Kostas Kyrifidis joined the Fronditha Care board in 2019. Kostas is an accomplished risk, project management, asset protection, safety and environment professional who brings over 25 years of experience in the government, commercial, industrial facilities and educational sectors.  Along with being a Board Member/Advisor to a number of Commercial, NFP Boards and Executive Leadership Teams, Kostas provides coaching and development to support organisations with implementing programs to set clear strategic goals, innovation, security & risk minimisation and utilisation of resources.

George Stabelos joined Fronditha Care Board in November 2019. George has 30 years experience in the Health Care sector in both the public hospital and private practice settings and currently consults as a Medical Practitioner (GP) at the Valewood Medical and Occupational Health Clinic, a multidisciplinary centre in Mulgrave, Melbourne, Australia. He completed his degrees in Medicine and Surgery at The University of Sydney in 2005 and also has a professional background in chiropractic and exercise & sports science. His health care special interests include, General Family Medical Practice, Musculo-skeletal Pain & Sports Medicine , Aged Care, Occupational Health,  Children’s Health,  Nutritional and Lifestyle Medicine.

George’s parents originated from the Islands of Kastellorizo and Chios in Greece and from Cesme in Asia Minor.

He has been involved in honorary community group and other boards or committees for more than 30 years, including current service as Vice-president of the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia (HMSA). He believes that in addition to utilising our training and qualifications in our respective professional and other fields, we can make a positive contribution to society by employing these skills to collectively benefit and build communities. Similarly, to value other peoples’ strengths and learn from them. His experience is that by teaming with others, we can create better solutions than any one of us alone .  He is an affiliate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and aspires to build the capability of organisations and communities, for the greater good and benefit to society.

Arthur Kokkinias joined the Fronditha Care Board in November 2019.

Arthur is a psychiatrist who has worked in the fields of public mental health and in private psychiatric practice for over 19 years.

He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1992 and completed his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2000. In 2001 he also completed a Master of Medicine (Psychiatry). He has previously worked in acute adult psychiatry as a consultant psychiatrist for a Crisis and Assessment and Treatment Team.

In 2002 he helped establish a new service, the Primary Mental Health Team (PMHT), with the aim of assisting general practitioners in the inner northwest Melbourne area with assessing and treating high prevalence mental disorders. He was the lead consultant for this team for the duration of its existence (2002 – 2013).

With a redesign of mental health services, Dr Kokkinias was appointed to the Position of Lead Psychiatrist at the Community Mental Health Clinic of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Waratah Clinic) in 2013. He continues to hold this position.

Dr Arthur Kokkinias has also worked in private psychiatric practice at the Melbourne Clinic since 2001, with a strong interest in mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance abuse disorders, chronic pain and cognitive degenerative conditions. A large number of referred patients in his private practice are senior Greek-speaking migrants with poor English skills as well as Australian born people of Greek heritage.

Dr Arthur Kokkinias is currently a consultant of a community psychiatry team which comprises other psychiatrists, junior medical staff and other clinical staff (psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers). His role includes clinical governance. He is involved in general practitioner education and improving physical health in mentally unwell people.

Arthur is also Secretary of the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia and is on the Board of this organization. He has been involved in progressing health education to the Greek speaking population of Melbourne and also in organizing educational events for medical colleagues. His involvement in HMSA is with a view to strengthen links between medical professionals of Greek origin and to promote quality education within the profession and to the wider community, especially to those with limited English skills. He has spoken at a number of public lectures and seminars on various mental health disorders (dementia, psychosis, mood disorders).

Soula Cargakis joined the Fronditha Care board in 2016, and is CURRENTLY THE Vice President of Fronditha Care and also a member of the Risk Management & Finance Committee.

Soula started her career in financial services in 1987 and over the last 30 years has held numerous senior management roles.  She is currently the CEO of Association Advisory Practices that she founded in 2006, a subsidiary of Centrepoint Alliance where she has worked for the past 13 years.  She is also on the executive team of Centrepoint Alliance responsible for all distribution and marketing for the group and has been a member of a number of advisory boards.

Jill Taylor joined the Fronditha Care board in 2013. She is the Secretary, and is a member of the Risk Management & Finance Committee and the Communications Committee.

Jill is a director of Power Lending Group Pty Ltd, a finance consulting firm. Prior to that, she performed as a licensed investigator for JBSA Consultants (Investigations & Reviews), focussed primarily on matters of forensic fraud as well as highly sensitive cases, such as the abuse of children in State care. Prior to this role, Jill was employed as Chief Financial Officer of Silver Top Taxi Service Ltd, where in addition to leading the Finance function, she sat on the Company’s Takeover & Mergers Committee. In this role, she was instrumental in the purchase of SilverComm P/L, a business she later came to lead as General Manager. During her time with Silver Top, Jill was also appointed to the Ministerial Committee for Public Transport as a key representative for the taxi industry. Jill has spent the majority of her career in the accounting sector, as a registered company auditor, as a tax consultant for DBA Accountants and as a Partner with Greenfield Fox Hansen P/L.

Professor Eugenia Pedagogos is a Nephrologist as well as Medical Director and Director of Medical Innovation at Epworth HealthCare. She has a strong track record of research, education and high quality clinical services delivery. Professor Pedagogos is passionate about providing the very best in patient care and about optimising research and implementing change.

She has an excellent track record for collaborating with researchers both nationally and internationally and has extensive experience as a physician in public and private health services settings. She actively contributes to the operational and quality management activities in organisations and has a reputation for fostering collaborative working relationships with medical, nursing and allied health staff.

She has been an invited speaker to national conferences or symposia and has published over 50 articles and abstracts and has a keen interest in clinical governance having chaired multiple committees at state and local level as well as having served as an elected Board Member of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators.

Tim Dionyssopoulos joined the Fronditha Care board in 2016. He is a member of the Policy & Research Committee.

Tim is currently a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, and has been a legal volunteer at Pronia (Australian Greek Welfare Society) for over 14 years. He has previously been a board member at the Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre, as well as member of the Committee of Management of the Springvale Multicultural Men’s Shed, helping to establish Victoria’s first multicultural men’s shed.

Tim is a Principal at Maurice Blackburn, a leading social justice law firm, and, since 1999, an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. He is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, and the Australian Lawyers Alliance, and has been a past member of various committees for those organisations. Tim has extensive legal and management experience, and has completed the Leadership Development Program at the Melbourne Business School.

Pam joined the Fronditha Care board in November 2018.

Pam is a Clinical Program Manager at Neuroscience Trials Australia, a not for profit contract research organisation that is a subsidiary of The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

Pam has over 15 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry spanning across sales, marketing, project management and clinical research. The bulk of her career has been spent in clinical research, leading global research teams and projects for testing new medicines in human populations. This work has spanned a variety of therapy areas, including vaccines, oncology and cardiovascular disease. Most recently, Pam has moved into brain and mental health research, including dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Pam holds a BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology from Monash University, and in 2016, completed an Executive MBA at Melbourne Business School.

Aspasia worked as a government lawyer for over 25 years. During this time, Aspasia gained experience working within a statutory and regulatory framework with an understanding of state and commonwealth taxation laws, administrative law, financial management legislation, government procurement processes, freedom of information laws, privacy laws, human rights legislation and other legislation relating to conduct of employees and general governance. Aspasia provided advice on the applicability of state tax laws to a wide range of matters and complex business transactions. Aspasia conducted litigation in a broad range of state tax matters in the VCAT, Victorian Supreme Court and High Court of Australia. As a Member of the Executive team of the State Revenue Office of Victoria, Aspasia was on a number of Executive Sub-Committees, including the Litigation Committee (as Chair), the Policy Sub-Committee, the Compliance Sub-Committee and Chairperson of the Land Tax Hardship Relief Board.