Kostas Livadaras joined the Fronditha Care Board in 2020, and is the Company Secretary, Chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Risk and Audit Committee.

Kostas is the Managing Partner of a Public Accounting and Financial Advisory practice in Hawthorn, ‘Stantins’, and has over 25 years of experience in finance and strategy across a range of diversified industries including the Medical and Aged Care Sector.

As a public accountant he oversees several businesses where he provides financial, merger, acquisition and growth strategy advice. Kostas has extensive technical and management experience in consulting to SME businesses, and has held roles and advised businesses as a non-executive director to their board and as a member of finance and related committees.

A Co-Founder and Director of a public unlisted energy management company, ‘CarbonTrack Ltd’, Kostas has a deep understanding of compliance and corporate governance, holds a Masters in Practicing Accounting and is a member of the Institute of Public Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Nicholas Giasoumi joined the Fronditha Care Board in 2021 and is the Chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Risk and Audit Committee. He was appointed Vice President in November 2021.

Mr Giasoumi is the Managing Director of a Public Accounting Practice in Hawthorn East, Dye & Co Pty Ltd, Solvency and Turnaround specialists. He has over 30 years of experience in assisting companies and individuals navigate their way out of financial distress.

As a Chartered Accountant, Registered Liquidator and Trustee in Bankruptcy he has assisted companies and individuals assess their financial position and determine the most appropriate solution to their financial circumstances across a broad range of industries, including the Health and Aged Care Sector.

Mr Giasoumi has a deep understanding of compliance and financial affairs. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Alex Krassas joined the Fronditha Board Care Board in August 2021 and is a member of both the Finance Risk & Audit committee and the Governance Committee

Alex is a Business Manager in the industrial sector and is involved in Regulatory Compliance, Business Development, Project management, Logistics and Occupational Health and Safety.

He has 10 years of prior experience in the not for profit sector as a Board Director in a member owned financial institution

Stella Laletas joined the Fronditha Care Board in 2020 and she is the current President of Fronditha Care. She has a PhD in psychology with specialist knowledge in lifespan psychology. Stella currently holds a tenured position at Monash University and is a lecturer and researcher in psychology and counselling. Stella has over 20 years’ experience in various executive and leadership roles in the early childhood and education sectors. As a Director within the early childhood sector, Stella engaged in the compliance of governance and accreditation processes at local, state and federal levels.

John Kallitsas joined the Fronditha Care Board in December 2020.

John was born in Melbourne to Greek migrant parents. In 1973 he returned to Greece with his parents to fulfill their dreams and spent his adolescent years in Athens where he completed his high school years.

Upon deciding to return to Melbourne in 1984, he graduated with an Honour Degree in Arts majoring in Classical Studies from the University of Melbourne, after which he pursued a career in business and marketing.

Between 1988 and 1999, John worked in the corporate sector building his career with solid foundations and expertise in vehicle fleet management, salary packaging and leasing with global companies such as Caltex, ABN AMRO (Lease Plan) and the BMW Group. This expertise was integral in his venture to form his own ‘The DPoA Group’.

During this period, he furthered his education by obtaining a Master Degree in International Business from The University of Melbourne, and also completed the Asialink ‘Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Asia Leadership Program’ which he is extremely proud of having done.

John’s generous entrepreneurial spirit and drive is infectious. The year 2019 marked 20 years leading the business of salary packaging, leasing and employee share plan development and being recognised with a Westpac’s 200 Businesses of Tomorrow Award for the rebranded SalaryMasters organisation.

John is committed to giving back to the Community in every possible way. In 2019 he joined the Board of HACCI as its Secretary. He, amongst many others, recognises the importance of promoting and celebrating the achievements of our Hellenic diaspora Community.