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During her career she has designed and implemented cutting-edge technology and analytical capabilities for law enforcement and intelligence. Nadia worked as a federal government director of IT and Intelligence, a business architect and analyst, intelligence professional and business innovation lead on technology-based initiatives in government and private sector organisations. She has also consulted on the development of technology brand strategies, architechture, business analysis, project management, systems implementations, operating model designs, policy uplift, cyber security, governance and scoping studied to upgrade systems. 

Nadia provides strategic guidance and oversight to achieve project objectives and outcomes. Leading teams and stakeholder engagement to ensure that 'technology translation' of complex system rare broken down into palatable artefacts ready for management oversight and adoption. 

She helps organisations improve their business processes and outcomes through technology implementations and is passionate about understanding how to use technical capabilities to aid intelligence and government operations. 

Nadia is a Lifeblood ambassador and is connected to the Canberra Hospital Foundation through her own life experiences with the health system.

Prior to her life at East, Dion worked in Sydney for 15 years as a practicing psychologist.  She worked in areas of Alcohol and Other Drugs, women’s mental health, worker’s compensation claims for psychological injury, clinical supervision and counselling of psychology students and her own private practice.

Now managing a team of 100+, Dion continues to use her skills as counsellor and psychologist to ensure the stability and mental health of her staff and to upskill her management team in best psychological practice in nurturing and guiding their teams to their highest potential. 

Dion is passionate about her work at East Hotel and its standing in the community as a place that is family focused, warm and open.

She has worked at senior levels across 10 departments including Prime Minister and Cabinet, Finance, Immigration, Industry and Agriculture, and for more than five years was the Deputy Director General in ASIO.

In 2020 Kerri was a coordinator for BizRebuild, a Business Council of Australia initiative to assist small businesses in the aftermath of the bushfire and then spent 2 years as the Chair and Principal Advisor at Proximity, a Canberra based professional services firm.

Kerri chaired the National Youth Science Forum and for 8 years was a member of the Board of the Canberra Girls Grammar School. She has chaired a number of Audit and Risk Committees for the Australian Public Service - including for the Office of Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police.

As a breast cancer survivor, she has championed fund raising for cancer research and was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and MS Angels.

Kerri is married to Brian and they have two grown up daughters.

In November 1985 he returned to London, but migrated to Australia on a permanent basis in 1987 after accepting a position as a Medical Oncologist at Westmead Hospital. Whilst he was at Westmead Hospital, Professor Stuart-Harris also started outreach Medical Oncology clinics in both Bowral and Goulburn.

In 1993, he moved to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney where he worked in both Medical Oncology and Palliative Care. Professor Stuart-Harris was the Director of Medical Services at the Sacred Heart Hospice.

In February 1998, Professor Stuart-Harris moved to Canberra to be a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Canberra Hospital. He also had an honorary academic appointment at the ANU and was part of the Faculty of the new Medical School of the ANU.

In 2004 he was appointed Director of Cancer Services in the ACT and also Southern Local Health District, NSW, but also continued to work as a Medical Oncologist in Canberra, subspecialising in the management of breast cancer.

"I believe that my two most important achievements in the position of Director of Cancer Services were the establishment of the Cancer Centre on the Canberra Hospital campus and the appointment of a full time Professor of Cancer Research at the John Curtin School of Medical research ANU."

In 2014 Professor Stuart-Harris relinquished his position as Director of Cancer Services with the appointment of a full time Executive Director and returned to full time clinical work.

In addition to his clinical appointments, he was Secretary of the Medical Oncology Group, the special society for Medical Oncology in Australia from 1988-1994 and then Chairman of the Medical Oncology Group from 1995-1996.

"Throughout my career I was involved in medical research and the teaching of medical students. I published extensively, especially on the subject of breast cancer. I retired from clinical practice in June 30, 2019."

Outside of his career, Professor Stuart-Harris was a member of the National Advisory Council of the ABC from 1991-1994 and then the Convenor of the National Advisory Council of the ABC from 1994-1999.

Since retirement, Professor Stuart-Harris and his wife have remained in Canberra, though frequent visitors to Sydney as their three children and three grandchildren all reside in Sydney.

Emeritus Professor Robin Stuart-Harris December, 2021.

Matthew graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and is a member of Chartered Accountants New Zealand and Australia.

In his time at EY, Matthew has developed a skillset in providing taxation advice and services to NFP entities and has become a national subject matter expert in this area for the firm. Matthew has used this experience to help establish and support the ongoing operations of numerous charities in both Canberra and across Australia.

In 2015 Matthew joined the social enterprise taskforce for the Canberra Business Chamber and in 2019 he was appointed Chair. In 2020, Matthew was appointed to the Policy Taskforce of the Canberra Business Chamber.