Chorus

Notable People

Name	Position	Year Started
Dan Minchin *	Chief Executive	2017
Ian Brunette	Non-Executive Director	2015
Geoff Brayshaw	Non-Executive Director	2016
Tony Cull	Non-Executive Director	2016
Ray Glickman	Non-Executive Deputy Chair	2016
Barbara Powell	Non-Executive Director	2016
Stuart Flynn	Non-Executive Director	2016
Craig Adam	Non-Executive Director (of Volunteer Task Force since 2014)	2016
Moira Watson	Non-Executive Chair, VTF (since 2013) & Care Options (since 2016)	2016
Louise Forster	Head of Brand & People	2017
Jamin Hirte	Head of Customer Operations	2017
Fionnuala Franey	Head of Enabling Services	2018
Ryan Chapman	Head of Finance	2018

Past Employees

Name	Position	Year Started	Year Ended
Kath Snell	Chief Executive Officer (since 2014)	2006	2017

M&A Deals

Announced	Bidder	Target	Transaction Type	Total Value
01/11/16	Chorus	Community First	Merger	$0	>>

Biography

In November 2016 three not-for-profit organisations - Community First, Volunteer Task Force and Care Options - announced plans to merge into a new entity with over $30m in revenue, and 1000 staff and volunteers. CARE OPTIONS was formed in 1997 through the merger of three care organisations – Rockingham Home Support, South West Community Options and Rockingham Respite and Support Services. In 2014, they merged with Mandurah Community Care and in 2015, it launched assessment services in three regions of metropolitan South Australia to compliment its Western Australian assessment services. COMMUNITY FIRST INTERNATIONAL was established in 1984 as a Community Youth Support Scheme, an Australian Government employment project. The organisation initially grew slowly, with a focus on employment related programs. By the late 1990s, they expanded throughout the South West with a couple of name changes to reflect expanding activities such as Mandurah Community Support Group, then Peel Training and Employment. In 2004, they became Community First, with a focus on helping more people, not only for their benefit but to also build stronger communities. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE started operations in 1970. They started as a purely voluntary organisation thanks to the vision of the founders Drs Sandra and John Penrose who adopted the idea of helping those in need of a helping hand in the community from a similar UK-based organisation when they spent some time in England.