Goodbye to our Executive Officer and Hello to our Chief Operations Officer
Farewell to Jason Taane and welcome to Roy Henry
At the end of our June 2025 Gold Coast veteran wellbeing program, we farewelled Jason Taane as our Executive Officer.
VCA President, Michael Stone, spoke on behalf of the Management Committee: “Thank you for your dedication over the past 18 months. As a result we have more programs and more participants than ever before, we are in a secure financial position and we are achieving great results, constantly and consistently.”
But it is not goodbye to Jason as we look forward to continuing to work with him as a volunteer, peer mentor and as a future committee member.
In July we welcomed Roy Henry as VCA’s Chief Operations Officer (COO). The Management Committee will provide direction to the COO, who will report to the President.
Roy is responsible for:
Contributing to the development and implementation of VCA’s strategic and operational plans, innovation, and business initiatives.
Providing leadership in the management and operations of staff and services to align to business needs and organisational objectives.
Developing and implementing human resource management policies and practices for leadership and workforce capability development, performance management, succession planning and talent attraction and retention.
In conjunction with the Treasurer, developing, implementing, and managing a grant and operational annual budget. This includes pursuing major fundraising opportunities with Industry stakeholders, DVA, ADF and other potential donors.
Providing organisational and financial reports to the Management Committee and key sponsors in agreed timeframes, including Timor Awakening program acquittals.
Coordinating the delivery of the Timor Awakening programs, including logistics and accommodation.
Although he is already known to many of you as a mentor, please make Roy feel welcome as the new COO when you see him next.
Welcome to the VCA team, Roy!
