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Professor Paddy Dewan
Chairman
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Paddy is the founder and Chair of the Foundation. Since 1993 he has been involved in 2 to 3 visits per year to various developing countries. His surgical interests include Paediatric Urology and Anorectal abnormalities, and he has a strong track record in research and innovations that enhance quality of care. |
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Gordon Kirk
Rotary Representative
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Gordon is an Optometrist, who has been in private practice in Melbourne for the past 25 years. Gordon is a Rotary member since 1997 and has been a Past President of the Rotary Club of Northcote. |
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Padma Rao
Medical Consultant |
Padma is a Consultant Radiologist specialising in Paediatric Radiology currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Her major role is to recommend and perform appropriate radiological investigations on children who undergo surgery.Nerea Huidobss |
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Maggie Hammerton
Secretary |
Maggie has had a great deal of experience working in diplomatic related posts for many years, including contact with the Mauritian community more recently. Maggie manages the Foundation's communications, fundraising and corporate affairs. |
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Professor David Croaker
Paediatric surgeon |
Living and working in Canberra. He has a special interest in gut problems. He has been visiting the third world for over thirty years, and has considerable practical experience of operating in poor countries. |
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Bernadette Pitcher
Accountant |
Bernadette Pitcher is a CPA and until 2009 had her own accounting practice, BMP Accounting Services, for 20 years in Hawthorn.
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Hervé Rochecouste
Electrical Engineer |
Hervé is a professional engineer and works in the aerospace industry. As a volunteer Hervé has been working with the Society for Aid to Children Inoperable in Mauritius (SACIM) since its foundation in Australia in 1973 as his father was one of the founding members. Hervé was the treasurer of SACIM Australia from 2003 to 2005, then president from 2005 to 2008, and currently vice-president
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Kim Neuhold
Management Consultant |
Kim has 30 years experience in management consulting, human resources and senior management. She uses this experience to assist the Board sub-committees to operate effectively.
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Our board comprises a group of volunteers from the fields of medicine, finance, corporate affairs, public relations, finance, information technology.
The team work to assists the organisation of the visiting medical teams, manage donations in kind, and raise funds for the work, while raising the profile of the plight of children with surgical disease in developing countries |
