Louise joined the Afford Board of Directors in March 2024, bringing with her over thirty years of global leadership experience in sales and marketing. With a decade of service in board director and advisor roles across numerous sectors including resources, manufacturing, financial services, sport, retail, and start-up accelerators, Louise offers a broad perspective on strategic decision-making. Louise also holds positions as Non-Executive Director at VicSport and Hastings Co-Operative. Additionally, she serves as an advisor in the agtech and superannuation sector, further demonstrating her commitment to driving positive change and growth across diverse industries.

Patrick joined the Afford Board of Directors in March 2024. With business strength in strategy, leadership, and governance, particularly within the healthcare sector, Patrick’s career highlights include being appointed CEO of IRT Group in 2018, one of Australia’s largest secular Not-for-profit aged care providers. In this role, he oversees almost 2800 employees and volunteers dedicated to the safety and care of older Australians. Patrick also serves as a Board Director with Coordinare PHN Southern NSW. His extensive professional background includes chairing the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) and owning a community pharmacy. 

Jo Toohey was previously the Chief Executive Officer at The Benevolent Society and was also the Head of Operations for UnitingCare Ageing NSW and ACT. Jo has dedicated her career to working in for purpose organisations that are focussed on the individuals and communities they support; who believe that strong employee engagement creates great places to work; and who work to achieve broader social outcomes that foster greater equity and opportunities for everyone.

Peter Orr is skilled in leading large, high-performing teams, developing emerging leaders, and driving strategic change initiatives. He is passionate about delivering high-quality outcomes for people with disability through innovation and technology.

For over a decade, Katelyn has been a senior lead across purpose-led organisations centred on human services as well as commercial experience in hospitality and lifestyle products.

Katelyn leads all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including human resources, talent acquisition, organisational development, employee engagement and health and wellbeing at Afford, and is passionate about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.