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OUR BOARD MEMBERS

 

JFF (AUSTRALIA) BOARD

David Miller OAM

David Miller OAM

Chairman

David was appointed to the JFF Board in 2017 and became Deputy Chairman in 2020, then Chairman in 2021. He attended Perth’s Christchurch Grammar School, graduated in Law from the University of Western Australia in 1974 and was admitted as a lawyer in 1975.  

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From 1980 to 2015 he was a partner of the law firm Kott Gunning, and is currently a consultant to the firm. David was a member of the Real Estate and Business Agents Supervisory Board from 1983 to 1997 and was its Chairman for 11 years. He was a director of the Western Australian Hockey Association for 16 years and is a life member of UWA Hockey Club. David is a member of the Dalkeith Rotary Club, where he came in contact with Win Jones and became aware of the marvellous work undertaken by the Foundation.  
Allison Manners

Allison Manners

Deputy Chair

Allison was appointed to the JFF Board in April 2020 and became Deputy Chair in 2021. She brings 13 years of diverse business experience including strategic planning, operations, governance and management.  

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Allison founded a property management company in 2004 and following its sale in 2017, has continued part-time work as a business coach to small and medium enterprises. Previous board roles include Progress WA and the Australian Short Term Rental Association (previously HRIA), where Allison was Chair and Vice Chair over a four-year period. She graduated from Curtin University of Technology (WA) in 1988 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) and worked as a physiotherapist in various countries for 16 years. Allison had the opportunity to visit one of the JFF offshore programs in October 2019 and was inspired by the incredible work of the Foundation. She looks forward to contributing her experience in both health and business toward the continued legacy of John Fawcett.  
Philip Andrew

Philip Andrew

Treasurer

Philip Andrew was appointed to the board in October 2016.He attended the annual general meeting held in Perth in April 2016.

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 From that meeting Phil took over the treasurer’s role from the retiring Pat Emery. Since then he has “computerised” the accounting function of the Foundation and has proposals to introduce the same level of accounting function to the Bali office. Phil has an accounting background and a range of commercial experience which should assist the foundation in meeting the challenges going forward. He continues to be actively involved in various private commercial activities. Since semi retiring Phil has been active in the “not for profit” sector holding various positions in sporting, farming and community organizations. Phil was introduced to John Fawcett by his son Tom Andrew, who is a pharmacist at the Captain Sterling Pharmacy. The pharmacy has been supplying the foundation with pharmaceutical products for many years.

Richard Elsey

Richard Elsey

Secretary

Richard is a retired professional engineer and a graduate of the University of Western Australia. He also has business administration qualifications from the Universities of Melbourne and NSW 

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and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Richard first joined The John Fawcett Foundation Board in 2004. He became associated with Foundation after being instrumental in obtaining a grant from the Australian Red Cross (from Bali bombing donations) to train laboratory staff in Bali in the detection and treatment of tuberculosis, a disease that is rampant in Indonesia. He retired from the JFF Board in 2009 because of family commitments, and is pleased to be able to return in 2015 to contribute to the Foundation’s humanitarian work in Indonesia. Richard was a board member and subsequently CEO of Westcare, a charity providing employment and accommodation for people with disabilities in Western Australia, until his retirement in 2004. Prior to that he held a variety of positions in engineering and management including companies in mining equipment design and supply, engineering consulting services, construction contracting, and in mining and mineral processing. His experience includes a period of eight years as a consultant to the Government of Western Australia in an agency responsible for the development of Western Australia’s mining, agricultural and oil and gas resources and associated infrastructure. During that period he was employed as a Project Director and department Chief Executive. Richard has also worked in Indonesia, India, Canada and the UK. In Indonesia he was responsible for the management of an engineering business in joint venture with one of the country’s leading private companies. His time in India included working on a proposal to develop an iron ore mine and processing facility.

Winston Jones OAM

Winston Jones OAM

Board Member

Win was born in Wales in 1939 and migrated to Australia with his family in 1952. His career comprised 22 years in banking (1955 – 1977) and 30 years as a small business proprietor (1977 – 2007).

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In 1987 Win accepted an invitation to join the Rotary Club of Dalkeith and he continues to be an active member. In 1996 he was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship, and was Club President in 1999/2000. In 2002, he received a ‘Sapphire Pin’ attachment to his Paul Harris Fellowship award. His wife, Margaret, also received both awards. In 2008 Win received a SERVICE ABOVE SELF award, one of only 150 such awards granted annually worldwide. In 1991 Win became involved in the Rotary Project –‘Bali Eye Clinic’ and worked with the Management Committee until the formation of The John Fawcett Foundation (JFF). He joined the JFF Executive Board in 2002. Following their retirement in 2007, Win and Margaret, increased their involvement in the Foundation, and are regular and frequent visitors to Bali. The awards mentioned above are in recognition of the work done for Bali Eye Clinic/The John Fawcett Foundation over the years. In October 2015 Win was elected Chairman of the Foundation and continued in that role until April 2021. In 2018 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM), principally for his work with JFF. He looks forward to continuing to assist the people of Indonesia for many more years.

Dean Bowker

Dean Bowker

Board Member

Dean graduated from Claremont Teachers College in 1957 and for the next 26 years taught across a variety of subjects in London and Western Australia.

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In the early 1960s he returned to teach at his ‘alma mater’, Christ Church Grammar School (CCGS). Over the years he accepted a number of academic leadership roles before moving across to administration. He became the inaugural Director of the CCGS Foundation. In this capacity over a 20 year period he developed frameworks for the school in fundraising, marketing, public relations and alumni relations. For his work in development he was elected a Fellow of the Association of Development and Alumni Professionals in Education in 2000. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the CCGS Old Boys’ Association in recognition of his 25 years as Secretary to the Executive Committee. He retired from CCGS in 2005. Meanwhile, together with his wife Jill and two sons, Clay and Jon, Dean became a regular visitor to Bali. A friendship was formed with John Fawcett, and in 2008 Dean volunteered his services as a Fundraising Consultant to the Board. Seven years on and after recommending the establishment and ongoing maintenance of a database and an Annual Giving Program, Dean continues to be inspired by the work of the Foundation, finding the opportunity of working with a variety of people and cultures and creating new relationships both enjoyable and challenging. Dean was appointed to the JFF Board in 2015. What Dean enjoys most about this humanitarian organisation is the camaraderie, tradition, networking, service, membership and the renewing of hope and uplifting of lives through social interaction and philanthropy.

Kylie Harrison

Kylie Harrison

Board Member

Kylie Harrison was appointed to The John Fawcett Foundation Board in May 2015. She has become increasingly involved with the Foundation since first visiting Bali in 2010 

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 with her partner, Dr Tim Cooper, who assists with the Children’s Corrective Surgery Project. Over the past five years she has witnessed firsthand what the Foundation is capable of achieving, and has been profoundly influenced by its Founder, John Fawcett. Hence her desire to contribute in some way. Kylie has a strong background in Business Development, Sales and Marketing.  She has worked in the finance sector for GE Commercial as well as Health Care, and has also spent time as an Executive Assistant in Business Consulting. She has previous philanthropic experience, having contributed to fundraising projects with The John Fawcett Foundation, Rotary and Autism Australia. Kylie is looking forward to being proactive with the Board, having a particular interest in promoting the Foundation through social media. 

Gede Bingin

Gede Bingin

Board Member

Chairman, John Fawcett Foundation – Indonesia (September 2016 – present) Executive Manager, Bali office (October 2017 – present).

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 Gede Bingin was born in the village of Datah, Karangasem, Bali, and is one of the two founding staff members of the Foundation.  He was the first Balinese student to attend a term at Helena College, Western Australia, a program that celebrated its 20th year in 2015. Gede held the position of Administration Manager / HRD of in the Bali office of JFF for many years. Since October 2017 he has held the position of Executive Manager, with full responsibility for the Bali office and projects of JFF. Gede’s additional tasks include the running of the Children’s Corrective Surgery Project, maintaining the computing and telephone systems in the Bali office, and meeting and greeting guests and donors who visit the Bali office, sometimes accompanying them on village programs. He has made several visits to Australia, accompanying children requiring medical treatment and to attend Foundation meetings.

Norbert Hoegerl OAM

Norbert Hoegerl OAM

Board Member

Norbert brings to the JFF Board a wealth of experience with ophthalmic equipment through his training as a precision engineer and experience work with Carl Zeiss in Germany, Hong Kong, Macau and Melbourne.

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In 1996 he started his own company, MicroMed International which specialises in the development of surgical microscopes used in all microsurgical disciplines with an emphasis on ophthalmology. In 1996 he started working with John Fawcett developing an ophthalmic surgical microscope that could be used in a mobile eye clinic, and in 2001 started volunteering as a biomedical engineer for the East Timor Eye Program with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. Norbert has trained two Timorese biomedical engineers, and in 2017 built the first mobile eye clinic in East Timor. Norbert has made many trips to Bali to work with JFF’s medical technician, Dewa Putu, training him in the repair and maintenance of surgical microscopes. Dewa has also spent time in Australia working with Norbert. Norbert was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his humanitarian efforts in Bali and East Timor in 2016.

Professor Bill Morgan

Professor Bill Morgan

Board Member

Prof William Morgan is a Glaucoma subspecialist (MB BS, FRANZCO) with a PhD in optic nerve physiology, managing director of the Lions Eye Institute, and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Western Australia.

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 His basic research studies pressure gradients in and around the optic nerve with interest in the effect of CSF pressure. Derived from this, he has recently been pursuing a greater understanding of retinal venous pulsation and its relationship to CSF pressure and glaucoma. In collaboration with Prof Yu, he was involved with the development of gelatin microfistula surgery for glaucoma therapy, which is currently being widely used internationally (XEN Allergan). He has a clinical and research interest in glaucoma surgery and the teaching of drainage surgery techniques generally, particularly in Indonesia. He is also the co-inventor of the Virna GDD, glaucoma drainage device that was recently launched in Indonesia. He has an interest in the epidemiology of blindness in the general community and in Australian indigenous communities in particular. He holds 7 patents and has published over 125 papers.

JFF (INDONESIA) BOARD

Susan Fawcett

Susan Fawcett

Trustee

Catherine Saccone (née Fawcett)

Catherine Saccone (née Fawcett)

Trustee

Drs I Gusti Made Bagiadi

Drs I Gusti Made Bagiadi

Supervisor

Gede Bingin

Gede Bingin

Chairman

Chairman, John Fawcett Foundation – Indonesia (September 2016 – present) Executive Manager, Bali office (October 2017 – present).

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 Gede Bingin was born in the village of Datah, Karangasem, Bali, and is one of the two founding staff members of the Foundation.  He was the first Balinese student to attend a term at Helena College, Western Australia, a program that celebrated its 20th year in 2015. Gede held the position of Administration Manager / HRD of in the Bali office of JFF for many years. Since October 2017 he has held the position of Executive Manager, with full responsibility for the Bali office and projects of JFF. Gede’s additional tasks include the running of the Children’s Corrective Surgery Project, maintaining the computing and telephone systems in the Bali office, and meeting and greeting guests and donors who visit the Bali office, sometimes accompanying them on village programs. He has made several visits to Australia, accompanying children requiring medical treatment and to attend Foundation meetings.

I Nyoman Wardhana

I Nyoman Wardhana

Secretary

Secretary, John Fawcett Foundation – Indonesia (2016 – present) Projects Manager, Bali office (2008 – present) 

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Nyoman comes from Jimbaran, Bali and has been working with the Foundation since 1994. He graduated in Economics from the University of Warmadewa, Bali, in 1993 and held the position of Cashier and Assistant Accountant at the Saraswati Restaurant and Villa, Nusa Dua from 1993 to August 1994. In September 1994 he commenced working with the Foundation’s Sight Restoration and Blindness Prevention Project as Project Administrator located in the BKMM where five of the Foundation’s staff were situated. The Project was essentially run from BKMM at that time. When the ABMEC (Australia Bali Memorial Eye Centre) was opened the five JFF staff moved from BKMM to the new location, and Komang continued in the position of Project Administrator until JFF withdrew from ABMEC in 2008. Since 2008 Komang has been working in the Bali headquarters of the Foundation, initially as Projects Manager, reporting to the Senior Projects Manager, and since mid-2016 being responsible for the Sight Restoration and Blindness Prevention Project. 

Ni Gusti Ayu Susilawati

Ni Gusti Ayu Susilawati

Treasurer

Treasurer, John Fawcett Foundation – Indonesia (2005 – present) Financial Manager, Bali office (2005 – present)

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Susilawati (Susi) originates from Tabanan, Bali. Susi qualified with a Bachelor of Accounting (SE) at Mahasaraswati University, Denpasar, in 2013. She has been working in the accounting field since 1999, and joined the Foundation as Accountant in 2005.  Susi holds the position of Treasurer on the Board of JFF Indonesia, and is the Financial Manager of the Indonesian Foundation, where she has overall responsibility for finances in the Bali office of JFF. She is responsible for the reporting and controlling of the financials, budgeting and taxation. She also assists with the audit of the foundation and ensures the Foundation’s employment conditions are updated in line with Government manpower regulations.

JFF (UK) BOARD

Jeremy Hope

Jeremy Hope

Trustee

Jeremy Hope is the founder of John Fawcett Foundation (UK) which was set up in 2006 to raise funds from UK registered Charitable Trusts for John Fawcett Foundation ( Bali ).

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Jeremy’s interest in JFF arose from several visits to the JFF, in particular in 2004 and in meeting John Fawcett and seeing first-hand what the Foundation achieves in Indonesia, after which, he offered his services to raise funds in the UK. Jeremy has extensive experience contacting the hundreds UK Charitable Trusts which support overseas projects with requests to support his chosen charities. With annual Appeals being sent to these Trusts, JFF(UK) has to date, attracted around £200,000 for the benefit of The JFF in Bali.

Wendy Gough

Wendy Gough

Trustee

Wendy Gough is partner to Jeremy Hope, the founder of JFF(UK). Wendy has been involved in charity work for 17 years, since the death of her son from cancer.

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She runs her own UK-registered charity, educating school students on early signs and how to detect cancers. Wendy has met John Fawcett and his team on several occasions during her frequent yearly visits to Bali, at her own expense, and has always been extremely impressed with the work of JFF.

James Mason

James Mason

Trustee

James Mason is a close friend of Jeremy Hope and Wendy Gough, living in St Albans, UK. 

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His wife, Anita and son Adam have both visited the John Fawcett Foundation. James, a UK citizen, is a retired insurance executive. Recently, the UK banking arrangements were altered which required in excess of 50% of Trustees of UK-registered charities that operated overseas to be resident within the UK. James, being very familiar with the John Fawcett Foundation and the work of JFF(UK) in supporting this humanitarian effort, agreed to be co-opted as a Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the UK Bank.

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