Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Rebecca Falkingham was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Disability Insurance Agency on 18 October 2022.
The CEO is supported by seven Deputy CEOs (DCEO) and the Scheme Actuary.
Each are responsible for one of seven groups:
- First Nations – Janine Mohamed
- Integrity Transformation and Fraud Fusion Taskforce – John Dardo
- Partners, Providers and Home and Living – Penelope McKay
- Service Delivery – Scott McNaughton
- Service Design and Improvement – Corri McKenzie
- Governance, Risk and Legal– Debbie Mitchell
- Enabling Services / Chief Operating Officer – Samuel Porter
- Scheme Actuary and General Manager Analytics Data and Actuarial and Chief Data Officer – David Gifford
Also reporting directly to the CEO is:
- Chief of Staff – David Stockman
- General Manager Children’s Task Force – Samantha Taylor
First Nations
Deputy CEO First Nations – Janine Mohamed
Integrity Transformation and Fraud Fusion Taskforce
Deputy CEO Integrity Transformation and Fraud Fusion Taskforce – John Dardo
- General Manager, Integrity Transformation – Martin Mane (Secondee)
- General Manager, Fraud Fusion Taskforce and Integrity Capability – Kitsa Papadopoulos
Partners, Providers and Home and Living
Deputy CEO, Partners, Providers and Home and Living – Penelope McKay
- General Manager, Partners – Pene Winslade
- General Manager, Home and Living – Andrew Parsons
- General Manager, Providers and Market Coordination – Anne Skordis
Service Delivery
Deputy CEO, Service Delivery – Scott McNaughton
- General Manager, QLD State Manager – Des Lee
- General Manager, NSW State Manager – Rochelle Waterhouse
- General Manager, VIC State Manager – Damian Poel
- General Manager, Specialised Service Delivery – Jodie Stangel
- General Manager, SA, WA, NT and Remote Services – Fleur Hill
- General Manager, Operations, Performance & Capability – Andrew Maitland
Service Design and Improvement
Deputy CEO, Service Design and Improvement – Corri McKenzie
- Office of the Participant Advocate (direct report to Deputy CEO, Service Design and Improvement) – Donna Purcell
- General Manager, Service Design – Garth O' Brien
- General Manager, Co-Design and Engagement – Aaron Verlin
- General Manager, Policy, Evidence and Practice Leadership – Prue Coroneos
- General Manager, Strategic Communications – Shannon Rees
Governance, Risk and Legal
Deputy CEO, Governance, Risk and Legal – Debbie Mitchell PSM
- General Manager, Government – Gabriela Pulczynski
- General Counsel – Tom McGregor
- Chief Counsel – Matt Swainson
- General Manager, Risk, Audit and Resilience (Chief Risk Officer) – Mark Sullivan
Enabling Services / Chief Operating Office
Enabling Services / Chief Operating Officer – Samuel Porter
- Office of Agency Accessibility and Inclusion (direct report to Deputy CEO, Enabling Services/Chief Operating Officer) – Ed Holicky (Acting)
- Chief Information Officer – Ajay Satyan PSM
- Chief Financial Officer – Chris Breitkreuz
- Chief Corporate and Commercial Officer – Phoebe Thompson (Acting)
- Chief People Wellbeing Officer – Allison Doyle
- Chief People Strategy Officer – Jane Burns
- General Manger Analytics Data and Actuarial and Chief Data Officer – David Gifford (Scheme Actuary)