Our
People

Steven Gregg

Chairman

B Comm

Steven is a highly experienced investment and commercial banker with extensive Australian and international executive experience with ABN AMRO (as Senior Executive Vice President and Global Head of Investment Banking), Chase Manhattan, Lehman Brothers and AMP Morgan Grenfell.

His most recent executive role was as Expert Partner at McKinsey & Company in Australia and the US. His current non-executive roles include senior advisor with McKinsey & Company, consultant to Grant Samuel and Director of William Inglis & Son Limited. He is also Chairman of Austock Group Limited and Goodman Fielder’s boards, as well as a non-executive Director of Tabcorp Holdings. 

David Hardy

B COMM, MBA, MA

David’s 25 year career in corporate strategy development spans many industries.
He was Head of Strategy for the Insurance Australia Group, holding leadership roles with the consulting firms Accenture and McKinsey & Co prior to that. Currently mixing consulting and teaching, David is on the adjunct faculty of the Australian Graduate School of Management where he leads a strategic consulting project class. He has worked on a broad range of strategy and operations improvement projects in many industries across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America. David’s involvement with Unisson Disability has also been of a personal nature, as his brother Richard has been supported by the organisation for 45 years. David is constantly impressed with Unisson Disability’s leadership and the passionate commitment of all its staff to helping people with disability lead their best lives.

Peter Horton

B BUS, ACA

Peter has had over 40 years’ experience in accounting and finance roles.
He previously practiced as a Chartered Accountant, retiring as a partner from KPMG in 2001. This was followed by roles as Director of Finance & Accounting for Event Hospitality and Entertainment Limited and CFO and Company Secretary for Carlton Investments Limited, where he still serves.

Peter joined the Board of Unisson Disability in 1999 as Treasurer. He enjoys using the skills gained throughout his career to assist Unisson Disability in meeting its objectives of providing support to people with intellectual disability. Through his close involvement with the organisation, Peter has developed a great admiration for the families and employees involved in our work.
 

Alex Gelman

M COMM, MACS, CPA

Alex brings over 25 years of practical business and technology experience to clients who want to leverage technology to grow or rationalise their business.

Currently National Head Partner in Technology Advisory at Grant Thornton Australia, his focus on strategic technology advice, business technology transformation and cloud solutions has enabled his clientele to grow and compete in the digital age. Previously Director and Founder of c9 Solutions and Consult Point, Alex’s expertise covers a large range of business technology projects across Health, Ageing and Disability, Government and Professional Services. 

Roberta Ryan

BA(HONS), B.SOC.SC(HONS), GRAD.DIP

Professor Roberta Ryan from the University of Technology Sydney is a leading social policy, program evaluation and stakeholder engagement practitioner and researcher, with over 30 years’ experience in academia and consulting across Australia and internationally. A qualified social worker, Roberta has specialised skills in large multi-service evaluations, service development, delivery and applied policy research. She has also worked for a number of non-government agencies in direct practice and management roles and has designed and undertaken a range of complex government and non-government policy advisory and applied policy projects. Roberta’s extensive experience includes working with people with disability and their families in applied policy, service review, evaluation and service management. Her work in the disability field includes projects for government, non-government agencies, peak and advocacy organisations, including the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, the NSW Disability Council, Family Advocacy NSW, Centacare, Burnside, Jewish Welfare and UnitingCare. Prior to joining UTS, Roberta was a director of a private consulting firm.

Dr Gillian Brooks

BA (PSYCH), MBBS HONS. FRACP

Dr Gillian Brooks is a specialist paediatrician and Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (Paediatrics and Child Health). She has extensive experience in community child health and developmental paediatrics, general paediatrics and paediatric rehabilitation.

As Senior Staff Specialist Developmental Paediatrician and Team Leader for Children’s Hospital Westmead (Parramatta Early Childhood Assessment Team), Dr Brooks leads a multidisciplinary team in the service of paediatric patients and their families. She has extensive experience across the assessment, diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. Dr Brooks strongly supports a holistic approach to the treatment of children, which takes into consideration their family environment, as well as their social, cultural and linguistic needs, and revolves around taking a partnership approach with families. She has a special interest in quality improvement projects and in research related to service delivery and building the capacity of individuals with a disability to lead a full life.
 

Rebecca Fletcher

Rebecca Fletcher has been a part of Unisson Disability since 1988.

Rebecca has extensive experience across a number of industries including banking and finance, manufacturing and the disability sector and has worked in both Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region. Rebecca holds formal tertiary and post graduate qualifications in Accounting, Human Resources Management, Company Director, NFP Management and Teaching. She was accepted as a Fellow with the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2005 she became CEO and was responsible for developing and communicating Unisson Disability’s strategic direction, and for leading and guiding its operations. Rebecca acted as the key point of contact between the Board of Directors and the Senior Leadership Team and was responsible for bringing to life Unisson Disability’s vision, purpose and values. In 2018 Rebecca retired as CEO of Unisson, however, continues to be a part of the organisation as a non-executive board member, for both Unisson Disability and the Lorna Hodgkinson Foundation.