Harold Mitchell, AC

Harold Mitchell, AC

Harold Mitchell is the founder of Mitchell & Partners and Executive Chairman of Aegis Media Pacific. Mitchell & Partners, the company he founded in 1976, is the largest media and communications group in Australia today, with a growing presence in New Zealand and across the Asia-Pacific region.

Rod Lamplugh

Rod Lamplugh

Rod Lamplugh is a commercial lawyer and company director. He has over 20 years experience assisting organisations with legal and media-related matters. He is married with two children and has a keen interest in sport and travel. His other offices include Aegis Media Asia Pacific, Mitchell Family Office, the Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union Club, Saint Bernards College and Lamplugh McIntosh Lawyers. Rod has a particular focus on social justice and hopes the foundation can make a valuable contribution in this area.

Helen Monkivitch

Helen Monkivitch

Helen Monkivitch, AO has had a distinguished career in health administration and boasts a wealth of experience in health and aged care, mission and ethics.

She is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Executive Director of Leadership and Mission for Mercy Health and a member on several boards of governance for health.

In 2006 Helen was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

Adam Stanley

Adam Stanley

Adam is a partner/executive director in the investment advisory division of Pitcher Partners Melbourne, a practice that advises on in excess of $1 billion of funds under management. 

Stephanie Copus-Campbell

Stephanie Copus-Campbell

Ms Stephanie Copus-Campbell has worked in the field of philanthropy, aid and international development since 1993. She is currently Executive Director on the Board of the Oil Search Foundation focusing on health, education and women’s empowerment programs in Papua New Guinea.

Her experience includes Executive Director of the Harold Mitchell Foundation, Principal Executive for International Programs for CARE Australia, lecturer at Deakin University and international humanitarian coordinator for Australian Red Cross, Western Australia. From 2009- 2011, Ms Copus-Campbell was the head of Australia’s $500 million aid program with Papua New Guinea. She was also posted to Suva, Fiji, as head of Australia’s aid program with Fiji and the Pacific region and has had previous postings to PNG. She is on the Board of UNICEF Australia, the Harold Mitchell Foundation, the PNG based City Pharmacy Group Foundation and Famili PNG, an NGO committed to supporting survivors of family violence. She is also on the Advisory Board of Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute for Health and Education and the Advisory Board of the University of New South Wales Canberra.

Ms Copus-Campbell holds an MPHIL degree from Cambridge University in international relations and a bachelor’s degree from University of California in political science, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude

The Harold Mitchell Foundation also has a senior advisory council where we pull together senior figures in the arts, education and health to advise us on program implementation. Standing members include Professor John Funder, AO, The Hon Mary Delahunty, The Hon John Thwaites and Mr Russell Skelton.