Governance and Leadership

Fr Gerry was ordained a Priest in 1978. Most of his priestly ministry was spent teaching philosophy and Christian Ethics at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. He served as CatholicCare Sydney’s Director of Mission for several years before being appointed to the position of Vicar General for the Archdiocese of Sydney in 2015. Fr Gerry has served on the boards of a number of organisations, he is a Director of Sydney Catholic Schools Limited and a Member of St John’s College Council and the CDF Advisory Board.

Pat is currently Group General Manager of Public Affairs and Company Secretary and General Counsel at St Vincent’s Health Australia. He previously held the position of Chief Executive and Company Secretary of Catholic Health Australia. He has sat on various boards including the Council of Governors at Ascham School, St Vincent de Paul Society, NSW and the Trustees of the Catholic Aged Care Sydney.

Pat is a qualified solicitor and has practiced in competition law, commercial litigation and corporate advisory. He has worked in the Strategy and Delivery Division of the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet developing policy reform in acute health care, school and tertiary education and disability support.

Over the course of her career in the public and private sectors, Simone has established herself as a leader in finance and investment, asset management, treasury policy, legal and governance, and risk strategy and planning. Simone has established the Corporate & Institutional Enablement function at one of the largest banks to drive a step change in first line risk, customer focus, compliance and conduct outcomes.

Simone held a number of Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director General roles in the NSW Government. In the private sector, Simone held senior roles at CBA, Access Capital, ABN AMRO, Freehills and Babcock and Brown. Simone was appointed as an ASIC Commissioner in August 2023.

Cathy Beverley is an experienced senior executive and Non-Executive Director with more than 30 years’ leadership across health, aged care, disability, and community services.

Originally trained as a Registered Nurse, she brings extensive experience in governance, organisational performance, risk and compliance, and large-scale service delivery within complex and highly regulated environments. Cathy has held executive leadership roles across major not-for-profit providers and brings particular expertise in clinical governance and supporting boards to oversee quality, risk, and organisational sustainability.

Nick is a partner at PwC with over 20 years’ experience providing tax and legal services to leading Australian and international organisations both in Australia, and in the USA. Nick was formerly an Assistant Commissioner at the ATO and is a member of the Law Society of NSW. Nick was formerly a committee member of CatholicCare for the Parramatta diocese.

Nigel Andrade is a Partner and the Global Chair of Kearney’s Strategy, Growth, and Organisation Transformation Practice. He is the lead partner of Kearney IGNITE delivering sustainable growth to global clients which he founded in 2015. He is a Senior Fellow of Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council (GBPC) rated as one of the top for-profit think tanks in the world.

Nigel has co-authored the book “Australia 2034: Luckier by Design” with Peter Munro. He has also published “State of Shared Value in Australia and New Zealand 2019”, and papers on “Customer ESG-Elasticity” and “Stakeholder Capitalism”.

Nigel sits on the Board of UNICEF Australia and is a member of the Education Strategy & Policy Committee at the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS).

Jane has extensive experience in governance, regulation and organisational performance. Her career includes senior leadership roles in financial services and markets regulation at ASIC, where she oversaw large scale reviews and led improvement programs focused on strengthening governance, capability, culture, compliance and risk management. She has also worked as a lawyer inhouse and in private legal practice.

Jane holds honours degrees in Law and Psychology, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She currently serves as a sessional Ombudsman in superannuation at the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, where she contributes to fair and accessible dispute resolution for consumers.