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Governance

Ability Works Australia Ltd is a registered not-for-profit social enterprise and reports it’s financial information to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commision (ACNC) which is the national regulator of charities.

As an NDIS service provider Ability Works also has reporting responsibilities to the Federal Government and is audited for compliance against the National Standards for Disability Services.

Ability Works is led by a Chief Executive Officer with an Executive Leadership Team of seven across functional areas of expertise.

Our Board of Directors

James Edmonds

James is Chairman of the Board at Ability Works. Having recently retired, James brings commercial acumen to the AWA board including sales and marketing.
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Johan Wiggett

Johan is an experienced C-Level finance executive with over 25 years of global transformation, strategic, financial transformation and M&A experience in Australia, US, UK, Europe and South Africa. Johan joined our board in June 2024.
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Russell Jones

Russell has a private business providing human resources and risk management advice and service.
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Julia Shtepa

With a strong commercial and legal background and leading transformation within CBUS Superannuation fund, Julia brings a strong background to Ability Works.
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David Preiss

David brings extensive and varied experience in the not-for-profit and government sectors joining the Board in June 2022.
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Rora Furman

Rora is a Partner at bipartisan public affairs agency The Civic Partnership and joined the Board in June 2022.
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Melissa Bugge

Melissa has spent 15+ years working across a range of NFP sectors including health, aged care, and community development.
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