Dialog Box

Our Governance

Hadassah Australia Board

Lynda Brest

President

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Lynda Brest is a strategic advisor in business transformation and change, with global experience across the private and public sectors. Over the past 25 years, she has held volunteer board and governance roles with not-for-profit organisations in Australia and Canada, including Shalom College UNSW Sydney, Stand Up, Supported Living Network and JVS of Greater Toronto...


Dr Mark Suss

Vice President

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Dr Mark Suss is a specialist anaesthetist in Melbourne with a longstanding commitment to clinical medicine and the advancement of the medical profession. Mark has contributed to non-profit activities in the medical sector for many years and is a director of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, a prominent member-driven medical organisation...


Julian Gillis

Secretary

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Julian has been employed by ANZ as a senior lawyer for the last 12 years and is currently working in Global Markets in the Institutional Division. He has extensive experience in banking and finance and brings his legal knowledge and regulatory and compliance experience to the Hadassah Australia Board...


Philip Zajac

Treasurer

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Philip was the CEO of the Erdi Foundation, the Philanthropic arm of the Erdigroup, an Australian-based hotel company, with hotels in Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane, of which he was the Executive Director. The Erdi Foundation supports local Australian causes both Non-Jewish and Jewish and causes in Israel...


Deborah Travers

Director

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Deborah graduated from UNSW with a BSc in Genetics and Biochemistry. After graduating, Deborah became immersed in the business world, however, her interest in science persisted. Deborah’s career spans merchant banking, real estate and business in Australia and Israel...


Dr Einat Lantsberg

Director

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Einat is a practising paediatrician who brings a wealth of experience to her practice. She graduated from Ben Gurion University Medical School in Israel and holds a dual paediatric specialist qualification in both Israel and Australia. Einat is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP). Trained at Schneider Children’s Hospital, a leading paediatric hospital in Israel, Einat practised as a paediatrician specialist, combining work in a paediatric emergency department and in a childcare community clinic...


Jorge Diener

Hadassah International Observer

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Jorge Diener is the Executive Director of Hadassah International, the international arm of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America supporting the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem and promoting its mission of healing, teaching and research in different parts of the world. Jorge served for many years as a Senior Director at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, where he gained an extensive international experience after spending years of service in Latin America, North America, Europe, the countries of the Former Soviet Union and Israel...



Ron Finkel AM

Founder and Immediate Past-President

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Ron Finkel AM is a well-known Melbourne-based businessman. He is the Managing Director of Momentum Ventures Ltd., one of the first venture capital funds established in Australia...



Hadassah Australia Management


Dorit Jaffe

CEO

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Born in Israel, Dorit moved to Australia in 2002 after completing her army service and first degree. Based in Brisbane, she earned an MA in International Relations from Griffith University. Dorit worked for five years as Office Manager and Marketing Coordinator at the Brisbane Jewish Community Office. Moving to Melbourne in 2010, she spent two years with the United Israel Appeal, engaging with donors and honing her marketing skills...



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