The Lab Network

Melissa has over 20 years experience in the community sector working alongside children, young people and adults with a disability and in particular individuals with behaviours of concern and those with a diagnosis of autism. Over the years Melissa has worked as a support worker, in senior management positions within disability services across the UK and Australia, within behaviour support, case management roles and in Quality roles as a lead auditor against the ISO 9001 standards, the DHHS standards and autism specific standards.

Melissa is the Chair of The Lab Network Board

Adam is a teacher and musician who has worked extensively in the VET sector for over 20 years. With expertise in design, technology, audio and events, Adam has used these skills to inform his practice as a STEM educator and manager and brings a wide range of expertise to the board.

Adam is the Vice-Chair of The Lab Network Board

Damien has worked in wealth management for the past twenty years, holding client-facing and management roles in Melbourne and London.

This experience has allowed him to combine both the technical and personal aspects of running his practice, providing a financial advice service that meets the needs of a broad range of people. He enjoys seeing the positive effect of financial empowerment on client well-being.

He was a founding trustee of Akwaaba, a London-based charity that supports asylum seekers, refugees and migrants navigating challenging circumstances.

Damien is a Chartered Accountant and Treasurer of The Lab Network.

Jane has extensive experience working in the community health, disability and child, youth and family sector spanning over 25 years.

Jane has led the design and implementation of governance and quality, compliance, and risk systems to enable the effective delivery of organisational policy objectives, to ensure all statutory and other legal requirements and obligations are met. Her motivation to work with key stakeholders to achieve their goals drives her enthusiasm to improve new and current services we provide to clients, families, and key stakeholders.

Jane has also held a key role setting up a  greenfield private hospital, has managed several mergers of large community health organisation and a key role in the acquisition of over 236 DHHS Supported Independent Living & Short-Term Accommodation Assistance services at SCOPE.

Michal is a highly-skilled and committed professional with a career spanning almost fifteen years in management and coordinator roles within community and corporate organisations in the USA, UK, and Australia. Michal has been involved in the innovative development of an eHealth autism service delivery model for early childhood intervention services.

Alan has a background in media production and education management prior to joining The Lab Network as National Coordinator in 2015. Retiring from this role in 2023, Alan has experience of the benefits that The Lab provides for neurodivergent young people attending Lab sessions, their families and the organisations and individuals delivering The Lab in their local communities.

Alan is the Secretary of The Lab Network Board.

Jeremy Perrott is the former Chief Creative Officer of a multinational communications group based in New York. His global career spans 30 years running offices in London, New York, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney, overseeing award-winning work for international clients. He co-founded the Annual Cannes Health Awards and the United Nations Award for Good and sits as advisor and chairman of awards for many international creative shows.

Jeremy presents as speaker, mentors creative leaders locally and globally, consults and advises for agencies and is creative director for an Indigenous film group in Sydney. Jeremy is also co-founder of the first not for profit creative partnership that only works with not for profit organisations.