Our Team
SeeBeyondBorders is divided into SeeBeyondBorders Pty Ltd (SBB) and SeeBeyondBorders Foundation Australia (SBBFA). The Board comprises three members: the Managing Director, Edward Shuttleworth, David Armstrong and Jeffrey Lees. The role of the Board is to manage the regulatory and compliance issues facing the organisation as well as to establish and monitor the business plan.
The activities of SBBFA are guided by the Advisory Committee which is comprised currently of nine members including the Board. Members of the Advisory Committee are drawn from a variety of walks of life and their role is to provide practical support and guidance with regards to the Mission of the organisation.
Current members of the Advisory Committee are:
Andy Wade
Andy grew up in London. After gaining an Economics degree at Bath, he worked as a software designer for UK software houses. After completing a MSc in Business Administration in 1987, he migrated permanently to Australia, where he now lives with his wife Rosanna and their three children. After working in several start-up companies, he co-founded Infra Corporation, an Australian software company that grew to have operations across Europe and US. He left the company in 2008 when it was acquired by EMC Corporation. He currently advises Australian IT SMEs on growth strategies, particularly developing international operations. Andy has been working with SeeBeyondBorders since inception, and is actively involved in the organisation’s fund-raising activities.
Daniel Fogarty
Daniel is an experienced business leader, who has run financial services businesses of up to 1,600 people, and is currently working full time as Chief Operating Officer for an international insurance company based in Sydney. He gained his Masters at Stanford Business School, California and is an Australian Chartered Accountant. Helping others is what Daniel is passionate about, and he understands the value of education in improving people’s lives. He believes that the work of See Beyond Borders can make a real difference to the lives of people in developing countries. Daniel has been working with See Beyond Borders since mid 2009
David Armstrong
David is closely involved in SeeBeyondBorders being one of the founding directors of the Foundation. He has worked for KPMG, Shell Australia and been a partner in a Chartered Accounting firm for more than 25 years. With significant experience in business services including directorships and the chairing of an audit committee of a listed ASX company he brings wide commercial experience to SeeBeyondBorders.He continues to hold other community based committee memberships as well as having previous involvement on various panels including the ICAA.
Ed Shuttleworth
Born in India, home until 16, Ed was educated in England. Qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he worked in treasury management in London and Hong Kong before settling in Australia in 1995. Working in the energy industry, he joined LMS Generation in 2004 where he continues on the Board. During 2006 - 2008 he worked for the Jesuits on their World-Youth-Day programme. Ed and Kate were married in 1982 and have three children. They first visited Cambodia in 2002 and subsequently Ed spent four years on the Board of Tabitha Foundation Australia. Together, they started SeeBeyondBorders in 2009.
Jeffrey Lees
Jeffrey’s true passion is boat building having served as an apprentice with one of Australia’s most highly respected master shipwrights during the 1980’s. However, since then, Jeffrey has spent the past 23 years advising large and medium sized businesses in Australia, USA and the EU on legal and tax issues. He gained his B.Ec; LLB at Macquarie and his M.Com Tax at UNSW. After 11 years as the Tax Partner for a top five national legal firm in Australia, Jeffrey established Babingtons in April 2006. Prior to practicing law, Jeffrey practiced as an accountant in a top 4 international accounting firm working both in Australia and overseas. Jeffrey is a director of SeeBeyondBorders and wishes to devote his efforts to helping raise both the awareness and funds needed to help SeeBeyondBorders grow.
Kate Shuttleworth
Kate, with her husband Ed co-founded SeeBeyondBorders. She co-ordinates the Teach the Teachers program which includes co-writing the programs, delivering the workshops and running training sessions for volunteers. Kate qualified as a Registered Nurse in the UK in 1982, and then, as a mature age student went on to retrain as a primary school teacher gaining her B. Education. Currently, she is studying part-time for her Masters in Educational Leadership as well as working in a Catholic primary school in Sydney. Kate took part in the Timor Leste Teacher Placement program for Parramatta and Broken Bay CEO in 2008. This involved co-running Primary Maths teacher workshops for teachers from rural schools in Timor. She has since taken part as a training facilitator, training new volunteers for the maths program in a 3 day intensive workshop for teachers employed by the CEO.
Priscilla Chang
Priscilla is a Primary school teacher (B Ed. Primary) and has worked in education since 1990. She has worked in the NSW Government system in Western Sydney and the Catholic system in the Diocese of Sydney and Broken Bay. Currently, Priscilla is also teaching English to Sudanese refugee women at Homebush. She became involved with SeeBeyondBorders through her work colleague Kate Shuttleworth, one of the co-founders of SeeBeyondBorders. Priscilla is committed to bringing quality education to the children of Cambodia and believes that this is of the utmost importance in the recovery of the country. She is married with 4 children.
The long term success of SeeBeyondBorders depends on the organisation’s ability to engage and welcome others. Key to this are the members of the Advisory Committee, and we are always interested to talk to individuals with the appropriate skills and expertise to be able to guide and assist us in what we do. We welcome applications from suitably qualified volunteers.
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