Leadership &
Governance

As a charity operating in 20 countries, Movember complies with a range of regulatory and governance obligations. We take these responsibilities very seriously and are committed to best practice levels of transparency, accountability and governance.

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Leadership and governance structure

Movember is governed by a Board of Directors, who delegate part of their work to specialised committees to ensure that the organization holds itself to the highest standards.

Movember Board of Directors

The Board's role is to ensure that Movember maintains the highest standards of performance, governance, accountability, transparency and cost to fundraising ratios. The Board annually reviews the performance of the CEO and the Executive Director of Programs. Our Board is skills-based, with members each bringing a wide range of expertise and experience.

In keeping with Movember’s focus on minimizing administrative costs, all Board members are unpaid for their directorships. The below mentioned Board Members also constitute (in the same composition) the Board of Movember Europe.

Nick Reece
Chair


Nick is the Director of Strategy, Policy and Projects at the University of Melbourne and a Principal Fellow with the Melbourne School of Government. He is also the Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. Nick has worked as a senior adviser in the Office of the Prime Minister of Australia and for two Australian state premiers.
Kellie Johnston
Non-Executive Director


Kellie has over 25 years’ marketing, brand and communication experience across multiple categories including finance, publishing, broadcasting, banking, insurance and aged care. She also brings more than 10 years of fundraising, strategy and leadership experience working with major Australian philanthropic figures and global non-profits, including Red Cross and Make-A-Wish. Kellie currently holds executive responsibility for the marketing and brand function at Australian Unity, a national member-owned health, wealth and care business. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Damien Angus
Non-Executive Director


A healthcare strategy consultant with over 20 years’ experience, Damien specialises in working with governments and businesses to develop and implement their strategies in order to meet their health and care needs. A long-time Movember supporter (he grew his first Mo in 2008), Damien brings previous not-for-profit board experience as well as expertise gained from earning a PhD in Physiology and a MBA.
Linnsey Caya
Non-Executive Director


With over 20 years’ experience providing legal and strategic counsel for public and private companies across a variety of sectors, Linnsey brings her expertise in corporate governance, government affairs, risk management, human resources, and international commercial transactions to Movember. She also has extensive experience supporting not-for-profit enterprises through her work with the Boardriders Foundation (formerly the Quiksilver Foundation) and the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, which supports families experiencing financial strain due to a cancer diagnosis.
Rob Moodie
Non-Executive Director


Rob trained as a medical doctor, working as a clinician in rural Australia and in Africa before moving into public health, focusing on HIV/AIDS for the Victorian Department of Health, the World Health Organisation, the Burnet Centre and the Joint UN Program on AIDS (UNAIDS). He is currently Professor of Public Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Rob has worked for numerous not-for profit organisations including Save the Children Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. He has a keen interest in the prevention of non-communicable diseases, health promotion and health inequalities. Rob has chaired the National Preventative Health Taskforce and the Federal Minister’s Men’s Health Reference Group — the only Federal body that has ever existed focusing on men’s health.
Deanna Lomas
Non-Executive Director


Deanna has 20 years’ experience in operations and transformation in Australia, UK, Asia and Africa, which has included holding a number of commercial and operations executive roles in mining, oil, gas, FMCG and retail. Deanna has also supported several not-for-profits including volunteering for 15 years at the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and she is currently a mentor for Kilfinan Australia, a cause-focused on building not for-profit leadership capability.
Travis Garone
Non-Executive Director

Travis is a Creative and Brand Consultant with over 30 years’ experience and has been named in the Qantas Most Influential Australians List. While being the Co-Founder and Brand Creator of Movember, Travis has also founded a number of highly successful companies, from his global creative agency Urchin, to cult street wear and skate brand Doomsday. Travis has performed many roles across famous brands such as YETI, Tony Hawk, DC, Quiksilver, Roxy, Fosters, CUB, Corona, Carlsberg, Asahi, Kronenbourg 1664, Millers, F1 and the World Surfing Tour. Travis has both a strategic, business and creative mind and has been working on special projects with market leading brands his entire career.

Global Leadership Team

Responsible for executing the strategies set by the Board of Directors, the Global Leadership Team ensures relevant, transparent and accountable outcomes in line with Movember’s vision.

Michelle Terry
Chief Executive Officer
Juliette Smith
Chief Marketing Officer
Elaine Farrelly
Chief Strategy Officer
Paul Villanti
Executive Director, Programs
Angela Webster
Chief Operations Officer
Amanda Green
Chief People Officer
Chris Taylor
Chief Experience Officer
Tahir Tanveer
Chief Information Officer

GLOBAL CANCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Oversees the implementation of Movember’s Global Action Plan and provides strategic thought leadership and advice on prostate cancer and testicular cancer research.

  • Advises on the development of new programs.
  • Reviews and monitors progress and performance of existing cancer programs.
  • Informs the prioritisation of cancer programs and investment opportunities.
Caroline Moore
Chair
NIHR Research Professor & Head of Urology, University College London.
Andrew Matthew
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
Benjamin Reade
Movember Ambassador.
Brandon Mahal
Assistant Professor & Assistant Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, University of Miami Health System.
Brian Rivers
Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute.
Christopher Sweeney
Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Colleen Nelson
Professor, School of Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology.
Damien Angus
Movember Board Director.
Jessica Corner
Professor Dame & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange), University of Nottingham.
Margaret Fitch
Head of Oncology Nursing, Odette Cancer Centre.
Neil Fleshner
Chair & Professor of Urology, University of Toronto.
Westley Sholes
Patient Advocate.

Global Men's Health Advisory Committee

Oversees the implementation of Movember’s Global Men’s Health Strategy. Informs the prioritization of our men’s health investment opportunities through:

  • Strategic thought leadership on opportunities and gaps in the field of men’s health and wellbeing
  • Establishing working groups to draw on country-specific or local expertise
  • Assisting in the design of, and participating in, global activities to share the learning outcomes of our men’s health project
Dr. Judy Y. Chu
Chair
Lecturer in Human Biology and Affiliate of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, US.
Dr. Don McCreary
Past-Chair
Senior Consultant in Men’s Health and Workplace Mental Health at Donald McCreary Scientific Consulting, CAN.
Prof. Steven Cummins
Professor of Population Health & Co-Director, Population Health Innovation Lab, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Travis Garone
Co-Founder and Brand Creator of Movember, and creative and brand consultant for over 30 years, AUS.
Prof. David Gunnell
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Bristol, UK.
Dr. Peter Norman Levesque
Retired. Past-President of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization Ottawa; holds a PhD in Population Health, CAN.
Dr. Rob Moodie
Trained as a medical doctor, currently Professor of Public Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, AUS.
Dr. Kathryn Page
Senior Manager, People Advisory – Digital, Data and Analytics at NAB, AUS.
Dr. Jaelea Skehan
Conjoint appointment with the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, AUS.
Dr. Jon Willis
Sr. Research Officer at Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service, Brisbane, AUS.