Our Board
Matt Rose
Board Chair & Non-Executive Director
Matt is an experienced financial services professional with a strong commitment to community service and purposeful leadership. With a career spanning customer service, operations, and corporate sales, he brings a people-centred approach and a passion for helping organisations grow, evolve and deliver meaningful impact.
Throughout his career, Matt has supported a wide range of organisations with their banking, finance and operational needs—from small community groups to large national companies. He has deep experience in risk management and compliance, and is known for his ability to lift performance, navigate complex challenges and lead teams through periods of change.
Matt proudly joined our Board in 2024 as a Non-Executive Director and Treasurer, and was elected Chair in 2025. He is deeply committed to strengthening our organisation’s long-term sustainability, enhancing governance and fostering a positive, connected culture for our volunteers, clients and community.
Matt is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Jackie Connor
Deputy Board Chair & Non-Executive Director
Jackie is on the Board of SPELD NSW and currently holds a corporate role as an experienced Procurement Category Manager with Metcash focusing on risk and governance, stakeholder engagement, supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, negotiation, and contact management.
Experience also includes having owned a printing company for over 17 years, a general manager role with a small company, and sales roles before moving into Procurement. This unusual blend of skills and experience will bring a wealth of governance, strategic business, and commercial competencies to One Direct Connect Limited.
Beti Ford
Non-Executive Director
Stewart Lemalu
Non-Executive Director
Stewart has extensive experience in technology, digital innovation, and commercial leadership, bringing expertise in strategy, operations, partnerships, and organisational growth. He combines strong commercial acumen with governance skills and a proven ability to lead through complexity, shaping strategy and driving outcomes that balance efficiency, sustainability, and impact.
Stewart is known for calm, decisive leadership and building high-performing, inclusive teams. He is passionate about contributing to mission-driven organisations, sharing insights, and supporting long-term community impact. His experience also spans serving on advisory boards, including The Alternative Board, and acting as Public Officer for his local church.
Christine Briggs
Non-Executive Director
Christine has had a rewarding corporate career of over 35 years in the forest and wood products industry, having held senior sales and marketing general management roles with several major timber manufacturing businesses, with average turnovers of $400 million p.a. Her executive leadership experience covers company change management, culture and brand alignment, team and people development, strategic planning and business development, stakeholder engagement, sales & marketing excellence, and supply chain development.
Christine became a resident of the NSW Central Coast back in 2020 and has since transitioned from a full-time executive career to her next phase of a small portfolio of director roles, along with a consulting business.
She has 12-years Director experience to date which has included directorships on four boards and board committee experience including Finance, Risk & Audit, HR & Nominations and Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement. She was the inaugural committee chair of ODC’s Governance & People committee established in late 2024.
She currently holds two other directorships – one with Responsible Wood, which is an Australian not-for-profit that sets globally recognised standards for managing forests sustainably and the other with Australian Forest & Wood Innovations, which is a national research institute supporting Australia’s forest & wood products industries.
Christine’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Business with a Marketing Major from University of Technology, Sydney and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Chris Radvan
Non-Executive Director
Chris is an experienced HR leader and passionate advocate for creating positive workplace cultures. With a background in executive roles across healthcare, government and defence, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge in People & Culture, governance, strategy and risk management to the board of Meals on Wheels Central Coast.
His focus is on fostering strong, inclusive teams and ensuring that organisations thrive through well-crafted workforce strategies. His pragmatic, people-centric and outcome-focused approach ensures organisations meet the needs of the workforce and the community they serve while maintaining good governance and ensuring a sustainable future.
Chris also serves as a Non-Executive Director at Minimbah Disability Support Services. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Masters in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations.