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Our Board

Our Board of Directors brings together a team of highly experienced and regarded professionals
Harvey Collins
Director

Harvey is a Director of Save the Children Australia. He has extensive experience at executive and board levels in a range of industries. He is currently Chair of Insitor Partners, a  Singapore based impact fund manager. Previously, Harvey was CFO for Challenge Bank Limited, a Western Australian regional bank; Executive Director of listed-investment company, Chieftain Securities Limited; and Chairman of Navitas Limited, Bankwest Limited and HBF Inc. He has also held Board roles in other industries including telecommunications, electricity and mining services.

Paul Ronalds
Director

Paul leads Save the Children Global Ventures, the in-house team at Save the Children responsible for taking innovative finance and new technologies to scale. He is also an experienced corporate lawyer having worked for international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills providing advice on capital raising, M&A and private equity transactions. Earlier in his career, Paul co-founded wishlist.com.au, one of Australia’s first e-commerce companies, and has helped establish, fund and lead a number of international and Australian start-ups across multiple sectors. Paul has served as a senior advisor to two Australian Prime Ministers; was Deputy CEO of World Vision Australia and, for nine years, served as CEO of Save the Children Australia. He led the creation of and is a founding director of Save the Children Australia’s impact investment fund.

Karen Lawson
Director

Karen is an award-winning executive and growth leader in the digital, technology and start-up industry, using her experience in driving reinvention and transformation to help the world’s biggest brands to stay ahead of disruption. She launched Peloton in Australia and was the Managing Director of Spotify Australia & New Zealand.  While Karen was CEO for CareerOne, the company was awarded a spot in the coveted BRW ‘Top 50 most innovative companies’ list in 2014 and sold for over $50m two years later. Karen provides corporates and start-ups with commercial growth, product and transformation support. She has been recognised as UN Ambassador for Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Nominee for Telstra Woman of the Year, Pledge 1%’s Women Who Lead, Australian Growth Company Awards, Women’s Agenda finalist and Smart Company Women in Tech.

Scott Roantree
Director

Scott Roantree is the Managing Partner at Eaton Capital Partners, an advisory and asset management firm dedicated to mobilising private and public capital in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With over 25 years of experience in international development, Scott has held executive roles at DAI, Abt Associates, Cardno (now DT Global) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has advised and led large-scale, complex programs with expertise in effective design and delivery as well as structuring finance to drive sustainable development outcomes. He has managed overseas corporate offices on postings to Beijing, Jakarta and London. Scott has been a director of Save the Children Australia since January 2025.

Michael Dugina
Director

Michael is the Chief Finance Officer for Save the Children Australia. He has over 20 years’ experience in finance and has held senior roles across a number of sectors including commercial, not for profit, education, health and government. Prior to Save the Children Michael has led transformational projects as the Director of Corporate Services at the City of Greater Geelong in technology, customer experience, public private partnership infrastructure and policy reforms.  He has lead strategy for change at the YMCA of Victoria as CFO delivering a new organisational operating model.