The Board of SVA governs our overall direction and purpose, acting as the centrepiece of governance, fiduciary and overall responsibility for SVA and related companies.
Responsibilities include the approval of new members. Our board brings a diverse range of business, financial, entrepreneurial and philanthropic capabilities to SVA.
Company secretariat services are provided by Bernadette Favis.
Our people are our greatest asset. Find out more about the SVA team.
Non-Executive Director and Incoming Chair
Member of Impact Investing Committee
Rob Koczkar
Chair, Social Ventures Australia
Chair since 19 November 2020, Director since 11 August 2020
Mr Koczkar is the Managing Director of Adamantem Capital and a former CEO of Social Ventures Australia. He has extensive experience in social impact and private equity investing along with a deep understanding of the social purpose sector. He was previously a Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners, Principal at Texas Pacific Group in Europe and started his career as a strategic consultant with Bain & Company.
Other current directorships
Mr Koczkar also serves on the boards of Melior Investment Management, Hygain, Zenitas, Legend and Servian.
Former directorships in last 3 years
He previously served on the board of Goodstart Early Learning Limited.
Executive Director
Member of Impact Investing Committee
Suzie Riddell
CEO, Social Ventures Australia
CEO and Director since 22 November 2018
Ms Riddell is CEO at SVA. She previously held the role of Chief Strategy Officer, leading the Strategy & Advocacy team. She draws on extensive experience in the social purpose and commercial sectors to lead SVA’s systems change agenda. Ms Riddell led the development of innovative education and employment ventures, securing philanthropic seed capital and demonstrating impact to win scale funding from government. Prior to joining SVA, she was a consultant at Bain & Company. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Melior Investment Management. Click here to read Ms Riddell’s full bio.
Other current directorships
Ms Riddell is also a director of the Observership Program and Community Council for Australia.
Former directorships in the last 3 years
She previously served as a director of Holdsworth Community Centre and Services and YWCA NSW.
Non-Executive Director
Adam Davids
Director of Learning, Career Trackers
Director since 11 August 2020
Mr Davids is the Director of Learning at CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program and was previously a Director of CareerSeekers New Australian Internship Program. He is a proud Aboriginal Australian and descendant of the Wiradjuri people. He is a Fulbright Scholar and for more than 12 years has worked in the non-profit sector to address the barriers facing Indigenous students in higher education and professional careers. He is driven to increase the representation of Indigenous professionals and executives in corporate Australia and as the Director of Learning at CareerTrackers, he has helped thousands of students build upward career mobility.
Former directorships in last 3 years
He previously served on the boards of Clovelly Community Bank and CareerSeekers and as Co-Chair of the GHD Indigenous Advisory Board.
Non-Executive Director
Member of Impact Investing Committee
Robert Fitzgerald AM
Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Director since 1 October 2017
Mr Fitzgerald is the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner and is a director of Caritas Australia Limited. Most recently he has been a Commissioner with the Productivity Commissioner and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse. A commercial lawyer for more than 20 years, including with top-tier firm Clayton Utz, he has also held a number of policy-related roles including as a member of the National Competition Council.
Prior to joining the Productivity Commission, Mr Fitzgerald was Community and Disability Services Commissioner and Deputy Ombudsman in New South Wales. His considerable experience with the not-for-profit sector includes serving as Chair of the Australian Charities and Not-For Profits Commission Advisory Board, President of the Australian Council of Social Services, and over 30 years of volunteering with numerous community services.
Non-Executive Director
Chair of Finance, Audit & Risk Committee
Tanya Gilerman
Partner, Financial Services, KPMG
Director since 30 April 2012
Ms Gilerman is the Chief Risk Officer for KPMG Australia. She is responsible for risk and regulatory matters as well as broader commercial and business risks associated with KPMG’s strategy. She was admitted to the partnership in 2000, specialising in the financial services sector in audit and risk advisory.
Ms Gilerman has extensive experience in auditing of ASX listed companies, funds management businesses and working with Boards and senior management during times of change and restructuring. Ms Gilerman is passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion and encourages senior women to develop and enhance their opportunities by leveraging themselves, their teams and the business. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and a graduate of the 2006 Sydney Leadership Program.
Non-Executive Director
Member of People & Culture Committee
Chris Harrop
Director, Bain & Company
Director since 19 September 2016
Mr Harrop is a Director in the Melbourne office of Bain & Company, a global strategy consulting firm. He joined Bain in 1993 and became a Partner in 2000. He led Bain’s telecommunications practice in Asia Pacific for 7 years and served for 6 years on the firm’s global committee responsible for partner promotion and remuneration. Mr Harrop has worked with clients in many different industries, and has specialised in projects addressing corporate strategy, growth strategy, customer experience improvement and broad-based transformational change. Prior to joining Bain, Mr Harrop held sales and marketing roles in the computer and consumer products industries, with IBM, NCR and Adidas.
Other current directorships
Mr Harrop is a member of Bain’s global board of directors and a director of Goodstart Early Learning.
Former directorships in the last 3 years
He previously served on the Brandenburg Foundation Board.
Non-Executive Director
Member of People & Culture Committee
Member of Impact Investing Committee
Daisy Mallett
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Director since 23 February 2016
Ms Mallett is a risk management and dispute resolution Partner at King & Wood Mallesons, where she specialises in international arbitration.
Daisy was a member of the Australian Delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration and Conciliation Working Group, as well as being a member of the New South Wales Law Society’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, a member of the Law Council of Australia’s Transnational Litigation Committee, a fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Group. Daisy was a member of the Philanthropy Australia New Generation of Giving Program and is Chair of the Crawford Foundation.
Daisy’s legal practice has involved considerable pro bono work, including acting for the government of Southern Sudan in a border dispute and the UK House of Lords test case on the admissibility of evidence obtained through torture in criminal terrorist prosecutions.
Other current directorships
Ms Mallett is also a director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
