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Corporate Governance
As a charity operating in many countries, Movember is required to comply with a range of regulatory and governance obligations. We take these obligations very seriously and are committed to best practice levels of transparency, accountability and governance. These obligations are the responsibility of everyone at Movember, from the Board of Directors to speciality committees, to the leadership team to every staff member.
THE BOARD
Movember is governed by a Board, which is accountable to the Movember community and the general public to ensure that Movember maintains the highest standards of performance, governance, accountability, transparency and cost to fundraising ratios. In addition, the Board annually reviews the performance of the CEO and the Executive Director of Programmes. Our Board is skills-based, with Board members each bringing a wide range of expertise and experience. In keeping with Movember’s focus on minimising administrative costs, all Board members are unpaid for their directorships.
Profiles of Board members can be found here.
BOARD COMMITTEES
The Board delegates part of its work to specialised committees which report to the Board, these include:
Global Scientific Committee (and specific Research Advisory Committees) – assists the Board by:
• overseeing implementation of Movember’s Global Action Plan (GAP), an international research collaboration initiative that is accelerating outcomes by providing researchers from around the world the opportunity to work together on specific projects
• providing strategic thought leadership and advice on prostate and testicular cancer research undertaken by Movember’s Men’s Health Partners
Global Prostate Cancer Survivorship Committee - assists the Board by:
• providing strategic thought leadership, oversight, review and advice on prostate cancer survivorship solutions, programmes and interventions
Finance and Audit Committee – assists the Board by ensuring:
• the reliability and integrity of information, including financial information, prepared for use by the Board
• integrity of internal controls
• effectiveness of the external audit function
Remuneration Committee – assists the Board by:
• setting the organisational remuneration policy
• reviewing and setting the remuneration of the CEO, Executive Director, Programmes, and key leaders
Marketing Committee – assists the Board by:
• ensuring the integrity of the Movember brand
• overseeing key elements of the Movember campaign
Global Leadership Team
The Global Leadership Team is responsible for managing and executing the strategies set by the board of directors that achieves our Vision and Strategic Goals. The Leadership Team exists to serve the Movember community ensuring that our work continues to be relevant, transparent and accountable.
CHARTER AND POLICIES
The Board and Committees work to a Charter and a number of Governance Policies. These documents can be found here.
Global Board Members
Elaine Farrelly, Chair
Elaine has executive level experience across the telecommunications, media, property development, manufacturing and not for profit sectors. She is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years experience with international corporations including KPMG, Optus, ICI (now Orica) and Fairfax. Elaine has served on Movember’s Board since the Board was formally established in 2007. She recently graduated the Australian Institute of Company Directors course with an Order of Merit (awarded to the top 2% of graduates in Australia).
Adam Garone, Executive Director and CEO
Adam was one of the co-founders of Movember and has been CEO since the organisation was formed. Adam has an extensive corporate background in developing, managing and marketing emerging web and mobile technologies. Prior to Adam’s corporate experience, he served for 9 years as an officer in the Australian Army where he was selected to join the special forces. Adam’s military career taught him the art of leadership and intricacies of operations management.
Adam's corporate experience and military service has given him the perfect skill set for his role as CEO of Movember. In 2008 Adam was awarded the Ernst & Young, Australian Entrepreneur of The Year and in 2009 awarded the Melbourne Business School Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award for his role in leading the Movember Foundation. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Marketing from Melbourne Business School.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA) and Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
Travis Garone, Non-Executive Director
With impressive creative talent, 16 years of experience and a founding partner of his creative agency, Travis has contributed extensively to the development of the Movember brand and creative concepts. Travis is a founding member of Movember.
Andrew Gibbins, Non-Executive Director
Andrew brings over 17 years experience in private business strategy, operations, logistics and property development. He is regularly introduced in Movember and men’s health circles as “One of the original 30 Mo Bros.” Andrew has been a Director of Movember since the Board was created in 2007. While playing a part in making sure the organisation stays true to its vision, Andrew is often accused of having a single-minded motivation to ensure Movember’s long-term success – just so he can roll out his banked-up list of Gala Parte costume ideas!
John Hughes, Non-Executive Director
John brings with him over 35 years banking experience. John was recently CEO of Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) Ltd, Macquarie's first and largest listed Infrastructure fund. This role entailed managing a global road asset portfolio and representing MIG on Boards across Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. John is currently head of Macquarie's Principal Equity Investment Group managing a portfolio of global assets.
Mark Fewell, Non-Executive Director
Mark has broad experience in lifestyle business development, marketing and international expansion. He was integrally involved in launching Boost Mobile in Australia, New Zealand and USA. As a founding member of Boost Mobile USA he oversaw significant marketing, communications, and brand business development areas as the business grew from start up to $2 billion in annual revenues.
Previously Mark was a practicing lawyer, with specialties in sports, media, marketing and business law. He has also been a sports journalist for over 20 years, and worked on some of the world’s largest events, including the Olympic Games. Mark received his Bachelor of Law degree with Honours from UTS, Sydney.
Dr. Colleen Nelson, Non-Executive Director
Dr. Nelson is Professor and Chair, Prostate Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology.
Dr. Nelson established the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2007, and was a co-founder of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in 1998. Dr. Nelson founded and is the Director of the Federal Government funded Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, a global network of researchers, clinicians, academics, and scientists who work in prostate cancer. Dr. Nelson also chairs Movember’s Global Scientific Committee.
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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr. Colleen Nelson, Movember Global Scientific Chair
Professor and Chair, Prostate Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Nelson established the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2007, and was a co-founder of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in 1998. In 1999, she established The Microarray Facility at The Vancouver Prostate Centre, which was the second of its kind in the country. Dr. Nelson founded and is the Director of the Federal Government funded Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, a global network of researchers, clinicians, academics, and scientists who work in prostate cancer.
Professor Pam J Russell
Head of Biomedical Imaging and Prostate Cancer Models, Australian Prostate Cancer
Professor Pamela Russell, AM, PhD, joined the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2009. She was trained in immunology at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, where she obtained an MSc with Sir Macfarlane Burnet and a PhD with Sir Gustav Nossal, on studies of autoimmune diseases. She changed her research focus to cancer in 1984 and with Dr Derek Raghavan, set up the Urological Cancer Research Unit at Sydney University. From 1992 to 2010 she was the Director of the Oncology Research Centre (ORC) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. She was a founder of the Genitourinary Oncology Group (GUOG) NSW, and instigated the establishment of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, of which she was an inaugural director, and now, an Honorary Life Member. She has procured over $25m in grants, published over 200 papers in international journals, and co-authored six patents. Her current work focuses on the development of new animal models to study bony metastasis from prostate cancer, and of nanotechnology for real time imaging and therapeutic delivery, including gene therapy of prostate cancer. She received an AM for her work on bladder and prostate cancer research in 2003. In 2006 she received a prize for being an outstanding research alumnus of Sydney’s Kolling Institute of Medical Research. She was made an Honorary Life Member of the Australasian Gene Therapy Society in 2009, and in 2010, received the Researcher of the Year award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
Professor Jack Schalken
Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Professor Jack A Schalken PhD was trained as biochemist at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he also obtained his PhD degree in 1987. He did his post doc with Dr John T Isaacs at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Since then he is director of urological research at the Radboud University Medical Center and his lab is housed in the Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, a state of the art research facility for molecular- and cell biology. In 1996 Dr Schalken was appointed as full professor of experimental oncology at the University of Utrecht. Since 2001 he is professor of experimental urology at the Radboud University. He is co-author on over 275 peer reviewed publications and 75 chapters. His research focuses on the molecular- and cellular basis of GU cancer, particularly prostate cancer. Click here for a full biography.
Dr. Jonathan W. Simons, MD
President and CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
Dr. Simons is an internationally recognised physician-scientist, oncologist and acclaimed investigator in translational prostate cancer research. Dr. Simons joined PCF in 2007 with the goal of catalysing interactions between clinicians, scientists and philanthropists, and supporting multidisciplinary research teams. Under Dr. Simons’ guidance, PCF has expanded its global research partnerships to 16 countries worldwide. Dr. Simons provides exceptional leadership for PCF at a time of unparalleled scientific opportunities and works tirelessly as an advocate for biomedical research.
Prior to joining PCF, Dr. Simons was the Founding Director of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Co-Director of the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Emory and Georgia Tech. He was also a Distinguished Service Professor of Hematology and Oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science at the Georgia Tech. Click here for a full biography.
Bill Watson Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin
Professor Watson received his PhD degree in Biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork in 1995. He then undertook his post-doctoral research in University of Toronto and the Toronto General Hospital in Canada, before returning in 1997, to the Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, University College Dublin and is now an Associate Professor of Cancer Biology in the UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science. Apart from his undergraduate and post-graduate teaching responsibilities, he has an active internationally recognised research group. As a translational biologist based in the Conway Institute he utilises latest technologies to study cellular and molecular pathways and clinical collaboration through the Prostate Cancer Research Consortium and Molecular Therapeutics for Cancer in Ireland to expand the understanding of the initiation and progression of prostate cancer in order to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic sites for manipulation. Professor Watson is Chair of the Basic Research Section of the European Association for Urology Research Foundation, Principal Investigator in the Molecular Medicine Ireland and Dublin Centre for Clinical Research. Click here for a full biography.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Movember, Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA), Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
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GLOBAL PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVORSHIP COMMITTEE
Details of committee members will be updated soon.
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Adam Garone Executive Director and CEO
Adam was one of the founders of Movember and has been CEO since the organisation was formed. Adam has an extensive corporate background in developing, managing and marketing emerging web and mobile technologies. Prior to Adam’s corporate experience he served for 9 years as an officer in the Australian Army where he was selected to join the special forces. Adam’s military career taught him the art of leadership and intricacies of operations management.
Adam's corporate experience and military service has given him the perfect skill set for his role as CEO of Movember. In 2008 Adam was awarded the Ernst & Young, Australian Entrepreneur of The Year and in 2009 awarded the Melbourne Business School Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award for his role in leading the Movember Foundation. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Marketing from Melbourne Business School.
Jason Hincks, Chief Operating Officer
Jason Hincks is the Chief Operating Officer at Movember. Jason has extensive experience in marketing and general management, having worked in entertainment and media before moving into the not for profit space. Jason has exposure across several territories, including a five year stint heading up operations for a media business in New York and oversight of several manufacturing partners in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He holds a Bachelor of Business – Marketing and an MBA, with specialty in International Business and Corporate Strategy.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA) and Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
John Baglow, Chief Financial Officer
John joined Movember in 2011 with over 25 years in accounting and finance experience. Born and raised in New York, John spent 12 years working for The McGraw-Hill Companies, primarily at Standard & Poor’s. He moved to Australia in 2003 and continued his career in financial management with national and global professional services companies like BearingPoint and WHK. John is both an American and Australian CPA.
David Smith, Chief Technology Officer
David joined Movember in 2010 as Chief Technology Officer bringing with him 25 years experience in digital and commercial software development from various businesses including start-ups, venture capital backed operations and not for profits. As CTO, David manages the Tech Mo team responsible for the delivery of Movember’s websites, mobile platforms and internal technology solutions.
Mark Hedstrom, US Country Manager
Mark directs the Movember campaign in the US. He is responsible for the effective execution of various initiatives including marketing, PR, partnerships, corporate engagement, local committees and other relevant enterprises. Before joining the Movember team, Mark held various positions such as the Chief Financial Officer at The Arbor Collective, a board sports and apparel company, and as a Director of Operations and Finance at The Advisory Board Company, a technology and consulting company. Mark holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
Pete Bombaci, Canadian Country Manager
Pete is a veteran of the hospitality and alcohol beverage industry having worked for over 20 years in sales, trade marketing and brand development. Prior to joining Movember, Pete led his own consulting firm where he helped clients understand that delivering perfect experiences every day is key to building a strong brand. Pete has a passion for making a difference in the world and takes pride helping Canadian Mo Bros and Mo Sistas who share this conviction.
Sarah Coghlan, UK Country Manager
A moustache loving Mo Sista since 2003, Sarah today leads the UK campaign and the team that make it all happen. She is responsible for delivery of the Movember campaign across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Before joining Movember in a formal capacity Sarah worked in construction project management and as a product manager. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Laws) and is undertaking a Masters of Project Management.
JC, Manager of Movember Europe, South Africa and co-founder
One of the original 30 Mo Bros, JC now leads the Movember movement across Europe. JC works closely with Movember's global partnership, events and marketing teams to ensure best practices are in place to help the organisation reach its goals and visions.
Astrid Heward, General Counsel
Astrid is Movember’s General Counsel and is responsible for Movember’s legal and regulatory activities globally. She also works closely with the Board on Movember’s governance in the role of Company Secretary. She looks after Movember’s risk management processes and insurance programme. After graduating as a lawyer back in the ‘90s, Astrid worked in a large Australian law firm before travelling overseas, landing in London for 3 years. On her return to Melbourne, Astrid held managing lawyer roles at Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company, and at Lion Nathan National Foods, a food and beverage company, before joining Movember at the beginning of 2011.
Bill McIntyre, Mainland Europe Regional Manager
As Regional Manager, Bill directs the Movember campaign across 12 countries in Mainland Europe and leads the team responsible for in-market roll-outs. Before joining Movember, Bill was co-founder and joint Managing Director of iris PR, building an agency of 25, and working across integrated and stand-alone consumer campaigns. Before starting iris PR, Bill was an Associate Director at one of the UK's top 25 PR agencies.
Megan Turner, Human Resources Manager
Megan is responsible for supporting the global operation in meeting its goal through its most valuable resource – its people. While Movember is spread across the world, it operates as one team with the same deeper sense of purpose. Megan is responsible for people, culture and values, remuneration and benefits, performance management, learning and development, and all other operational facets of HR within the business. Megan joined Movember in 2010 to establish the HR framework and prior to that held various senior HR management roles within the travel and tourism, legal and automotive sectors. She holds a Degree in Human Resource Management from Swinburne University and Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
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CHARTER AND POLICIES
The Board and Committees work to a Charter and a number of Governance Policies. These documents can be found here.
STRUCTURE
The Movember Foundation is an Australian based not for profit, unincorporated trust, Australian Business Number 48 894 537 905 which is run by The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee (ACN 119 012 243). The Movember Foundation has been granted Deductible Gift Recipient status in Australia and as such all donors are entitled to a tax receipt and a full tax deduction for their donations. The Movember Group Pty Ltd as trustee for the Movember Foundation runs the Movember campaign in Australia, and also in New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and the Emerging Movember countries.
Movember Foundation is a registered US entity (EIN 77-0714052) and runs the Movember campaign in the US. Movember Foundation is a not for profit organisation that is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions to Movember in the US are deductible under section 170 of the Code. The Movember Group Pty Ltd as trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Foundation.
Movember Europe runs the Movember campaign in the UK. Movember Europe is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (company no. 7275694). It is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity no. 1137948) and in Scotland (charity no. SC041981). The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Europe.
Movember Canada runs the Movember campaign in Canada. Movember Canada is a not for profit corporation (company no. 767531-3) and is a registered charity (charity no. 84821 5604 RR0001). The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Canada.
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THE BOARD
Movember is governed by a Board, which is accountable to the Movember community and the general public to ensure that Movember maintains the highest standards of performance, governance, accountability, transparency and cost to fundraising ratios. In addition, the Board annually reviews the performance of the CEO and the Executive Director of Programmes. Our Board is skills-based, with Board members each bringing a wide range of expertise and experience. In keeping with Movember’s focus on minimising administrative costs, all Board members are unpaid for their directorships.
Profiles of Board members can be found here.
BOARD COMMITTEES
The Board delegates part of its work to specialised committees which report to the Board, these include:
Global Scientific Committee (and specific Research Advisory Committees) – assists the Board by:
• overseeing implementation of Movember’s Global Action Plan (GAP), an international research collaboration initiative that is accelerating outcomes by providing researchers from around the world the opportunity to work together on specific projects
• providing strategic thought leadership and advice on prostate and testicular cancer research undertaken by Movember’s Men’s Health Partners
Global Prostate Cancer Survivorship Committee - assists the Board by:
• providing strategic thought leadership, oversight, review and advice on prostate cancer survivorship solutions, programmes and interventions
Finance and Audit Committee – assists the Board by ensuring:
• the reliability and integrity of information, including financial information, prepared for use by the Board
• integrity of internal controls
• effectiveness of the external audit function
Remuneration Committee – assists the Board by:
• setting the organisational remuneration policy
• reviewing and setting the remuneration of the CEO, Executive Director, Programmes, and key leaders
Marketing Committee – assists the Board by:
• ensuring the integrity of the Movember brand
• overseeing key elements of the Movember campaign
Global Leadership Team
The Global Leadership Team is responsible for managing and executing the strategies set by the board of directors that achieves our Vision and Strategic Goals. The Leadership Team exists to serve the Movember community ensuring that our work continues to be relevant, transparent and accountable.
CHARTER AND POLICIES
The Board and Committees work to a Charter and a number of Governance Policies. These documents can be found here.
TEAM MOVEMBER
Global Board MembersElaine Farrelly, Chair
Elaine has executive level experience across the telecommunications, media, property development, manufacturing and not for profit sectors. She is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years experience with international corporations including KPMG, Optus, ICI (now Orica) and Fairfax. Elaine has served on Movember’s Board since the Board was formally established in 2007. She recently graduated the Australian Institute of Company Directors course with an Order of Merit (awarded to the top 2% of graduates in Australia).
Adam Garone, Executive Director and CEO
Adam was one of the co-founders of Movember and has been CEO since the organisation was formed. Adam has an extensive corporate background in developing, managing and marketing emerging web and mobile technologies. Prior to Adam’s corporate experience, he served for 9 years as an officer in the Australian Army where he was selected to join the special forces. Adam’s military career taught him the art of leadership and intricacies of operations management.
Adam's corporate experience and military service has given him the perfect skill set for his role as CEO of Movember. In 2008 Adam was awarded the Ernst & Young, Australian Entrepreneur of The Year and in 2009 awarded the Melbourne Business School Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award for his role in leading the Movember Foundation. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Marketing from Melbourne Business School.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA) and Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
Travis Garone, Non-Executive Director
With impressive creative talent, 16 years of experience and a founding partner of his creative agency, Travis has contributed extensively to the development of the Movember brand and creative concepts. Travis is a founding member of Movember.
Andrew Gibbins, Non-Executive Director
Andrew brings over 17 years experience in private business strategy, operations, logistics and property development. He is regularly introduced in Movember and men’s health circles as “One of the original 30 Mo Bros.” Andrew has been a Director of Movember since the Board was created in 2007. While playing a part in making sure the organisation stays true to its vision, Andrew is often accused of having a single-minded motivation to ensure Movember’s long-term success – just so he can roll out his banked-up list of Gala Parte costume ideas!
John Hughes, Non-Executive Director
John brings with him over 35 years banking experience. John was recently CEO of Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) Ltd, Macquarie's first and largest listed Infrastructure fund. This role entailed managing a global road asset portfolio and representing MIG on Boards across Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. John is currently head of Macquarie's Principal Equity Investment Group managing a portfolio of global assets.
Mark Fewell, Non-Executive Director
Mark has broad experience in lifestyle business development, marketing and international expansion. He was integrally involved in launching Boost Mobile in Australia, New Zealand and USA. As a founding member of Boost Mobile USA he oversaw significant marketing, communications, and brand business development areas as the business grew from start up to $2 billion in annual revenues.
Previously Mark was a practicing lawyer, with specialties in sports, media, marketing and business law. He has also been a sports journalist for over 20 years, and worked on some of the world’s largest events, including the Olympic Games. Mark received his Bachelor of Law degree with Honours from UTS, Sydney.
Dr. Colleen Nelson, Non-Executive Director
Dr. Nelson is Professor and Chair, Prostate Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology.
Dr. Nelson established the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2007, and was a co-founder of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in 1998. Dr. Nelson founded and is the Director of the Federal Government funded Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, a global network of researchers, clinicians, academics, and scientists who work in prostate cancer. Dr. Nelson also chairs Movember’s Global Scientific Committee.
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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr. Colleen Nelson, Movember Global Scientific Chair
Professor and Chair, Prostate Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Nelson established the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2007, and was a co-founder of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in 1998. In 1999, she established The Microarray Facility at The Vancouver Prostate Centre, which was the second of its kind in the country. Dr. Nelson founded and is the Director of the Federal Government funded Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, a global network of researchers, clinicians, academics, and scientists who work in prostate cancer.
Professor Pam J Russell
Head of Biomedical Imaging and Prostate Cancer Models, Australian Prostate Cancer
Professor Pamela Russell, AM, PhD, joined the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland in 2009. She was trained in immunology at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, where she obtained an MSc with Sir Macfarlane Burnet and a PhD with Sir Gustav Nossal, on studies of autoimmune diseases. She changed her research focus to cancer in 1984 and with Dr Derek Raghavan, set up the Urological Cancer Research Unit at Sydney University. From 1992 to 2010 she was the Director of the Oncology Research Centre (ORC) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. She was a founder of the Genitourinary Oncology Group (GUOG) NSW, and instigated the establishment of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, of which she was an inaugural director, and now, an Honorary Life Member. She has procured over $25m in grants, published over 200 papers in international journals, and co-authored six patents. Her current work focuses on the development of new animal models to study bony metastasis from prostate cancer, and of nanotechnology for real time imaging and therapeutic delivery, including gene therapy of prostate cancer. She received an AM for her work on bladder and prostate cancer research in 2003. In 2006 she received a prize for being an outstanding research alumnus of Sydney’s Kolling Institute of Medical Research. She was made an Honorary Life Member of the Australasian Gene Therapy Society in 2009, and in 2010, received the Researcher of the Year award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
Professor Jack Schalken
Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Professor Jack A Schalken PhD was trained as biochemist at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he also obtained his PhD degree in 1987. He did his post doc with Dr John T Isaacs at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Since then he is director of urological research at the Radboud University Medical Center and his lab is housed in the Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, a state of the art research facility for molecular- and cell biology. In 1996 Dr Schalken was appointed as full professor of experimental oncology at the University of Utrecht. Since 2001 he is professor of experimental urology at the Radboud University. He is co-author on over 275 peer reviewed publications and 75 chapters. His research focuses on the molecular- and cellular basis of GU cancer, particularly prostate cancer. Click here for a full biography.
Dr. Jonathan W. Simons, MD
President and CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
Dr. Simons is an internationally recognised physician-scientist, oncologist and acclaimed investigator in translational prostate cancer research. Dr. Simons joined PCF in 2007 with the goal of catalysing interactions between clinicians, scientists and philanthropists, and supporting multidisciplinary research teams. Under Dr. Simons’ guidance, PCF has expanded its global research partnerships to 16 countries worldwide. Dr. Simons provides exceptional leadership for PCF at a time of unparalleled scientific opportunities and works tirelessly as an advocate for biomedical research.
Prior to joining PCF, Dr. Simons was the Founding Director of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Co-Director of the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Emory and Georgia Tech. He was also a Distinguished Service Professor of Hematology and Oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science at the Georgia Tech. Click here for a full biography.
Bill Watson Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin
Professor Watson received his PhD degree in Biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork in 1995. He then undertook his post-doctoral research in University of Toronto and the Toronto General Hospital in Canada, before returning in 1997, to the Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, University College Dublin and is now an Associate Professor of Cancer Biology in the UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science. Apart from his undergraduate and post-graduate teaching responsibilities, he has an active internationally recognised research group. As a translational biologist based in the Conway Institute he utilises latest technologies to study cellular and molecular pathways and clinical collaboration through the Prostate Cancer Research Consortium and Molecular Therapeutics for Cancer in Ireland to expand the understanding of the initiation and progression of prostate cancer in order to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic sites for manipulation. Professor Watson is Chair of the Basic Research Section of the European Association for Urology Research Foundation, Principal Investigator in the Molecular Medicine Ireland and Dublin Centre for Clinical Research. Click here for a full biography.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Movember, Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA), Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
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GLOBAL PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVORSHIP COMMITTEE
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Adam Garone Executive Director and CEO
Adam was one of the founders of Movember and has been CEO since the organisation was formed. Adam has an extensive corporate background in developing, managing and marketing emerging web and mobile technologies. Prior to Adam’s corporate experience he served for 9 years as an officer in the Australian Army where he was selected to join the special forces. Adam’s military career taught him the art of leadership and intricacies of operations management.
Adam's corporate experience and military service has given him the perfect skill set for his role as CEO of Movember. In 2008 Adam was awarded the Ernst & Young, Australian Entrepreneur of The Year and in 2009 awarded the Melbourne Business School Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award for his role in leading the Movember Foundation. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Marketing from Melbourne Business School.
Jason Hincks, Chief Operating Officer
Jason Hincks is the Chief Operating Officer at Movember. Jason has extensive experience in marketing and general management, having worked in entertainment and media before moving into the not for profit space. Jason has exposure across several territories, including a five year stint heading up operations for a media business in New York and oversight of several manufacturing partners in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He holds a Bachelor of Business – Marketing and an MBA, with specialty in International Business and Corporate Strategy.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Paul oversees Movember’s programme investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. He serves as a Director on the Boards of Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA) and Prostate Cancer Canada and is an Associate Director on Prostate Cancer UK. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors.
He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global collaboration, and is actively involved in leading Movember’s Global Action Plan.
John Baglow, Chief Financial Officer
John joined Movember in 2011 with over 25 years in accounting and finance experience. Born and raised in New York, John spent 12 years working for The McGraw-Hill Companies, primarily at Standard & Poor’s. He moved to Australia in 2003 and continued his career in financial management with national and global professional services companies like BearingPoint and WHK. John is both an American and Australian CPA.
David Smith, Chief Technology Officer
David joined Movember in 2010 as Chief Technology Officer bringing with him 25 years experience in digital and commercial software development from various businesses including start-ups, venture capital backed operations and not for profits. As CTO, David manages the Tech Mo team responsible for the delivery of Movember’s websites, mobile platforms and internal technology solutions.
Mark Hedstrom, US Country Manager
Mark directs the Movember campaign in the US. He is responsible for the effective execution of various initiatives including marketing, PR, partnerships, corporate engagement, local committees and other relevant enterprises. Before joining the Movember team, Mark held various positions such as the Chief Financial Officer at The Arbor Collective, a board sports and apparel company, and as a Director of Operations and Finance at The Advisory Board Company, a technology and consulting company. Mark holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
Pete Bombaci, Canadian Country Manager
Pete is a veteran of the hospitality and alcohol beverage industry having worked for over 20 years in sales, trade marketing and brand development. Prior to joining Movember, Pete led his own consulting firm where he helped clients understand that delivering perfect experiences every day is key to building a strong brand. Pete has a passion for making a difference in the world and takes pride helping Canadian Mo Bros and Mo Sistas who share this conviction.
Sarah Coghlan, UK Country Manager
A moustache loving Mo Sista since 2003, Sarah today leads the UK campaign and the team that make it all happen. She is responsible for delivery of the Movember campaign across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Before joining Movember in a formal capacity Sarah worked in construction project management and as a product manager. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Laws) and is undertaking a Masters of Project Management.
JC, Manager of Movember Europe, South Africa and co-founder
One of the original 30 Mo Bros, JC now leads the Movember movement across Europe. JC works closely with Movember's global partnership, events and marketing teams to ensure best practices are in place to help the organisation reach its goals and visions.
Astrid Heward, General Counsel
Astrid is Movember’s General Counsel and is responsible for Movember’s legal and regulatory activities globally. She also works closely with the Board on Movember’s governance in the role of Company Secretary. She looks after Movember’s risk management processes and insurance programme. After graduating as a lawyer back in the ‘90s, Astrid worked in a large Australian law firm before travelling overseas, landing in London for 3 years. On her return to Melbourne, Astrid held managing lawyer roles at Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company, and at Lion Nathan National Foods, a food and beverage company, before joining Movember at the beginning of 2011.
Bill McIntyre, Mainland Europe Regional Manager
As Regional Manager, Bill directs the Movember campaign across 12 countries in Mainland Europe and leads the team responsible for in-market roll-outs. Before joining Movember, Bill was co-founder and joint Managing Director of iris PR, building an agency of 25, and working across integrated and stand-alone consumer campaigns. Before starting iris PR, Bill was an Associate Director at one of the UK's top 25 PR agencies.
Megan Turner, Human Resources Manager
Megan is responsible for supporting the global operation in meeting its goal through its most valuable resource – its people. While Movember is spread across the world, it operates as one team with the same deeper sense of purpose. Megan is responsible for people, culture and values, remuneration and benefits, performance management, learning and development, and all other operational facets of HR within the business. Megan joined Movember in 2010 to establish the HR framework and prior to that held various senior HR management roles within the travel and tourism, legal and automotive sectors. She holds a Degree in Human Resource Management from Swinburne University and Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
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CHARTER AND POLICIES
The Board and Committees work to a Charter and a number of Governance Policies. These documents can be found here.
STRUCTURE
The Movember Foundation is an Australian based not for profit, unincorporated trust, Australian Business Number 48 894 537 905 which is run by The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee (ACN 119 012 243). The Movember Foundation has been granted Deductible Gift Recipient status in Australia and as such all donors are entitled to a tax receipt and a full tax deduction for their donations. The Movember Group Pty Ltd as trustee for the Movember Foundation runs the Movember campaign in Australia, and also in New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and the Emerging Movember countries.
Movember Foundation is a registered US entity (EIN 77-0714052) and runs the Movember campaign in the US. Movember Foundation is a not for profit organisation that is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions to Movember in the US are deductible under section 170 of the Code. The Movember Group Pty Ltd as trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Foundation.
Movember Europe runs the Movember campaign in the UK. Movember Europe is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (company no. 7275694). It is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity no. 1137948) and in Scotland (charity no. SC041981). The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Europe.
Movember Canada runs the Movember campaign in Canada. Movember Canada is a not for profit corporation (company no. 767531-3) and is a registered charity (charity no. 84821 5604 RR0001). The Movember Group Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Movember Foundation is the sole member of Movember Canada.
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