Richenda Vermeulen

Founder & CEO, ntegrity

Richenda is the Founder and CEO of ntegrity, a full-service agency that works with Australia’s leading not-for-profits. She is a pioneer of transformational revenue growth within charities and strongly believes this growth will save more lives and create faster progress on equality and justice.

Before starting ntegrity, Richenda worked in the NFP sector for 10+ years; from frontline social work to launching social media marketing at World Vision Australia and World Vision USA.

She has been recognised as an ‘Industry Leader of the Year’ at the Mumbrella Awards, named one of Australia's “Top Entrepreneurs to Watch” by Smart Company, and named one of the 25 most influential people in the NFP sector by Probono News.

She's a passionate donor, proud mother of two young kids, and an Ambassador for International Justice Mission in their work to end the online sexual exploitation of children.

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Janine Kewming

National Head of Fundraising, The Salvation Army

Janine is the National Head of Fundraising at The Salvation Army Australia, where she has grown overall fundraising revenue by 18% over 6 years from $135 million to $160 million, and a total revenue contribution of over $1 billion over 6 years.

She has over 20 years executive and senior leadership experience with expertise in sales, marketing, philanthropy and corporate partnerships.

Prior to this, Janine held the role of Chief of Private Funding at World Vision Australia.

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Ian Finlayson

General Manager, Fundraising and Marketing
Vision Australia

Ian is General Manager of Fundraising and Marketing at Vision Australia leading a national team of fundraising professionals in a diverse program to raise $45M+ per year.

He has over 30 years of experience in senior executive roles, prior to this role he has worked at Royal Flying Doctor Service QLD, Myki, and Guide Dogs.

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Vibeke Stisen

Executive Manager - Engagement, Bush Heritage

Vibeke brings more than 20 years’ international experience across marketing, communications, fundraising and partnerships. In this time she has managed teams and budgets of many varying sizes and worked in businesses that may from the outside look very different, but all have the same things in common: they all add true value to their customers and the community, and they have all provided the trust and opportunity for Vibeke to grow.

In her current role, as Executive Manager of Engagement at Bush Heritage, Vibeke leads a talented team of specialists, focussed on sharing the stories of Bush Heritage's work and why it matters, and on raising the funds needed to reach the organisation's 2030 strategy ambition of deepening and doubling its impact by the end of this decade.

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Neil Pharoah

Founder & Director, TANCK

Neil is a founding Director of Tanck, and a government engagement and campaigning guru with a depth of experience in social purpose, government, public policy, and advocacy.

Having led corporate affairs, business development and marketing teams, he has been the driving force behind leading social policy and advocacy campaigns, as well as national and international philanthropic and development work, in child welfare, education, refugee and LGBTIQ+ issues.

Neil was a founding director of LGBTIQ+ philanthropic group, GiveOUT, and was national co-convenor of Rainbow Labor, where he led the internal campaign which achieved over 200 legislative and regulatory reforms, including changing the Labor Party’s position on marriage equality. Neil was featured in the Deloitte ‘2018 Outstanding 50 LGBTI Leaders’ list and ran for parliament in 2014 and 2018 as the Labor candidate for Prahran, Victoria.

After many years working across the not-for-profit, private and government sectors, both in Australia and internationally, Neil formed Pharaoh + Associates, and in 2021, co-founded Tanck, a government engagement consultancy firm who believe there is strength in strategy.

In a few short years he has already delivered a range of highly successful government engagement, advocacy, business development and funding outcomes for a variety of clients spanning different sectors. United by shared purpose, he is committed to building highly motivated, engaged and effective teams within an organisation.

Neil has a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing and Accounting) as well as a Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD). Neil has qualifications in Media Training, Project Management and has completed a Harvard University (Club Australia) Short Course on Executive Leadership. Neil sits on a number of private, public and community boards.

Neil is proud of his culturally and linguistically diverse background, and of being a member of the LGBTIQ+ community. He brings these connections, strengths and diversity to every engagement.

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Angus Crowther

Co-Founder & Executive Director, TANCK

A co-founding Director of Tanck, Angus brings with him a significant understanding of the political process and executive functions of government. Having worked directly to minsters as a policy and political advisor, Angus understands the inner workings of government decision making and brings this knowledge and understanding with him to every engagement.

Angus spent the better part of his ministerial career working within the social portfolios of education, communities, disability services and seniors, as well as being an advisor within an economic super portfolio covering infrastructure, agriculture, trade, and tourism. In these portfolios he worked on small grants schemes through to major infrastructure programs and bilateral agreements of more than $4billion. Angus also spent time working through the process for State budget bids as well as bilateral agreements between the States and Commonwealth governments, often liaising directly with parliamentarians from government and the opposition.

Since leaving politics, Angus has worked with a variety of social sector and purpose-led organisations and leaders, supporting them to create and embed systems for effective government engagement and advocacy. Angus has experience supporting clients in every state and jurisdiction in Australia, having helped clients achieve sector firsts in the delivery of ministerial policy statements through to improved funding certainty and associated outcomes. Underpinning these successes is Angus’ ability to connect with people, understand their mission, and work alongside them to accomplish their goals and objectives.

A proud member and advocate of the LGBTIQ+ community, Angus was Co-Convenor of Rainbow Labor in Queensland before making the move to Sydney. Angus’ personal journey, coupled with his experience working in social portfolios supporting marginalised and disadvantaged Australians, engendered within him a deep and enduring sense of compassion and empathy. Angus is driven by these experiences and is highly motivated by the work he does to support the important social and societal change being driven by his clients.

Tanck was the next step in Angus’ desire to play a part in contributing to a better future; by empowering social sector and purpose-led leaders to better compete with the lobbyists and private interests that occupy the corridors of power.

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Chris Edwards

Manager Government Relations and Advocacy, Vision Australia

Chris Edwards has over 20 years’ experience working in the blindness and low vision sector holding leadership roles in employment, assistive technology and service delivery.

Chris is married and father to three children. Chris has been a Seeing Eye Dog handler since 2012.

He is a specialist on employment, assistive technology and delivering services that support the blindness and low vision community. He can also talk about his experience of being a Seeing Eye Dog handler.

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Amy Schurmann

Growth Marketing Lead, ntegrity

Amy has over 10 years experience in digital and performance marketing in Australia and Europe. Prior to joining ntegrity, Amy was Digital Director at Scout Frontier where she was responsible for digital for a portfolio of clients including ghd, 99 Bikes, Diabetes Australia and Bolton Clarke.

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