Nick was admitted to practice as a lawyer in 1996. Nick has been with Clayton Utz since 2004 and is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution department where his focus is major commercial disputes and regulatory proceedings. In addition to his legal expertise, Nick brings to the board specialist skills in management, strategic planning and conflict resolution.

Jason Hughes
Board Member

Jason is a partner of international accounting firm KPMG and an Executive Director of KPMG Corporate Finance (Aust) Pty Ltd. Jason has over 14 years advisory experience providing specialist corporate finance advice, focussing on valuation assignments, completing both private valuations and public expert reports to corporations operating in a wide range of industries. Jason previously had over 8 years experience in providing corporate recovery and assurance and advisory services in both Perth and Melbourne. Jason has two school age children.



Susan Male
Board Member

Susan is currently the General Manager of Strategy at HBF and was previously General Manager – Brand at Home Building Society. Susan brings her wealth of experience in strategy and marketing to the Child Australia board as well as her background in health having worked as an Occupational Therapist in Australia and the USA. Susan has completed an MBA at Bond University and is also a member of the Rocky Bay Board. She has three children and is a keen runner. Susan has been a board member since 2006.



Raeleen McAllister
Board Member

Raeleen has been employed by the Shire of Mundaring for the past 4 ½ years, coordinating the Midvale Early Childhood and Parenting Centre, an 87 community based long day care and parenting centre, OSHC Service / Integrated Service child care model. It is from this position that Raeleen brings her experience to the Child Australia Board, having been a member since 2007. Raeleen has a Diploma of Children’s Services 0-5 years and qualifications in the Protective Behaviours Program; The Cancer Council – PGR Education and is an accredited Makaton Presenter (WA). Raeleen is currently Vice Chair of the Carewest Board and is involved in a number of community projects, including volunteer work for the Salvation Army Emergency Services.



Elaine Pavlos
Board Member

Elaine is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Glengarry Private Hospital. Elaine brings with her a wealth of experience in Executive and People Management, within the health care sector. She has a Master Degree in Nursing and a MBA from the University of Western Australia. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is an active member of The Executive Connection (TEC). She has three adult children, is a budding Masterchef and keen golfer.



Bruce McCowan
Board Member

Bruce is Managing Director of Harrier Resourcing People, a specialist HR Consulting and Recruitment firm.  He has held senior executive roles including Director Human Resources for HBOS Australia and Chief People Officer for BankWest.  He has extensive recruitment consulting experience from senior positions within an international executive search firm.  He hold graduate and postgraduate qualifications in Education and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.



Karen Simmer
Board Member

Karen is the elected Chairman of the Academic of the Board of the University of Western Australia. She is a pediatrician and academic.  Karen is the Director in Western Australia (WA) of the neonatal intensive care units at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, the WA neonatal emergency transport service, the human milk bank and the Centre for Neontal Research and Education.  She is also a non-executive Director of not-for-profit and private organizations in the area of child health and education.  She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company directors. She has worked in the Eastern States and Europe, and has two children.



Brad Jolly
Board Member

Brad is a senior executive in the Western Australian Public Service and has occupied a number of leadership roles that have had a particular focus on policy and regulatory matters. Brad previously occupied the position of Director of Child Care Licensing at the former Department of Community Development and later contributed to the development of the National Early Childhood Development Strategy, National Quality Framework and Early Years Learning Framework while working as Executive Director Policy and Planning with the Department for Communities. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Management from UNSW, an MBA (Advanced) from UWA and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.



Partha Nag
Board Member

Partha, CPA, Master of Accounting (Curtin University and B.Bus (University of Notre Dame) is the Executive Director and co-founder of Strategic Business Alliance (SBA), a firm offering innovative consulting and outsourcing solutions to a wide range of clients. Partha’s previous roles include, being Group CFO for a listed recruitment entity, Divisional Commercial Manager for a listed recruitment company and CFO of one of Australia’s fastest growing ports.  Partha has extensive experience in the fields of Accounting, Finance, IT, Corporate Strategy, Governance and Risk Management. Partha have successfully forged lasting relationships with various stakeholders in the different senior executive roles that he has worked in and in the process have enhanced organisational value.