Our Team - Support Services Team
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 | Lynn Anderson, Director, Marketing and Communications | | Rebekah Loring, Office Manager, Melbourne & Coordinator, Partnerships | | Alison Barry, Manager, Trusts and Corporate Partnerships
| | Genelle Nicholls, Chief Financial Officer | | Sonya Beaven, Manager, Finance | | Deirdre O’Flynn, Office Administrator | | Lisa Cotton, Director, Social Investment | | Ross Pulido, Manager, Investor Funds Support | | Chris Cuffe, Chairman, SVA Capital Fund | | Natalie Thyrd, Office Manager | | Marie Clare Drummond, Manager Investor Services | | Annalisa Turner, Manager, Marketing & Communications | | Catherine Feeney, Marketing & Communications | | Marylou Verberne, Director, Victoria | | Claire Kearney, Manager, Projects | | | | | | | |
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Lynn Anderson
Director, Marketing and Communications
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Lynn joined SVA in June 2009 and is responsible for overall Marketing and Communications activities across SVA, including supporting SVA's venture partners with their own marketing efforts.
Lynn has over 15 years experience in marketing and communications across a variety of industries. Most recently, she has worked in the financial services sector and for the past 10 years has held senior marketing roles at MLC, Colonial First State and Challenger.
In addition to an under graduate qualification in Social Sciences, Lynn holds a Masters of Management (Marketing) from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
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Alison Barry
Manager, Trusts and Corporate Partnerships |
Alison joined SVA in July 2009 where her responsibilities include securing and managing strategic funder relationships.
Alison is a highly experienced public relations practitioner with 15 years marketing communications experience in CSR, education, issues management and NPD in a career that has spanned the UK, Australia and Singapore markets.
Prior to joining SVA, she headed up the Consumer Marketing Division of Burson-Marsteller’s Singapore office where her clients included those from government, technology, financial services, and consumer sectors.
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Sonya Beaven
Manager, Finance |
Sonya is responsible for the day-to-day finance operations of Social Ventures Australia.
She has 15 years experience within the banking sector, most recently as Operations Manager for Lehman Brothers Australia where she was also involved in the establishment of a corporate philanthropic program.
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Lisa Cotton
Director, Social Investment |
Lisa is responsible for building SVA’s network and managing a diverse portfolio of funders. Prior to joining SVA, Lisa was a Director of DDB Worldwide Communications and before that managed the Sydney operations of The Perth Mint’s Sydney 2000 Olympic licensing program. She has held a number of senior management positions with the WA government, is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program for Philanthropy Leaders and serves on the board of School Aid Trust.
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Chris Cuffe
Chairman, SVA Capital Fund
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In 2006, after more than 20 years of experience in building successful wealth management practices at Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group, Chris joined SVA as an Executive Director. Chris held this position until May 2009, at which point he became Chairman, SVA Capital Fund.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of Finsia. He is also a Director of Unisuper Limited and WAM Active Limited.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW and a Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia.
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Marie Clare Drummond
Manager Investor Services |
Marie Clare moved from Edinburgh to Sydney in 2009 in order to join SVA as Manager, Operations. In October 2009 Marie Clare moved to a new role in the Social Investment team.
Prior to joining SVA she worked as the Fundraising, Press and Marketing Manager for Columba 1400, a Scottish-based charity. Marie Clare previously headed up the property marketing department of solicitors Murray Beith Murray and helped launch a graphic design and marketing company in New Zealand.
Marie Clare has volunteered for and participated in many non-profit organisations in Scotland. She holds a Diploma in Divinity from Aberdeen University.
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Catherine Feeney
Manager, Marketing & Communications |
Catherine joined SVA in April 2008 and is responsible for managing SVA's marketing, communications and major events.
She has over 10 years of marketing experience gained on both the client and agency side and most recently managed the Australian and New Zealand field marketing activities for a US-headquartered software firm.
Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from University College Dublin.
Catherine is currently on maternity leave. Back to Top Claire Kearney
Manager, Projects |
Claire joined SVA in November 2008, working out of the Melbourne office. Prior to SVA, Claire worked at Quiller Consultants, a strategic communications consultancy in London, advising clients on a range of issues including media relations, public affairs, communications strategy and reputation management. Claire worked on a variety of different clients including New Philanthropy Capital and Bridges Ventures. Prior to Quiller, Claire worked as a Research Associate for Ireland’s leading think-tank on European politics, The Institute of European Affairs. Claire holds an MSc in International and European Politics from The University of Edinburgh and an International Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in History and Politics from University College Dublin.  Back to Top
Rebekah Loring
Office Manager, Melbourne & Coordinator, Partnerships | Rebekah joined SVA in March 2009 as Office Manager in Melbourne and Coordinator for Partnerships.
Prior to SVA, Rebekah worked as a Student Finance Adviser and an ESL tutor in the UK. She has also spent time in South Africa as a volunteer working for local community projects.
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Genelle Nicholls
Chief Financial Officer |
Genelle brings 10 years of financial services industry experience and a background in Chartered Accounting to SVA. Genelle was involved in the establishment and ongoing management of a corporate philanthropic program and has performed volunteer work in Peru. She is a Chartered Accountant with a Masters in Law (Taxation) and Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Finance).  Back to Top
Deirdre O’Flynn
Office Administrator |
Deirdre joined SVA in September 2009 and works part time in the area of Office Administration.
Prior to SVA, Deirdre worked as a consultant in the IT industry and has extensive experience in logistics and business analysis.
Deirdre has volunteered for non-profit organisations such as The Simon Community in Dublin and Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.
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Ross Pulido
Manager, Investor Funds Support |
Ross' responsibilities include the management of the SVA Capital Fund and Third Link Growth Fund.
Ross has eight years of experience in the finance industry encompassing trust administration, information technology and client relationship management.
Ross has also volunteered for many non-profit organisations including Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse and Sydney PEN Centre. He is a Sydney committee member of goodcompany, a volunteering organisation.
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Natalie Thyrd
Office Manager |
Natalie joined SVA in October 2009 as Office Manager in the Sydney office.
Prior to working at SVA, Natalie worked as an Administrator to an on-site Building Management team in Sydney's CBD. Natalie has also worked in and studied Hospitality Management.
Natalie holds an Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management.
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Annalisa Turner
Manager, Marketing & Communications |
Annalisa joined SVA’s Marketing and Communications team in October 2009.
She has over 15 years marketing experience gained across a diverse range of clients and agencies, working most recently with a boutique Sydney graphic design agency with a multinational client base.
After having studied Arts/Law at Sydney University, Annalisa changed tack to qualify as a Homeopath and ran a private practice in Sydney for several years, before returning to marketing in 2001. She continues to be passionate about the transformative power of natural medicine on individuals and communities.
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Marylou Verberne
Director, Victoria |
Marylou is Director of SVA in Victoria with responsibilities for investor support, government and stakeholder relations and operational management. She is a lawyer with over ten years of legal experience in banking and finance law and commercial litigation. Her early legal career was with Blake Dawson in Melbourne, before she relocated to Hong Kong to work on the new airport and harbour redevelopment. She spent time in Asia touring and producing theatre before returning to Melbourne in 2002 to work for a federal politician and then the Victorian Minister for Education in a think tank focusing on innovative reform in education. Marylou was the Executive Director of the Zoos Victoria Foundation prior to joining SVA. Marylou is an accredited partnership broker under the Partnership Brokers’ Accreditation Scheme (PBAS), an initiative of the International Business Leaders’ Forum (IBLF) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). She has been a director on the boards of a number of non-profit organisations over the last twelve years.
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