SBA directors

Chair of SBA, Greg Wall

Greg Wall is the Chair of Social Business Australia and Chair of the Australian Secretariat for the International Year of Co-operatives bringing a wealth of experience as a chief executive in the mutual space with a strong financial services background in retail and commercial banking. Since his first co-operative endeavour in his 20s establishing a deer farm co-operative in WA, Greg has believed in the the strength and resilience of the co-operative model of business. Greg took up his appointment as CEO of Capricorn on 22nd August 2011.

Suzanne Henderson

suzanne.henderson@socialbusiness.coop
Suzanne is CEO of Sommerson Communications, which provides strategic marketing, programs, communications and media services to the fourth sector including co-ops and community associations. Suzanne was the founding editor of Community Cooperative Connections (CCC eNews) the Australian online newsletter covering co-operative, community and not for profit sectors. Sommerson produces the ICA eDigest - the flagship monthly publication of the global peak body for co-operatives, the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA).

Alan Greig

alan.greig@socialbusiness.coop
Alan has advocated for employee and community ownership solutions since the 1980s. He has been a member of the Management Committee of the Australian Employee Ownership Association (AEOA) since its inception in 1986 (www.aeoa.org.au). The AEOA has set up an Employee Buyout Centre - the Australian Employee Buyout Centre (www.aebc.org.au) which is funded by the Federal Government to support and advise on employee buyout strategies for saving jobs in distressed businesses. Alan is a director of the Centre.

Melina Morrison

melina.morrison@socialbusiness.coop
Melina is a Director of Australia's Secretariat for the International Year of Co-operatives and a member of the voluntary board of management - the IYC 2012 Steering Committee. Melina has written on co-operatives and the social economy for a decade for international and national publications (four years as Associate Editor of the International Co-operative Alliance e-Digest). Melina has wide experience engaging social and mainstream media on how we build social capital through profitable social businesses.