As a charity operating in 20 countries, Movember complies with a range of regulatory and governance obligations. We take these responsibilities very seriously and are committed to best practice levels of transparency, accountability and governance.
Download a copy of our Governance FrameworkLeadership and governance structure
Movember is governed by a Board of Directors, who delegate part of their work to specialised committees to ensure that the organisation holds itself to the highest standards.
Movember Foundations styre
Styrets rolle er å sikre at Movember opprettholder de høyeste standarder for prestasjoner, styresett, ansvarlighet, åpenhet og forhold mellom utgifter og innsamlede midler. Styret evaluerer årlig prestasjonene til administrerende direktør og direktøren for Programmes. Vårt styre er kompetansebasert, og hvert av medlemmene bringer med seg et bredt spekter av ekspertise og erfaring.
I tråd med Movember fokus på å minimere administrative kostnader mottar ingen styremedlemmer betaling for sine styreverv. Styremedlemmene som er oppgitt nedenfor, utgjør også (med identisk sammensetning) styret for Movember Europa.
Chair
Richard joined the Board on 13 October 2022.
Richard is a Non-Executive Director of Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Limited and Chair of the Board Audit Committee. He is a Non-Executive Director of AUB Group Limited and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee. Richard is the Chair of the Stephenson Mansell Group, a Champions of Change Coalition Convenor and Advisor to CEOs and Boards.
Richard brings extensive experience delivering complex audit and advisory services to Australia’s leading public, private, government and not-for-profit organisations for more than 30 years.
Richard was the Chief Executive Office of Deloitte Australia from 2018 to 2021. Prior to the CEO role, Richard was the Managing Partner of the Audit & Advisory Practice and a member of the Global Audit & Advisory Leadership Team. Richard’s career also includes more than 25 years working with PwC, including nine years on PwC’s Australian executive.
Richard is passionate about supporting organisations that have a positive impact in the community. He is a former Chairman of OzHarvest and a former Director of Adara Group, a charitable organisation focusing on international development in emerging economies.
His former directorships also include serving as President and Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (now Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) and Director of SCEGGS Darlinghurst. Richard has also been a member of the Male Champions of Change, Australian Climate Leaders Coalition and the Business Council of Australia.
Non-Executive Director
A healthcare strategy consultant with over 20 years’ experience, Damien specialises in working with governments and businesses to develop and implement their strategies in order to meet their health and care needs. A long-time Movember supporter (he grew his first Mo in 2008), Damien brings previous not-for-profit board experience as well as expertise gained from earning a PhD in Physiology and a MBA.
Non-Executive Director
With over 20 years’ experience providing legal and strategic counsel for public and private companies across a variety of sectors, Linnsey brings her expertise in corporate governance, government affairs, risk management, human resources, and international commercial transactions to Movember. She also has extensive experience supporting not-for-profit enterprises through her work with the Boardriders Foundation (formerly the Quiksilver Foundation) and the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, which supports families experiencing financial strain due to a cancer diagnosis.
Non-Executive Director
Rob trained as a medical doctor, working as a clinician in rural Australia and in Africa before moving into public health, focusing on HIV/AIDS for the Victorian Department of Health, the World Health Organisation, the Burnet Centre and the Joint UN Program on AIDS (UNAIDS). He is currently Professor of Public Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Rob has worked for numerous not-for profit organisations including Save the Children Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. He has a keen interest in the prevention of non-communicable diseases, health promotion and health inequalities. Rob has chaired the National Preventative Health Taskforce and the Federal Minister’s Men’s Health Reference Group — the only Federal body that has ever existed focusing on men’s health.
Non-Executive Director
Deanna has 20 years’ experience in operations and transformation in Australia, UK, Asia and Africa, which has included holding a number of commercial and operations executive roles in mining, oil, gas, FMCG and retail. Deanna has also supported several not-for-profits including volunteering for 15 years at the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and she is currently a mentor for Kilfinan Australia, a cause-focused on building not for-profit leadership capability.
Non-Executive Director
Travis is a Creative and Brand Consultant with over 30 years’ experience and has been named in the Qantas Most Influential Australians List. While being the Co-Founder and Brand Creator of Movember, Travis has also founded a number of highly successful companies, from his global creative agency Urchin, to cult street wear and skate brand Doomsday. Travis has performed many roles across famous brands such as YETI, Tony Hawk, DC, Quiksilver, Roxy, Fosters, CUB, Corona, Carlsberg, Asahi, Kronenbourg 1664, Millers, F1 and the World Surfing Tour. Travis has both a strategic, business and creative mind and has been working on special projects with market leading brands his entire career.
Non-Executive Director
Rochelle has over 20 years of global marketing experience working with Fortune 500 brands and start-ups. Her category experience spans across technology, financial services, gaming, fashion and consumer products. Rochelle has held several board seats and has made an impact in the marketing and advertising industry, academia, environmental, and health and wellness-focused non-profits. Rochelle is also a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Marketing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Non-Executive Director
Cass is a passionate epidemiologist and public health researcher, bringing over 15 years’ experience in community-based social and health programs. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology and a Master of International Public Health. She has worked for several non-profit organisations, research institutions and levels of government, including co-founding the Waves of Wellness Foundation in 2016. Cass is an empathetic and energetic leader, focussed on striking a balance between meeting the needs of the organisation, the team and the communities being served.
GLOBAL CANCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Oversees the implementation of Movember’s Global Action Plan and provides strategic thought leadership and advice on prostate cancer and testicular cancer research.
Chair
NIHR Research Professor & Head of Urology, University College London.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
Movember Ambassador.
Assistant Professor & Assistant Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, University of Miami Health System.
Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine.
Director, South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute.
Professor, School of Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology.
Movember Board Director.
Professor Dame & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange), University of Nottingham.
Head of Oncology Nursing, Odette Cancer Centre.
Chair & Professor of Urology, University of Toronto.
Patient Advocate.
Movember Board Director.
Global Men's Health Advisory Committee
Oversees and advises the Movember Board on the development, implementation and review of Movember’s Global Impact Strategy. This includes:- Providing strategic thought leadership and advice on the opportunities and gaps in the field of men’s health.
- Informing the prioritisation of investment opportunities aligned to the Strategy.
- Advising on the implementation of the Strategy, and reviewing progress and lessons learnt; and:
- Assisting with the sharing of results from Movember’s program investments.
Chair
Dr Jaelea Skehan OAM is an internationally respected leader in the prevention of mental ill-health and suicide. She is a psychologist, researcher, facilitator and policy adviser. Jaelea is the Director of Everymind, an Australian-based institute, she holds a conjoint appointment with the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle and is an affiliated researcher with the Hunter Medical Research Institute and Manna Institute.
Jaelea has supported the development of government and industry strategies and policies at a state, national and international level. Between 2019 and 2020 she led the National Suicide Prevention Taskforce and engaged across governments to prepare Final Advice for the Australian Prime Minister on Suicide Prevention. In 2020, Jaelea was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to community mental health and wellbeing and in 2014 was announced as one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence.
Jaelea is committed to innovation, harnessing the voice of lived experience and supporting greater uptake of prevention evidence. She enjoys working in partnership with others and developing the next generation of leaders in mental health and suicide prevention. She has been a member of Movember’s Global Men’s Health Advisory Committee since 2019 and was appointed as Chair in 2024.
Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD is a professor and department chair in counseling and the director of the Center for Boys and Men at California State University, Fullerton. His work focuses on healthy/prosocial forms of masculinities, social justice and diversity issues in psychological training and practice, and psychotherapy with boys and men. As a member of the APA Task Force for Boys in School, he is committed to educating teachers and parents about healthy boyhood.
Matt is the co-creator with of the Positive Psychology Positive Masculinities (PPPM) model- the original framework of positive and healthy masculinities. It adopts a strength-based approach to accentuate healthy masculinities in boys and men in school and community settings. He was a core author of the APA Guidelines for Professional Psychological Practice with Boys and Men. He is the clinical advisor for the men’s mental health app, Mental. As a clinician, he has worked children, adults, and families in school, community, and university mental health settings.
Dr Derek M. Griffith is a Founding Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute, Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Member of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Professor of Health Management & Policy and Oncology at Georgetown University. He also serves as the Chair of Global Action on Men’s Health – a global men’s health advocacy organization.
Trained in psychology and public health, Derek’s program of research focuses on developing anti-racism approaches to achieve racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health. His research has explored how notions of manhood, trustworthiness, intersectionality, and individual tailoring can be incorporated into community-based and policy strategies to promote health and well-being. He is a contributor to and editor of three books and the author of over 170 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He has been the principal investigator of research grants from the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several institutes within the National Institutes of Health. Derek serves on the editorial boards of several public health and men's health journals. Recently, he received a citation from the president of the American Psychological Association, “For his extraordinary leadership in addressing the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation and specifically for African American and Latino men”.
Peter is past President of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization Ottawa. He holds a PhD in Population Health from the University of Ottawa and has 20 years of experience working with governments, research institutes, and professional associations on issues of knowledge mobilization, including exchange, management, social media, transfer and translation.
Peter’s career has included serving as Deputy-Director of Knowledge Products and Mobilization at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as Knowledge Exchange Specialist at the Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and as Chair of KMb at Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. His early career included success as an entrepreneur and community developer. Peter is an experienced speaker, facilitator, and writer on knowledge mobilization, education, innovation, community and other complex social issues.
Jacqui Macdonald, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. Her research draws on longitudinal studies of development across the lifespan with a particular focus on lifecourse trajectories of boys to fathers. She leads the Lifecourse Sciences Theme within Deakin’s Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED) and the Men and Parenting Pathways (MAPP) longitudinal study that investigates men’s mental health and wellbeing and how it affects and is affected by family life. She leads the Australian Medical Research Future Fund project, 1 in 10 men: Informing prevention of and treatment for paternal mental health problems.
Jacqui is convenor of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium, a founding member of the Australian Men and Boys Health Alliance, and a scientific advisor to the Australian Longitudinal Study of Male Health. She is an honorary fellow with both the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.
Steven Roberts is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Head of School of Education, Culture and Society, Faculty of Education, Monash University. Steven is a sociologist with research expertise in youth to adulthood transitions and also in change and continuity in contemporary masculinity.
Steven’s research on these themes spans across a range of issues and includes boys and men’s engagement with risky drinking; sexting; emotionality; computer gaming; violence and sexual harassment; domestic labour; compulsory and post-compulsory education; employment; gender transformation programs. Steven is also a Board Director of Respect Victoria.
William Roberts is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, the worlds oldest public health body. Previously William has been a senior leader in the National Health Service, UK across roles in public health, commissioning, strategy, transformation and planning. He is a registered nurse who has worked in both hospital and community services, and as a nurse specialist in tuberculosis and HIV.
William is a Non-Executive Director of Housing 21 and a Non- Executive Director of POBL, a Welsh housing and care provider and was previously Deputy Chair at Terrence Higgins Trust. He brings a wealth of experience across public health and inequalities from the healthcare, charity sector, social care, housing, local government and further education.
Movember Board Member
Travis is a Creative and Brand Consultant with over 30 years’ experience and has been named in the Qantas Most Influential Australians List. While being the Co-Founder and Brand Creator of Movember, Travis has also founded a number of highly successful companies, from his global creative agency Urchin, to cult street wear and skate brand Doomsday. Travis has performed many roles across famous brands such as YETI, Tony Hawk, DC, Quiksilver, Roxy, Fosters, CUB, Corona, Carlsberg, Asahi, Kronenbourg 1664, Millers, F1 and the World Surfing Tour. Travis has both a strategic, business and creative mind and has been working on special projects with market leading brands his entire career.
Movember Board Member
Rob trained as a medical doctor, working as a clinician in rural Australia and in Africa before moving into public health, focusing on HIV/AIDS for the Victorian Department of Health, the World Health Organisation, the Burnet Centre and the Joint UN Program on AIDS (UNAIDS). He is currently Professor of Public Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Rob has worked for numerous not-for profit organisations including Save the Children Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. He has a keen interest in the prevention of non-communicable diseases, health promotion and health inequalities. Rob has chaired the National Preventative Health Taskforce and the Federal Minister’s Men’s Health Reference Group — the only Federal body that has ever existed focusing on men’s health.
Past Chair
Judy is a Lecturer in Human Biology and Affiliate of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, where she teaches a course on Boys' Psychosocial Development. Judy’s research focuses on boys’ gender socialization during early childhood and adolescence, highlights boys’ relational strengths, and aims to support boys’ healthy resistance against social norms that hinder their ability to be fully present and genuinely engaged in their relationships. Judy is the author of When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity (NYU Press, 2014) and co-editor of Adolescent Boys: Exploring Diverse Cultures of Boyhood (NYU Press, 2004). She appeared in and developed curricula for The Representation Project’s film, The Mask You Live In. She is an editorial board member of Men and Masculinities, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, and Boyhood Studies.