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Chief Executive Officer
Robert Dunn
Robert Dunn joined Opportunity International Australia in November 2006 as Chief Financial Officer, before taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer and director in August 2008. Robert is also the Chairman of Opportunity’s Indian subsidiary, Dia Vikas Capital, which has invested and lent significant funds to Indian microfinance institutions since May 2008. Robert is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a director of Baptist Community Services, a major provider of aged care and community services in NSW and ACT. Prior to joining Opportunity, Robert was the Finance Director with Patrick Corporation for 14 years. He has also worked for Dart Corporation and Price Waterhouse, with postings in London and New York respectively.
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Chief Financial Officer
Stephen Penny
Stephen joined Opportunity International Australia in February 2007. Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer and Investment Partnerships Director, he spent 18 months working in the Strategic Services team. Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for seven years before spending eight years in various audit, operational and fraud senior management positions at NAB and Westpac. Stephen also holds a BSc in Accounting and Business Economics. He was inspired to join Opportunity to utilise his professional skills in a development capacity.
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Donor Relations Director
Stephen Robertson
Stephen Robertson has 20 years’ experience in the Australian and global financial services sector, having worked with leading global investment managers such as Citibank, JP Morgan and Rothschild, primarily in fundraising and client communication and relation roles. Most recently, Steve was an Executive Director with Macquarie Bank where he was the Head of the Investment Lending Division, which provides specialist investment and lending products. With extensive experience in leading teams in Australia and overseas, Steve has a strong passion for customer service and building long-term sustainable business relationships. He joined Opportunity International Australia as Donor Relations Director in July 2010 and also oversees Opportunity's national Ambassador program.
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East Asia Director
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels has been with Opportunity International Australia for 12 years and is currently the East Asia Director. Mark is responsible for managing the East Asia region, mobilising technical, corporate and private donor resource allocations. This includes overseeing project monitoring and evaluation activities. Mark has also undertaken consulting work for some large multinationals, integrating microfinance into their community development programs. Mark is a CPA and previously was employed with Coopers & Lybrand in their Business Recovery and Insolvency Services Division.
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India Director
KC Ranjani
Ranjani is a financial services and development specialist with over 20 years of direct implementation and field experience in microfinance. Her experience includes policy development, risk management, market development and managing the conversion of microfinance institutions from non-government organisations into sustainable formal financial institutions. Most recently, Ranjani was the Senior Microfinance Specialist at MicroSave. She has been a Board member of a number of leading microfinance institutions in India, and has also held a number of senior management positions. Ranjani holds a Master of Bank Management and is fluent in three languages. She joined Opportunity International Australia in 2007 to head up the organisation’s national program for India.
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Marketing & Communications Director
Helen Merrick
Helen joined the Marketing & Communications team at Opportunity International Australia in November 2006. She currently leads the team as it supports the organisation on a wide range of marketing and communications activities, specifically brand, donor communications, media relations and online. Helen has over 14 years' experience in marketing, communications, sales, publishing and event management both in Australia and the UK. She is also a member of the Telstra Business Women's Network and was recognised as a finalist in the 2010 Telstra Business Women's Awards.
Helen is also a Board Director of Include A Charity, a consortium of over 130 charities working together to change the way Australians think about leaving a gift in their will.
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Strategic Services Director
Chris Murdoch
Chris Murdoch was Associate Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Business Services and led its business strategy practice in Australia and New Zealand prior to joining Opportunity International Australia. He has over 10 years’ consultancy experience in strategy development and implementation, and was a leader in the application of high technology to the road transport industry. Chris leads the Strategic Services department, which provides market participation and intelligence to Opportunity and facilitates the provision of technical services to microfinance institutions in Asia.
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Program Impact Director
Calum Scott
Calum Scott joined Opportunity International Australia in November 2007. In his time at the organisation, he has provided research and intelligence on topics such as Social Performance Management, health and education services in microfinance and the impact of the global economic crisis on microfinance, developing countries and the Millennium Development Goals.
Calum works to support Opportunity's programs in India and the Philippines. Prior to joining Opportunity, Calum worked for 10 years as an economist for the UK Government and Scottish NHS, building up experience in cost-benefit analysis, program development and management, monitoring and evaluation. Calum holds a BAcc in Accounting and Political Economy.
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Donor Services Manager
Michelle Taylor
Michelle Taylor joined Opportunity in July 2007 as a Donor Relations Manager in NSW, before going on to lead the Donor Services department. She also manages Opportunity’s national Ambassador program. With qualifications in accountancy, IT and neuro-linguistic programming, Michelle has a wealth of experience in managerial roles, having spent 20 years working in finance, health, energy, transport and information technology. She has also held roles with the Australian government and ran her own consultancy company.
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