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AVI Board

The Board oversee the affairs of Australian Volunteers International. It ensures that the organisation meets its statutory compliance obligations and fulfils its purpose by setting the strategic direction and monitoring progress towards achieving organisational objectives. All members are honorary.


The Board has established a Risk Management and Audit Committee, a Governance Committee and an Asset Development Committee to ensure that AVI reflects industry best practice in risk management, financial accountability and corporate governance; and that its assets are best utilised to meet the needs of the organisation.

Current members of the Board are:

Justice Richard Refshauge (Chair)
Judge of the Supreme Court ACT; AVI volunteer 1965 in PNG.

Alison Crook AO (Deputy Chair)
Member Asset Development and Governance committees.

Non-Executive Director and Consultant; former Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Resources, at Monash University, Melbourne; awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1993 for services to public administration. AVI volunteer 1971 in PNG.

Kurt Fearnley OAM
Australian champion wheelchair racing athlete; Gold medallist IPC World Championships 2006; Gold medallist Athens 2004 Paralympic Games; Silver medallist Sydney 2000 Paralympic games; Finalist, Young Australian of the Year 2005; Australian Male Athlete of the Year 2004; Gold medallist Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Jenny McGregor
Chief Executive Officer, Asialink.

Robert McLean (Deputy Chair)
Member Asset Development and Risk Management and Audit committees.

Certified practising accountant with extensive experience in finance and risk management. AVI volunteer 1974-75 in Malaysia.

Samantha Mostyn
Sustainability Adviser and Board Director, Commissioner with the Australian Football League, President of the Australian Museum Trust and a board member of Reconciliation Australia, the Sydney Theatre Company. She is the Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Council of the CSIRO's Climate Adaptation Flagship, a member of the NSW Climate Change Council and serves of the advisory board of ClimateWorks Australia.

Greg Thompson
Member Risk Management and Audit committee.

Director, Transparency International, Australia; Member, Public Affairs Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia; Member, Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne.