Leadership team

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 Australia’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 Australia, 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. 

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 International Australia to utilise his professional skills in a development capacity.

 

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 overseas Opportunity's national Ambassador program.

East Asia Director

Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels has been with Opportunity International 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.

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.

Marketing & Communications Director

Helen Cartwright

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 12 years' experience in marketing, sales, publishing and event management both in Australia and the UK. 
 

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 International Australia and facilitates the provision of technical services to microfinance institutions in Asia.