Dr Michelle Grech | AMSA

Manager Vessel Operations

Dr Grech has worked in the maritime industry for 25 years. Following the completion of her mechanical engineering degree, she started working as a commissioning engineer in a shipbuilding company.

Since then, Dr Grech has worked as a Marine Surveyor, Maritime Human Factors Scientist, Head of Human Factors and Operational Safety and is now Manager Vessel Operations at the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, where she has been for six and a half years.

Kasy Chambers | Anglicare Australia

Executive Director

Kasy Chambers is executive director of Anglicare Australia - a network of 45 agencies, 38,000 staff and volunteers, working with over 502,000 clients - one in 40 Australians - annually across Australia.

Kasy is an accomplished CEO with extensive, national experience in government and the community sector. She brings widespread, hands-on experience in policy, advocacy, government relations, service provision, community development, corporate governance and finance.

Dr Marcus Powe | EIC Growth Pty Ltd

Entrepreneurial Educator

Marcus founded EIC Growth Pty Ltd to assist CEO’s and leaders implement, embed and measure creativity and innovation systems that result in enterprising behaviours. He specialises in the growth of for profit and not for profit organisations that operate in the turbulence of national and international market places.

He has co-authored four handbooks, which are used by many of the 1500 organisations he has worked with as a pragmatic reference for their sustained growth.

Marcus was awarded Australia’s Best Entrepreneurial Educator and has also been awarded for sustained excellence in collaboration between business and universities in Australia.

REV CANON ANDREW WRIGHT | MTS IHQ

Secretary General

Since 2013, Andrew has overseen the Mission to Seafarers globally, providing overall strategy and direction.

Before joining the Mission, Andrew worked at the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, as Senior Chaplain and Director of Operations. He has also worked as a curate in one of Liverpool’s most deprived estates, served parishes in Carlisle and Wigan, and been a Chaplain of St Edward’s school in Oxford.