Board members

Brendan Britten

President

Brendan is the Managing Partner of Pitcher Partners Melbourne. Joining the Firm as a Graduate, he brings more than 25 years extensive experience advising businesses on their financial strategy. In addition to leading Pitcher Partners and its 750 people, he provides services to several large family businesses and sits on a number of client Advisory Boards and Finance Committees.

Clare McCartin

Deputy President

Clare McCartin is a highly regarded executive search and leadership advisor with more than 25 years' experience partnering with organisations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to identify and develop exceptional leadership talent.

Prior to concluding her tenure with Davidson in 2026, Clare served as Managing Partner, Search & Advisory, leading the firm's executive search and advisory practice nationally. During her time at Davidson, she played a pivotal role in expanding the organisation's presence and reputation across Australia, building one of the country's leading executive search and advisory practices.

Prior to joining Davidson in 2015, Clare was a Director of a Melbourne based search firm for thirteen years where she conducted hundreds of Chief Executive and Senior searches in the government, health, sporting, and community sectors.

Clare is an active corporate member of IPAA where she established the inaugural Top 50 Women in the Public Sector initiative which has now recognised hundreds of women across NSW and VIC. Clare regularly publishes thought leadership articles in her industry publications including the annual Local Government CEO Index. Clare has completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science, a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource and she holds a Master of Commerce, majoring in HR and Employee Relations.

Adrian Kloeden AM

Past President

Adrian Kloeden is an independent Director and Chairman. He is currently President of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Aquasure group of companies and a Director of The Smith Family. He is a senior executive leadership coach in companies, government, the professions and NFPs.

Adrian’s management experience covers a wide variety of industries, including forestry, agribusiness, manufacturing, distribution, retail, research and development, brand management, technology, e-commerce, defence and tourism and transport. He has held CEO or leadership positions in large and small public and private companies and a government related organisation and has operated in many regions of the world.

He graduated in science from the Australian National University and holds a master’s degree in business from the London Business School. He has an Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Matthew Hibbins

Matthew is an experienced corporate and mergers & acquisitions lawyer, with a successful track record of providing counsel to organisations in Australia and across the Asia Pacific for over two decades.

Matthew is a member of the board of MinterEllison and prior Managing Partner of the Melbourne Office of MinterEllison. In addition to his professional roles, Matthew is a Governor on the Council of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, and is a Director of the Peter & Lyndy White Foundation, a Melbourne based philanthropic foundation funding the construction of housing for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness throughout Victoria.  Prior experience includes as President of the Law Institute of Victoria, and as Director of the Law Council of Australia and of the Committee for Melbourne.
 
Through his leadership roles, Matthew is committed to making a meaningful impact and driving positive change. As a proud Victorian, Matthew is committed to working with business and community leaders to identify how we best meet the challenges and seize the opportunities necessary to shape our State’s future growth and prosperity.

Kate Mannix

Kate Mannix was appointed CEO at AFS & Associates in 2017 after working at the firm for 10 years in audit and corporate services. In her tenure at AFS Kate has seen the formation of the share registry department and considerable growth of the regional firm.

Prior to working at AFS, Kate gained experience at PwC and Blockbuster Australia as Director of Finance, where she oversaw large scale and highly technical changes.

With her passion for building business capability and opportunity in Regional Victoria, Kate joined the Victorian Chamber as a Regional Chairperson in Bendigo in January 2021 and was a co-chair of the Vic Chamber 2021 Cost and Ease of Doing Business in Victoria taskforce.

Kate is an active part of the Bendigo community and a member of both the Bendigo Health Fundraising Advisory Board and Bendigo Regional AICD Committee.

Peter Radoll

Professor Peter Radoll joined Victoria University as the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor People & Organisation. He leads the underpinning strategy for People & Organisation, as well as the transformation and continuous improvement of relevant services, systems and processes to provide reliable, seamless and positive experiences.

Peter is an Anaiwan man of Northern NSW and Professor of Information Technology. Prior to Victoria University, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous at the University of Canberra and Director, Ngunnawal Centre.

Peter is also on the board of The Smith Family and a member of The Smith Family’s People and Culture committee and has served on the boards of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and the Capital Health Network as well as the expert panel for STEM at CSIRO.

Jacqueline Savage

Jacqui Savage is a globally recognised medtech entrepreneur and innovation leader with deep expertise in the commercialization, manufacturing, and global distribution of transformative medical technologies. She has successfully launched and scaled multiple medical devices across international markets, including founding two health-tech companies, MedCorp and Mioplay.

Recognised for her contributions and leadership, Jacqui’s accolades include the 2016 Telstra Business Woman’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, NASA’s Top 100 Global Engineering Innovations, the BioMelbourne Network Emerging Women in Leadership Award, and being named one of the Top 20 MedTech Innovators in Asia Pacific in 2021.

Jacqui also serves as Deputy Chancellor of La Trobe University and is a Director of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where she champions the intersection of innovation, education, and industry to drive meaningful change across the healthcare ecosystem.

Carlene Wilson

Carlene joined the University of Melbourne as Director, Policy and Government Relations in March 2015. Carlene has extensive experience managing corporate affairs across the corporate, government, and non-government sectors. Carlene was previously Manager Public Policy at BHP and prior to that, she spent 10 years at ANZ Banking Group as the Senior Manager Government and Regulatory Affairs.

She has also worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia’s Embassy in Washington DC. Carlene began her career as a policy adviser to a number of ministers in the NSW State Government in the portfolios of health, education, youth affairs, and training.

She has served on the Board of the Early Learning Association Australia and joined the Board of the Victorian Chamber in 2021.

Michelle Winzer

Michelle Winzer is the CEO of Heartland Bank Australia, with over 3 decades of experience in the Banking and Finance industry as an experienced Chief Executive and Senior Leader. Michelle has demonstrated capability in delivering cultural transformation, market leading customer service and performance results.

Her experience has been in large banks including CBA, Bank of Melbourne and Westpac leading high volume sales and operational teams as well as smaller banks including Heartland Bank Australia Limited and RACQ Bank. Her Chief Executive experience commenced in Bank of Melbourne in 2017 before moving to RACQ Bank in 2020 and Heartland Bank Australia in 2024.

Michelle is on the Board of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and is a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course. Michelle also holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Dan Feldman

Managing Partner of HR Legal, a specialist in employment and safety law.