.

Non-executive Director Mrs Swati Dave

Mrs Dave is currently the Executive General Manager of Global Specialised Finance, Wholesale Banking at the National Australia Bank, with responsibility for offices in Australia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Mrs Dave has an extensive background in the banking and finance sector, and has held senior roles at Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and AMP Henderson Global Investors.

Mrs Dave is keen to utilise her extensive skills and experience to make a broader contribution to the community. Of particular interest to Mrs Dave are the aims of Australian Hearing and the services it provides for children, youth, veterans and Indigenous Australians, which she believes are vital to improving the quality of life for hearing impaired Australians.

Non- Executive Director Dr Kelvin Kong, BSc MBBS(UNSW) FRACS

A/Prof. Kong was appointed non-executive Director of Australian Hearing on 30 August 2007. A/Prof. Kong is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, sub-specialising in Paediatric & Adult Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He hails from Worimi country in Port Stephens, NSW. A/Prof. Kong is working in Newcastle, at John Hunter Hospital and has a conjoint appointment at UNSW and Newcastle University.

Non-Executive Director The Hon Michael Knight AO

Michael Knight was the Minister for the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games. Michael has had extensive experience in public sector commercial entities, including the board of Delta Electricity and Chairman of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. He also chairs the board of InfraShore, the private consortium building the new Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.

Michael has been an advocate for disadvantaged groups and individuals throughout many years of community service. He is particularly interested in the prevention of hearing loss and the broader workplace and community issues related to hearing loss.

Managing Director Steven Grundy, FAIM, MAICD

Steven Grundy was appointed Managing Director of Australian Hearing on 1 November 2008. Steven was previously appointed to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) in June 2007. Steven brings a wealth of operations experience to Australian Hearing. He began his career in the Royal Australian Navy where he was Commanding Officer of HMAS Rushcutter, a seagoing warship, for two years. He left the Navy in 1999 to take up a management role with Telstra. His most recent roles in Telstra were the inaugural General Manager for the management of Voice, Data, Project Management and Billing services for the Woolworths group of companies, followed by General Manager for management of Telstra Payphones, including management of the Universal Service Obligation.

Non-executive Director Mr Kim Keogh, MAICD

Mr Keogh was appointed non-executive Director of Australian Hearing on 30 August 2007. Mr Keogh is currently the Managing Director of a family investment company, with wide commercial experience in the pastoral industry. He is also engaged as a consultant to various other companies.

Mr Keogh is actively involved, including as a Director, with a number of community and not-for-profit organisations. He was a former Local Government Councillor for 22 years. Board member on the Agriculture Protection Board and Gascoyne Murchison Strategy. Chairman of the Federal Ministerial Reference Group for Environment and Agriculture and was formerly a member of the Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee and National Weeds Advisory Group.