Lou Wardlaw

Chief Executive Officer

As founder of One in Five, Lou was instrumental in establishing the organisation in 2003. Following her brother Matt "Mouse" Wardlaw's death in 2001, she became a passionate mental health advocate and believes medical research is crucial to improving outcomes for people living with mental illness. Having served as Chair of One in Five, Lou now leads the organisation as part-time CEO.
 

As a mother of two daughters with mental health challenges, she hopes to help develop better treatments and find cures. Lou brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience across transformation, customer experience and people leadership, including senior operational roles at Transurban, alongside her work as a facilitator, coach and mental health advocate.

Kristine Cooney

Board Chair

Joining the board in 2023, Kristine was most recently the Executive Manager for Policy, Strategy & Impact at the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), where she led research, policy, evaluation, and program investments and partnership activities.
 

Kristine is an accomplished executive with more than 30 years' experience across a variety of sectors, including telecoms, infrastructure and public health. She brings extensive experience in leadership, strategy, organisational development and stakeholder engagement, together with a strong commitment to creating positive social impact.

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Troy McInnes

Director

Troy has more than 20 years’ experience in People & Culture roles across a broad range of sectors and organisations including Austin Health, Swinburne University, Transurban and News Corp. He was appointed to the Board in 2023 and brings extensive commercial knowledge. Troy is passionate about the huge potential of research to improve the lives of those impacted by mental illness.

Michael Dalic

Director

Michael is a leader of digital transformation and technology product, delivery and innovation, with experience working across a number of sectors, including Retail, Health and Utilities, in enterprise, SaaS and consulting capacities. He is passionate about advancing the understanding of mental health challenges and the available support options.