Welcoming Robbie Campo as acting chairperson

Robbie Campo says one of the key responsibilities of her six-month term as acting Victoria Legal Aid Board Chairperson will be to deliver Strategy 26 and map the organisation’s way forward over the next four years.

A Board member for more than five years, Robbie recently stepped into the acting role while Board Chair Bill Jaboor takes some well-deserved leave.

She is our first female Chair.

Top on her list of priorities will be to deliver Strategy 26, which is in the final stages of completion and due to be released next month.

It sets out our vision and strategic directions for the future, while building on the successes and lesson learnt from our last four-year strategy (Strategy 22).

‘We have seen and experienced a great deal of uncertainty over the past few years, not just as an organisation but as a community,’ said Robbie.

‘Those stressors have only served to underline the necessity of listening deeply to our clients and our partners about how to effectively support their needs.’

‘As an organisation, we are committed as ever to building a fair, just and inclusive society – and working together on that journey.’

Robbie joined our Board in October 2016 with more than two decades of experience in the superannuation industry, having held numerous senior executive roles within regulatory, political and commercial spheres.

A founding member of Industry Super Australia where she was the deputy chief executive, Robbie has extensive communications skills, having also ran the award-winning Compare the Pair marketing campaign.

Her current day-to-day job is Group Executive, Brand, Engagement, Advocacy and Product for superannuation fund Cbus, while she also chairs the policy committee and sits on the board of directors at Women in Super. Robbie has recently been appointed as CEO of ESSSuper. She will start that role in early July.

Robbie has been a long-time passionate advocate for women’s economic security.

‘Financial security is inextricably linked to women’s physical safety and freedom,’ she said.

‘That’s why we have to continue challenging settings within our systems that discriminate against women – and the superannuation industry is just one example, given most tax concessions are geared towards men.’

‘Victoria Legal Aid has a proud advocacy history, supporting systemic change to reverse adverse impacts to the most marginalised in our community, and this is something I’m proud to continue.’

Robbie will continue her role as Board member in October this year, when Bill returns.

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