Our Board

Learn more about our Board guiding Multicultural Futures.

Helen Grzyb

Chair

A strategic thinker with a research doctorate in business and community partnerships, Dr Helen Grzyb is a Graduate, Fellow and award winner from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tim Martin

Secretary

Associate Director, Service and Engagement at The University of Western Australia

Jaideep Singh

Treasurer

Associate, BurnVoir Corporate Finance

Ivy Chen

Board Member

Manager Corporate CSA Global

Roseanne Thomas

Board member

FCPA, FAICD Retired Financial Controller D’Orsogna

Roshan Weddikkara

Board member

National Business Development Manager, Hospitals at St John of God Healthcare with over 20 years’ experience in marketing, public relations, and community relations in healthcare, local and state government, and finance industries

Kamel Elnaggar

Board member

Business Analyst, Telethon Kids Institute

Weng-Si Cheang

Board member

Program Manager, Regional Arts WA

Testimonials

UnitingCare West is a proud partner of Multicultural Futures. Knowing that we can depend on the team to readily collaborate and walk alongside us to support people who need our combined skills and abilities in order to have their goals met is, quite simply, fantastic.

UnitingCare West

Access Housing and Multicultural Futures have a well-established, collaborative working relationship going back many years. We look forward to continuing and building upon this relationship into the years ahead as we partner to assist some of the community’s most vulnerable people.

Access Housing

We rely heavily on the support of agencies and programs such as Multicultural Futures in order to ensure best outcomes and recovery for people. The contribution of this flexible and culturally sensitive agency is a partnership that we will continue to build and foster.

Child and Adolescent Health Service.

With help from Multicultural Futures, we now stand on our own feet and by paying tax hopefully, we can give the opportunity for another family to make change for a more peaceful and prosperous life.

Survivor of Domestic Violence and her son.

We highly valued Multicultural Futures’ contribution to developing our first Cultural Diversity Strategy. They brought a wealth of cultural insight and strong community connections with newly settled Cockburn community members which ensured a rich diversity of views were captured.

The City of Cockburn

I feel much more confident in my interactions with families from migrant or refugee background.

There are things I can do now to help improve my intercultural communication efficiency – from strategies listed by participants

I loved learning about the different communications styles of different cultures and the importance of my own personal cultural glasses

Even though I thought I had great understanding of cultural awareness I realise I need to continue to develop my skills and knowledge