Board of

Directors

Richard Davis

Independent
Chairman

Mr. Richard Davis joined the Group in June 2014 and is currently serving as a non-executive director of ASX listed companies, InvoCare Limited and Australian Vintage Limited (and Chairman of Australian Vintage).

Richard worked for InvoCare for 20 years until 2008. For the majority of that time he held the position of CEO and managed the growth of that business through a number of ownership changes and over 20 acquisitions, including offshore in Singapore.

Prior to InvoCare Limited, Richard worked in venture capital and as an accounting partner of Bird Cameron. Richard holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Christina (‘Christy’) Boyce

Independent
Non-executive Director

Ms Christy Boyce joined the Group in June 2014. Christy is also a director of Port Jackson Partners and a non-executive director of ASX listed companies, Greencross Limited and Oneview Healthcare. Christy is a former director of Cryosite Limited.

Christy has over 20 years of management consulting experience in both Australia and the United States and has worked extensively with major corporations on corporate strategy. Prior to joining Port Jackson Partners, Christy spent 14 years with McKinsey and Company, where she was a partner.

She holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Masters of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business (Northwestern University) and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Christy resigned from the Board on 29th June 2020

Neil Broekhuizen

Independent
Non-executive Director

Mr. Neil Broekhuizen is the Joint Chief Executive Officer of Ironbridge.

Neil has over 30 years experience in the finance industry, including 27 years in private equity with Investcorp and Bridgepoint in Europe and Ironbridge in Australia. He has sat on the Ironbridge Investment Committee since inception.

He is the Independent Non-executive Chairman of Bravura Solutions, having previously served as a Director.
Neil is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holds a BSC (Eng) Honours degree from Imperial College, University of London.

Josef Czyzewski

Independent
Non-executive Director

Mr. Josef Czyzewski joined the Group in June 2014 and has over 30 years of experience in senior finance positions and significant experience in the health industry.

Josef has held the positions of CFO at Healthscope Limited and more recently CFO/General Manager Strategy and Development at Spotless Group Limited following its takeover by private equity interests in 2012.

Prior to that time, Josef had held various senior finance positions with BHP Billiton including VP Finance and Corporate Treasurer. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Richard Henshaw

Executive
Director

Dr Richard Henshaw MD FRANZCOG FRCOG has practiced in the field of reproductive medicine since 1995. Richard works as a Fertility Specialist for the Group.

Richard has served on many national bodies, including RANZCOG Council, the IVF Medical Directors Group of Australia and New Zealand, and the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee.

Michael Knaap

Chief Executive Officer
& Managing Director

Mr Michael Knaap was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for Monash IVF Group on 15 April 2019.

Following his tenure as MVF Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary since August 2015, Michael was appointed to Interim CEO in Oct 2018.

Mr Knaap has over 20 years experience in executive positions with a strong operational, strategic and leadership background. Prior to joining MVF Group, Michael was with Patties Foods Limited where he held a number of executive positions over six years, including the role of Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.

He holds a Bachelor of Accounting from Monash University and is a Certified Practising Accountant.

Zita Peach

Independent
Non-executive Director

Ms Zita Peach has more than 25 years of commercial experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices and health services industries.

She worked for major industry players such as CSL Limited and Merck Sharp & Dohme, the Australian subsidiary of Merck Inc.

Ms Peach’s most recent executive position was as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand and Executive Vice President, South Asia Pacific for Fresenius Kabi, a leading provider of pharmaceutical products and medical devices to hospitals. Previously, Zita was Vice President, Business Development for CSL Limited, a position she held for ten years.

Ms Peach is a Non-executive Director of the ASX listed AirXpanders, Inc., Starpharma Holdings Limited, Pacific Smiles Group Limited and Visioneering Technologies, Inc. Zita is also a member of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research Board.

Ms Peach is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute.

Catherine West

Independent
Non-executive Director

Ms Catherine West joined the Group in September 2020 and is currently serving as a non-executive director of ASX listed Nine Entertainment where she is Chair of the People and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.

Catherine is an experienced ASX listed non-executive director and has over 25 years of legal, business affairs and strategy experience in customer focussed businesses in the media, entertainment, telecommunications and medical sectors in Australia, the UK and Europe.

Catherine was previously on the board of Southern Phone, a regional telecommunications company and she currently holds position of Vice-President of the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, director of the NIDA Foundation and a Governor of Wenona School.