Thérèse is the Chair of Disability Employment Australia, and has 30 years’ experience in delivering services to optimise health and employment opportunities for people with disability, injury, illness or disadvantage. She commenced on the frontline assisting people to return to work or find new work post injury, then moved to executive roles in strategy and stakeholder relations in the employment, occupational rehabilitation, and health services sectors.
Thérèse is an Occupational Therapist with post graduate qualifications in Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management and has completed the Company Directors course at the Institute of Company Directors. She has 22 years’ experience in board director roles, including several in the role of Chairman.
Thérèse joined WorkFocus (now part of the MedHealth Group) as a Partner 24 years ago, establishing their presence on the eastern seaboard. Today, the brands within the Group deliver a broad range of services to positively impact health and employment outcomes for people across multiple jurisdictions in Australia.
As the Director of Government and Stakeholder Relations at the MedHealth Group, Thérèse is part of a leadership team that delivers innovative health and employment services. She has worked with stakeholders internationally and domestically to share and seek innovative solutions for employment of people with disability. Thérèse is passionate about the positive impact that meaningful employment has on an individual’s health and wellbeing and her professional life has been dedicated to this.
When not at work, Therese is a dedicated mother of three, an avid traveller and supporter of the West Coast Eagles!