Board

Cameron Hannebery (Chair)

Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts, LIV Accredited Special in Criminal Law

Cameron joined the Board of Reclink in February 2020.

Cameron has practiced as a solicitor in Victoria for 19 years. In that time he has had a broad range of experience having worked extensively as a solicitor advocate for several criminal law firms before employment as a Senior Associate with Deacons lawyers, in-house counsel at Telstra and now as Special Counsel with Lander & Rogers. Throughout the entirety of his career, he has practiced almost exclusively in the area of criminal law and, since 2007, he has focussed on occupational health and safety law.

Cameron is married with three children and is an avid member of the Essendon Football Club.

Peter Cullen A.M.

The Founder of Reclink Australia, Peter has served as a Director since 1990. Having initially trained for Catholic Priesthood and working for the Sacred Heart Mission for over 15 years, Peter has always been passionate about improving the lives of people experiencing disadvantage through sport and arts.

An avid Geelong supporter, Peter is married with three children and has been a recipient of numerous awards, including an Order of Australia Medal (2000), Centenary Medal (2003), Sports Chaplaincy Australia Award for Compassion in Sport (2011), Sports Star of the Year (Southern Region Services to Sport (2001) and Tattersall’s Award for Enterprise and Achievement (1997).

David Emerson

Graduate Certificate in Marketing, Graduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Applied Science, Physical Education.

David has a lifetime association with sport, having represented Victoria in cricket and hockey, held executive roles with Edge Sports Marketing and the Victorian Cricket Association, and 21 years in executive roles in marketing and commercial operations at the Collingwood Football Club. David is currently the Director of Stadia and Community at the Collingwood Football Club and Executive Director of the Collingwood Football Club Foundation.

Margie Hill

Bachelor of Economics, Master of Environment Studies, Master of Labour Law and Relations.

Margie has over 25 years of experience in executive roles in human resource management, most recently as Head of People and Culture with Frontier Advisors. Prior to taking up corporate roles, Margie worked in social policy and program management roles for the Australian and South Australian governments. This included several years working in social housing policy and management, and as Deputy Director of the Australian Government’s Affirmative Action Agency (now the Workplace Gender Equality Agency).

Margie’s areas of expertise cover human resource strategy and management, organisational design, change management, and corporate governance. She has worked across a diverse range of industry sectors including banking and superannuation, professional services, energy, and government.

Dr Marnie Gibson

Doctorate of Business Administration, Master of Human Resource Management, Bachelor of English, Graduate Diploma in Business

Marnie Gibson has built her professional career in Human Resources Management as a HR leader and lecturer. She has worked in HR across many sectors including professional services, FMCG, retail, financial services and government, and currently lectures in the School of Business at the University of Southern Queensland as she is inspired to share the 'pracademic' approach to HR. Marnie currently leads the HR Function for Premium Brands at Treasury Wine Estates and previously has held both global and regional HR roles with deep expertise in the APAC landscape. Prior to working in HR, Marnie studied at both the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the Victorian College of the Arts and holds a huge passion for the arts, as well as inclusion and community. She continues her dedication in these areas through industry participation and her role on the board at Reclink and part of the City of Port Phillip Pride Committee. Marnie has previous experience as a Board member of arts organisations.

Kaanji Skandakumar (Treasurer)

Kaanji joined the Reclink Finance Audit and Risk Committee in June 2021 and was appointed to the Reclink board in July 2022. Kaanji is an accounting professional licensed in both Australia and California, with over 15 years of experience. She has extensive audit experience working at both big-4 and mid-tier firms during her career. She has also accounting experience in the arts, serving the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as their accountant. Kaanji currently works at Deloitte providing consulting services to a range of government and private clients.

Kaanji has the following qualifications: Graduate Certificate in Management (Social Impact), Bachelor of Commerce (Major in Accounting, Business Law), Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Chartered Professional Accountant – California Board of Accountancy.

Liddy Clark

Bachelor of Writing & Publishing; Graduate Certificate in Mediation

Liddy’s formative years were spent as an actor both here and overseas before entering the world of politics. Liddy is a former member and minister in the Queensland Parliament.

She has worked effectively in communication, management and leadership across local government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors and has extensive experience in governance. Liddy is an active mentor for women in leadership positions.

Liddy is passionate about cricket as a player, committee vice president, coach, and umpire. She has played a pivotal role in promoting girls and women's cricket at the grassroots level.

She is a founding member of the Ethics and Content Committee for Victorian Aboriginal News.

Richard Smith

Bachelor Arts, Certificate 1V Training & Assessment

Richard brings demonstrated experience in executive leadership, communications & stakeholder engagement to the Reclink board from leading high performance teams across major events, tourism, sports and government sectors. Richard is currently the Director Partnerships & External Relations at Eastern Health. He has also successfully ran his own marketing and communication consulting practice for 10 years.

As a marketing and communications executive Richard has worked with high profile organisations such as: Australia Post, Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust and Department Premier & Cabinet, he also brings a strong focus on the three key pillars of business, community and strategy to the board and looks forward to helping grow the reach and brand awareness of Reclink especially with key stakeholders in corporate and government sectors.

On weekends, sport and family are very closely linked for Richard as he cheers on his daughters playing for Old Brighton FC in the VAFA.

Alan White

Alan has spent 15 years developing fundraising, marketing, communication and partnership programs that enable organisations to meet their mission through service provision, advocacy and influence. He’s blended this expertise with organisational strategy development, oversight of business operations, program implementation and measurement.

In a variety of roles, Alan has developed program activity that has seen year-on-year growth and was formerly Executive Director of engagement at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, overseeing a $27 million suite of fundraising, philanthropic, institutional funding and commercial programs, leading teams that grew this from a base of $8 million. Alan is currently the Deputy CEO at Plan International Australia, the charity for girls’ equality, leading teams across fundraising and philanthropy, marketing, brand and communication, data and technology, partnerships, advocacy/influence and impact measurement.

As a brand and marketing communications strategist, Alan’s work builds communities and influence governments to support systemic change outcomes through funding and policy change. He has also led the ASRC’s social enterprise programs, Catering, Cleaning and Retail, employing 75+ people seeking asylum to support their independence and job-skills development across a multi-site operation. Alan is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) the only globally recognized fundraising accreditation, and sits on the Boards of Fundraising Institute Australia, Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Proud 2 Play, where he is currently the Chair.

Kelli Browne

Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts, Post Graduate Diploma Tourism, GAICD.

Kelli has over 25 years of executive and senior management experience in strategic communications, marketing, business development, strategic partnerships, media and government relations. Most recently this included Director of Strategic Communications, Media and Marketing for Victorian government departments (Inclusion, Aboriginal Economic Development and Employment), Chief Customer Officer of Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, Chief Impact Officer for a Children’s Charity, and Director of Communications and Marketing for 1800RESPECT (Medibank).

Kelli has worked across a diverse range of industry sectors including sport, health, government, community services, employment, mental health, and domestic and family violence. She was also awarded a professional development scholarship through Sport and Recreation Victoria's ‘Change our Game’ program where she further developed her board and governance skills with the AICD.

Kelli is passionate about sport and inclusion. She has advocated for and developed inclusive sporting initiatives, represented Australia eight times in Ultimate Frisbee, and coached and captained elite and community level sports teams.

Karena Newland

Karena has over 20 years of experience in the Employment Services Industry, having worked with both not-for-profit and profit-for-purpose organisations. Currently she is the CEO of Generation Australia, a not for profit that delivers education to employment programs to participants that these opportunities would otherwise be inaccessible to.

In addition to her CEO experience, Karena has held a variety of executive roles, including Chief Operating Officer, National Operations Manager, Executive Manager, People and Culture, as well as Executive Manager Quality, Compliance and Business Improvement.

She has held a number of Non-Executive Director roles on Boards, including being an industry elected Director on the National Employment Services Association Board. She is currently a Non Executive Director with the Blacktown District Soccer Football Soccer Association.