Elizabeth Compton

 

Elizabeth Compton

BOARD CHAIR

 

Elizabeth has extensive experience as a Board Director and senior executive, with 25 years’ experience working in London, Amsterdam, New York and in Australia. She is a Non-Executive Director (NED) of Southern Cross Care (SA, NT, VIC) a large, aged care/retirement living and home care organisation, Chair and member of the People & Culture Committee (2,800 staff) and member of the Board Asset Management Committee ($1B assets and $200M revenue). Elizabeth is also a NED of RMIT Training. Prior to this she was CEO for six years at LanguageLoop (a service offering interpreting and language services across 190+ languages with 3,000 interpreters), major clients included the Department of Health and Human Services, Aged Care, Bolton Clarke, major hospitals and community health organisations.


She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from Harvard Business School, MA in International and European Relations and a BA in Psychology and Sociology. 
 

Lesley

 

Lesley Barton

DIRECTOR

 

Lesley Barton has always had a passion for effective and preventative continence management and has been actively involved over the years in state-based Continence Foundation of Australia committees in a variety of roles. Lesley has worked as a workplace assessor, gained qualifications in quality management, auditing and risk assessment, education, program design and governance within aged care. 

Lesley remains committed to the future growth and further development of the Continence Foundation of Australia.

Celia

 

Celia Bolton

DIRECTOR

 

Celia Bolton has been working as a continence and pelvic health physiotherapist since 1996. She is the founding Director of the multidisciplinary private practice Innerstrength Healthcare in Geelong. Celia has been a member of the Continence Foundation of Australia since 1999 and served on the CFA Physiotherapy Group (Victoria) committee for eight years. Her interest in neuroscience, trauma and teaching meditation informs and broadens her outlook on continence prevention and management.

Rosemary

 

Professor Rosemary Calder AM

DIRECTOR

 

A founding member of the Continence Foundation, Professor Rosemary Calder has worked in health and aged care policy and services in the non-government sector and held senior executive roles in both Victorian and Commonwealth health departments. She is Professor of Health Policy and the Director of the Australian Health Policy Collaboration at the Mitchell Institute, an education and health policy think tank established by Victoria University.

Janet

 

Dr Janet Chase

DIRECTOR

 

Dr Janet Chase is a founding member of the Continence Foundation of Australia and a physiotherapist whose chosen area of practice is the treatment of incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction in women, men and children. She has a strong interest in continence education and her published papers include research on adults and children. Janet was the past chair of the Foundation’s Paediatric Advisory Committee and a former Board member of the International Children’s Continence Society.

Jacinta Crickmore

 

Jacinta Crickmore

DIRECTOR

 

Jacinta Crickmore first gained valuable insights on incontinence issues faced by consumers from her work in healthcare sales with SCA Hygiene. She became the company’s Queensland representative and an active member of the Continence Foundation of Australia’s Queensland Branch, of which she was secretary for five years. In 2014, Jacinta became a member of the Foundation’s Consumer Advisory Committee, which she currently chairs. In 2015, she was appointed as a consumer representative on the Board and the Bladder Bowel Collaborative Steering
Committee.

Claire Richards

 

Claire Richards

DIRECTOR

 

Claire Richards is a Partner at KPMG with a broad range of risk, governance, compliance, assurance and audit experience. Finding her passion to be in healthcare and government, Claire provides advice to organisations operating in health, ageing, disability, human services, justice and higher education sectors, focusing on safeguarding integrity and the community’s trust in the outcomes that these organisations deliver.

Dr Kathryn Sloots

 

Dr Kathryn Sloots

DIRECTOR

 

Dr Kathryn Sloots is a Registered Nurse with a science degree and PhD who has worked for 18 years in the areas of bowel and bladder continence (including anorectal biofeedback, urodynamics, research and education). She has published several papers on bowel continence and presented at continence conferences. Kathryn is passionate about promoting bowel and bladder continence, increasing awareness and information for health professionals and the public, and improving access to continence care.

Michael Corry

 

Michael Corry


Company Secretary
 

Michael’s role as Company Secretary supports the Board on governance and compliance matters. 

Michael is a Fellow of both the Governance Institute of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand. 

He held senior finance roles in a range of enterprises before founding his business, CFO Clarity, in 2013, providing part-time and interim services to organisations in the not-for-profit sector.

Michael holds an MA in Economics from Christ’s College, Cambridge. 

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Last Updated: Mon 15, Jan 2024
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