Annual Report 2014 – 2015 JewishCare’s Mission Support and strengthen the resilience and independence of community members in need BOARD ALLAN BOYD VIDOR LAWRENCE MYERS DR JEFFREY LIONEL President Honorary Treasurer ENGELMAN SHIRLI KIRSCHNER ALLAN VIDOR LAWRENCE MYERS Auditor and a Registered member of the Australian Tax Agent. Lawrence holds Jewish Holocaust Survivors Appointed as Director on Appointed as Director on several board position’s and Descendants, 29 June 2006. 26 June 2008. with private and not where his father is a past Born 29/03/1963 in Born on 17/04/1974 in for profit organisations. President. Sydney, Australia. Cape Town South Africa. Lawrence is also a SHIRLI KIRSCHNER Allan is the Managing Lawrence is the Managing non-executive director of Appointed as Director on Director of the Toga Group Director and founder of Breville Group Limited, 20 March 2013 of Companies, a property MBP Advisory Pty. Limited listed on the Australian development, construction, - a prominent high end Stock Exchange. Born 05/12/1964 in Tel investment and hospitality Sydney firm - which he DR JEFFREY Aviv Israel management group. established in 1998. Prior ENGELMAN Shirli has a Bachelor of He graduated from the to that, Lawrence spent Appointed as Director on Arts (Psychology) and Law University of NSW with 6 years in small and large 24 November 2005. (UNSW) and is a Nationally Bachelor of Commerce Chartered Accounting accredited mediator. and Laws degrees in 1985 firms. His client base Born 08/11/1962 in and was admitted as a spans a broad range of Sydney, Australia. She worked as a lawyer for Solicitor of the Supreme industries and activities six years before founding Jeffrey is a Court of NSW in 1986. and specialises in advising Resolve Advisors in Gastroenterologist, Prior to Allan joining the very high net worth 1996. Resolve provides currently working in Toga Group where he is individuals and families, services resolving disputes, private practice in both responsible for the Group’s their businesses and assisting group decision the Eastern Suburbs and strategy and operations, commercial endeavours. making and process Kogarah. He has been in he worked in the banking This portfolio includes design to a wide client practice for over 20 years. and finance sector. He was some of Australia’s base in Australia and appointed to the Board largest private and public Jeffrey completed a higher Internationally. degree at the UNSW after of JewishCare in 2006 companies. Lawrence’s Shirli holds the position of undertaking research in having had strong earlier specialist areas of practice dispute resolution adviser London, England. He has communal involvement include Mergers and for the National Electricity been actively involved in with the Keren Hayesod Acquisitions, Corporate and wholesale gas communal work having and the United Israel and Business advisory, Tax markets, an appointment served on the Jewish Appeal. Consulting and Advisory, as a sessional Lecturer Succession Planning and Board of Deputies and Other directorships include in the Masters of Law Family Office services. being on the Holocaust the Tourism and Transport Program at UNSW, a He received a Bachelor Remembrance committee Forum (TTF) and the part time Registrar for the of Accountancy from for two years. Australia/Israel & Jewish Federal Circuits Court. The University of South He belongs to both South Affairs Council (AIJAC). Shirli currently sits on a Australia. Lawrence is a Head Synagogue and Allan was elected President number of National and member of the Institute of Maroubra Synagogue in 2011. International mediation Chartered Accountants in (where his father is a Life panels. She has held Australia, Taxation Institute Vice President and Life positions on the Board of Australia and NTAA. He member) and is also a is a Registered Company of the Shalom Institute, 2 JewishCare Annual Report 2014 – 2015 OF DIRECTORS TONY LEIBOWITZ DARRON LONSTEIN DAVID MORRIS the ADR committee of been similar in nature the network technology 2011. Prior to this he the Law Society and the to those which he was company, Com Tech, was the President of Board of BRC (the Brain responsible previously. He which was later sold to Cochlear Bone Anchored Resource Company) is currently the Executive the global technology Solutions. having been which specialises in brain Director of an ASX listed organisation, Dimension appointed to this position functional analysis. company and sits on the Data. During his time at in September 2005. David board of a UK listed fund Com Tech, Darron served joined Cochlear Limited in TONY LEIBOWITZ manager. as its Technical Services December 2002 as Senior Appointed as Director on Director, responsible for Vice President, Business Tony’s core skills are in November 2014. all service and support Development. the areas of corporate activities as well as being Born 18/09/1953 in Cape governance, investment Prior to joining Cochlear involved in the strategic Town South Africa. analysis, valuations, Limited, David worked with direction of the company. Since retiring as Senior financial evaluation, Accenture in strategy and Partner at Pricewater- commercial advice and Since then Darron spent operational consulting, and houseCoopers (PwC), negotiations. Over many several years as Executive has extensive International Tony has been involved in years these skills have Chairman of Controlled and Australian experience a number of investment been applied on a wide Climate Logistics, in the healthcare, activities and maintained range of assignments a logistics business consumer products, an advisory business. requiring both formal focused on warehousing utilities and financial He has also served on and informal reporting and distribution for services industries. and provided as an confectionary and allied the board of Directors David has a Bachelor independent adviser, board industries. Darron now of numerous publicly of Business and a member and advocate. invests across a range of listed companies both as Bachelor of Applied property and equity assets Chairman and as a general Prior to moving to Sydney Science from Monash and also has a number of board member. Tony was vice president University in Melbourne, private equity investments of The Perth Hebrew Australia. He has also Prior to retiring, Tony had in start-up enterprises. been a partner in Price- Congregation and also completed the Advanced waterhouseCoopers (and served as an executive and Darron has worked with Business Management Coopers & Lybrand) for treasurer of Carmel School. JCA for many years and Program at Kellogg has been a member of the School of Management, 14 years. During those DARRON LONSTEIN years he specialised in IT, Allocations, Planning Northwestern University in Corporate Finance and Appointed as Director on and Executive Committees. Chicago, USA. 20 March 2013 Investment Banking and DAVID MORRIS was responsible for the Born 30/07/1964 in Appointed as Director management of that part Bulawayo Zimbabwe of the national practice of 22nd July 2014. PwC. Darron holds a Bachelor Born 15/01/1969. of Science (Honours) in The Financial Consulting Computer Science from David is the Chief Strategy and investment activities UCT. Officer at Cochlear undertaken by Tony since Limited, having been retiring from PwC have He was one of the appointed in September founding Directors of JewishCare Annual Report 2014 – 2015 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT On behalf of the Board of JewishCare I have great The recently commissioned survey of our Clients, Family/ pleasure presenting my fourth Annual Report to Carers and Volunteers carried out by The Voice Project the community. In doing so I reflect on changes has confirmed the belief that JewishCare provides high that have taken place over this period and the quality services and care to our clients. In virtually every challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. respect our results benchmarked higher than equivalent organisations with clients expressing a very high level of In 2012, JewishCare moved into our purpose built satisfaction with the services received. Saber Street premises, a wonderful community resource providing a hub for all of our services including Print35 As mentioned previously this is a time of unprecedented Design Studio as well as meeting and Board rooms change in terms of the way government will fund which are regularly utilised by many other communal services for the aged and for people with a disability, organisations. Our new signage on Newland Street including certain mental health conditions. As clearly shows ‘the hand’, which since our 2010 Capital government represents our biggest single funding Appeal has been the distinctive symbol of JewishCare, source the implications of these changes are significant. The Board and executive of JewishCare are very mindful While a large part of our work still relates to supporting of the challenges and in fact opportunities that lay elderly members of the community, in recent times ahead. The range of skills and experience around the JewishCare has increased its activities in the fields of Board is impressive and the community can be assured Mental Health and Domestic Violence, two areas that that strategic decisions will be made and resources have seen an increase in need within our community. will be allocated in a way that will best meets the future Our Mental Health services has been rebranded as needs of the community. the Mental Health and Wellbeing program reflecting the changing focus of much of our work. Our recent I would particularly like to acknowledge the valuable cooperative arrangements with Headspace and Partners contributions of our Vice President Dr Jeffrey Engelman In Recovery and our leading role in Mental Health Month who has been a Director for ten years and retires this demonstrates the level of respect in which our Mental year allowing for ongoing Board renewal in line with Health and Wellbeing program is held. our Board Charter. I especially want to thank Richard Spencer who stood in so effectively as CEO during Recent government initiatives have raised further Claire Vernon’s sabbatical break making a great impact awareness in relation to domestic violence.