Our Board
Sue Binger - Board Chair
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Claire Young - Deputy Chair
As an insurance and risk executive with over 20 years industry experience, Claire leads teams to devise and deliver well governed programs of work. Her approach is to take a holistic risk 'system' perspective to strengthen business decision making and uplift risk and business maturity.
Claire has served on a number of key advisory boards with ANZIIF (Australia & New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance), and is currently Chair of the Risk Management Faculty Advisory Board. More broadly, her key motivation is to add value to the business, support and develop talent and drive a positive, values-based inclusive culture.
Claire joined the BDS board in 2019 and is passionate about determining how BDS can continue to grow through the key role BDS plays within the community – to ensure everyone can ‘Belong-Develop-Succeed’.
Natasha Shirvill - Board Secretary
Natasha is a public servant who manages a small team and has more than 15 years' experience in regulatory decisions, compliance work and policy analysis.
Natasha has a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts. More recently, Natasha completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons.)
Natasha joined the BDS board in 2022 and is passionate about contributing to BDS' strategic direction to ensure that it is sustainable and can continue to provide support to people of all abilities long into the future.
Rebecca Ellis
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Jasmine Sesso
Jasmine has worked across a range of industries in her professional career, including Cyber Security, Insurance, Banking and Telecommunications. Currently working for a global SaaS company supporting clients from a range of industries, providing professional consulting on governance and strategy for large scale digital transformation programs supported by digital adoption technology.
Jasmine joined the BDS Board in 2021, and held the position of Deputy Chair from December 2022 - December 2023. Subsequently, Jasmine served as our Chairperson from December 2023 until our AGM in November 2024, when she passed the baton to Sue Binger. Prior to this, Jasmine served on the Board at Coburg Children’s Centre for five and a half years, holding the position of Chair for over four years.
Sanket Nagar
Sanket has a background in research and disability services. As a senior Behaviour Support Practitioner, he oversaw provision of positive behaviour support services across Victoria for a large not-for-profit. He is currently on secondment as a subject matter expert, leading the development of the organisation's multicultural safety framework.
Sanket holds a Bachelor in Psychology (with Honours) and a Master in Public Health. His lived experience of ADHD and autism spectrum, along with his work in the disability sector inform his contributions to the board. Sanket is particularly interested in equitable access and outcomes for people with disability from ethinic minority backgrounds and is motivated to ensure human rights are central to all discussions within the sector.
Sanket believes that not-for-profit and community-based organisations like BDS are vital to the safe and responsive support of people with disability and hopes he can contribute to the ongoing success of BDS as a board member.
Rob Seddon
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Clare Malcolm
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Barb van den Vlekkert, Acting Executive Officer
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