Board and Staff

Mission Statement

Board

Joan Sturton-Gill (Chair) was a member of the Victorian Small Business Advisory Council to the Minister for Small Business, and the General Manager and Director of a family engineering firm. She has a Bachelor of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Career Education and a Masters of Administration.
Peter Hansen is a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, and Parish Priest of Our Lady’s Parish, Craigieburn. He is Lecturer in the History of the Church in Asia at the Catholic Theological College, Melbourne. He holds degrees in arts, law and theology, including Postgraduate Degrees from the Melbourne College of Divinity and Monash University, Melbourne. Having worked in refugee camps in Hong Kong and the Philippines, he continues active work amongst Melbourne’s Vietnamese Community. From 2000 to 2003, he was Founding Director of the Mary of the Cross Centre, the Drug and Alcohol Agency of the Catholic Church in Melbourne.
Sandra Slatter has operated her own small business specialising in Economic, Business and Community Development for the past fifteen years. Sandra is an Accredited Economic Developer, and successfully managed the only self funded Economic Development Unit in Victoria. She was also one of the first ‘In store” proprietors for Westpac Bank. She is currently involved in the Central Victorian Young Entrepreneurs Program – cvYEP - an innovative business planning, mentoring and training program for Young Entrepreneurs with businesses in the Central Victorian Region – as a core mentor. She has Post Graduate Qualifications in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Civil Ceremonies.
Fanoula Ferro is a specialist financial services lawyer with over 12 years of experience working in leading law firms and financial services organisations. Her last role was as Head of Legal & Compliance of the Investments arm of Australian Unity Limited. Prior to this, she worked at AXA Australia and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. She has post-graduate qualifications in International Law and has a strong interest in International Humanitarian Law. She is currently developing her own small business in the food industry.
John Chu is a Fellow of CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) Australia and a Certified Management Consultant. Mr. Chu has over fifteen years of Australian and overseas business experience both in public and private sectors across a diverse range of functions and industries which include utilities and energy. John is also an active consumer advocate in healthcare. He holds a Bachelor of Information Systems, a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) and a MBA. He is also a JD and a PhD candidate.

Staff

Jo Benvenuti is CUAC's Executive Officer. Jo has extensive experience in the energy and water sectors with a consumer focus, including previous positions as second in charge to the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria), and at the Office of the Regulator-General (now the Essential Services Commission). Jo was also Executive Officer of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council where she was particularly interested in hardship and utility issues. She has worked in welfare services across a diverse range of policy areas, including the aged, housing, and emergency relief provision, and was previously Executive Manager Corporate Affairs at the RSPCA (Victoria). Jo has a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy from the University of Melbourne.
May Mauseth Johnston is CUAC's Senior Policy Officer. With a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, May has extensive knowledge across a range of public sector issues.
Tosh Szatow is a CUAC Policy Officer. Tosh holds a Bacholor of Economics and Social Science and is currently undertaking a Masters of Engineering in Sustainable Energy. Tosh has project and research experience across Human Resources and construction including research into their social and economic impacts.
Kerry Munnery is CUAC's Publications Officer. She has an Honours Degree in Arts and extensive experience in publications in the community sector, local government and business.