Janelle Manders

Janelle Manders

Best advice ever received:
“Whatever qualities we are not born with, we have to learn to become a well-rounded leader.”

 

Chair Since: 2023
Current Executive / Board positions
  • Director - Feros Care Ltd
  • Director - Ohana College
  • Director - PA Research Foundation
  • Director - Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame
  • Director - Griffith Business School Strategic Advisory Board
  • Director - CAANZ Gold Coast Committee
  • Director - Decision Matters Pty Ltd
Memberships
  • Member - Women on Boards
  • Fellow - AICD, Institute of Chartered Accountants, & Taxation Institute of Australia
Former Positions
  • Director - Gold Coast Institute of TAFE Ltd
  • Director - Gold Coast Football Club
  • Director - Careflight (Qld) & Careflight Medical Services Ltd
  • Chair - St Hilda’s Foundation
  • Chair - Friends of GBS
  • Chair - Gold Coast Committee AICD

Janelle is a strategist who uses ‘outside the square thinking’, a love of numbers and ethics to deliver commercial outcomes. Having studied Commerce, Philosophy and Ethics, Janelle is well placed to understand what makes a sustainable business in both the ‘for profit’ and ‘not for profit’ space from a commercial, risk and governance and governance perspective.

A firm believer in ‘getting involved’ in her community, Janelle has had numerous roles as Director or Committee Member specifically involved with the strategy, audit, risk, finance, and governance functions in the organisations. As a Chartered Accountant in public practice, Janelle’s advisory areas included strategy, accounting, financial reporting, taxation, business structuring, and governance.

Janelle has a Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Arts (UQ), a Master of Financial Planning (GU) and currently studying for a Doctor of Philosophy.