Our Trust Members
The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) is governed by experienced Trust members who guide our commitment to serving Victorian communities with care and respect.
Our Trust members are appointed by the Victorian Government to oversee our strategic direction, ensure good governance, and maintain high standards of service for the families we support.
Michael Doery BFA, FAICD
Trust Chair | Executive Performance and Remuneration Committee Chair
Michael brings extensive leadership experience from CEO and Executive Director roles across listed, public and private companies. As a former senior partner at KPMG, he developed deep expertise in governance, finance, technology and risk management. Michael currently chairs Freehold Property Investment Limited and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Tarang Chawla
Audit and Risk Management Committee member (interim) | Community Advisory Committee member
Tarang is an advocate and academic who brings expertise in community engagement, social policy and governance. He serves as Commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commission, bringing diverse community voices to policymakers, and co-founded Not One More Niki, a non-profit working to prevent family violence. Tarang teaches at The University of Melbourne and Monash University, serves on the Gender and Disaster Australia Board, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has been recognised as a Young Australian of the Year Finalist.
Ben Davis
Community Advisory Committee member
Ben has nearly 30 years of leadership experience in political advocacy, policy development and stakeholder engagement, working extensively across state and federal government. Throughout his career, he has successfully driven complex negotiations, securing critical outcomes for industry and government, and has also served as a non-executive director on numerous boards including two multi-billion-dollar superannuation funds.
Vedran Drakulic OAM MPubAdv&Act, EMFIA, MAICD
Finance and Investment Committee member | Executive Performance and Remuneration Committee member
Vedran is CEO of Hansen Little Foundation, one of Australia's leading philanthropic funds. He previously spent 13 years as CEO of Gandel Foundation. Vedran brings expertise in governance, asset management, risk, audit and finance. He currently serves as a Director of VicHealth, Deputy Chair of Betty Amsden Foundation, Board Member of the Order of Australia Association Foundation, and Adjunct Professor at RMIT's Centre for Social and Global Studies.
Melanie Eagle BA,BSW, LLB and GAICD
Melanie has legal and social work qualifications and is an AICD Graduate. A Mayor of St Kilda Council in her twenties, she has served in numerous governance roles across the health, social services and disability sector, including as Inaugural Chair of both Respect Victoria and the Disability Worker Registration Board and is the Chair of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Professionally she was the CEO of a consumer health body and worked across law reform, public policy, city strategic planning and private legal practice. She has also undertaken short term volunteer assignments in four counties.
Sanjay Gund B.Sc. (Physics), FCA, GAICD, FGIA
Finance and Investment Committee member
Sanjay is a seasoned Non-Executive Director and a C-level executive with 15 years of board experience across the financial services, healthcare, technology, and government sectors. Sanjay has previously served on The Salvation Army Advisory Board, Andrew Kerr Care Ltd (aged-care), Merri Health and IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan Boards. Currently he serves on several boards including Australian Chiropractors Association, Australian Melanoma Research Foundation, and was the former Victorian State Councillor at Governance Institute Australia.
Deborah Daly FGIA, GAICD, MBA
Deborah has extensive senior executive experience designing, leading and governance of enterprise wide transformation initiatives in supply chain and operations, sales and marketing, digital enablement and integration on behalf of ASX and Fortune 500 companies. Her commercial experiences lies in diversified healthcare, oil and energy, manufacturing and retail sectors delivering pragmatic and practical solutions most often within complex and highly regulated environments. Deborah also brings deep governance expertise as non-executive director, advisory and committee member across education, not for profit and industry / government partnerships over 30 years and specifically with cemetery sector experience across Class A and Class B cemetery environments over 12 years. Deborah also provides consumer advocacy and research investigator support in primary cancer care entities. Deborah is founder and principal for Impetus for Change, an advisory and coaching practice that supports scale-ups, large listed entities and emerging First Nations leaders to empower their teams and organisations to leverage performance and capability.
Marcell Judkins B.Bus. (Finance & Accounting), FCPA, FAICD, MBA
Marcell is an experienced senior Financial professional who has held CFO and executive leadership roles within ASX companies, large global corporates, as well as in the mid cap and emerging markets. She brings a commercial mindset with experience in governance, information technology, risk, and finance. Having held several Non-Executive Roles in the health, disability and education sectors, she is a past Non-Executive Director of Scope Australia. Marcell is an active member of several community organisations, at the governance level, and is currently a Victorian Divisional Councillor and member of the Appointment council for CPA Australia.