Mr. Peter Colin Cadwallader, B.Ec, FCA

Chairman | Sydney

Appointed as a Director and Founding Chairman of the Board on 15 November 2007. Peter is the owner and Chief Executive of Intercontinental Shipping and Investment Group. He was a Board member of Opportunity International Australia for a number of years.

Mr. John Burn, B.Sc, EMBA

CEO & Managing Director | Sydney

John joined Many Rivers in October 2009. He was appointed Managing Director and CEO on 11 April 2014.

Prior to joining Many Rivers, John worked at Commonwealth Bank for 21 years, including 10 years across a range of senior leadership roles.

Ms. Kristal Kinsela, MBA, BEd (Adult Education), MAICD

Non-Executive Director | Port Macquarie

Appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 19 August 2021. Kristal is a proud and passionate Indigenous business owner and leader who enjoys connecting people and moving them into action. Through determination, resilience and hard work, Kristal built her professional career and successful consultancy business. Today, she channels her experience and energy into helping others succeed.

​A descendant of both the Jawoyn and Wiradjuri nations, Kristal brings her personal story and over 16 years of business expertise to every project. She has worked with well-known global businesses and all levels of government to drive their supplier diversity efforts, helping develop procurement plans, up-skill teams and positively impact communities. She authored the first book published in Australia on Indigenous business procurement, “Supplier Diversity How”, based on her proven approach.

A multi-award winner, Kristal has been awarded the 2019 AFR 100 Women of Influence, 2019 Indigenous Defence Leader of the Year, 2017 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year and 2017 Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year.

Mr. Terry Winters, FAICD

Non-Executive Director | Melbourne

Appointed as a Director on 23 September 2010. Terry is the Chairman of Converge International Pty Ltd and TasmaNet Pty Ltd and is a Director of Redflex Holdings Limited (ASX: RDF) and TSPI Development Corporation Inc, a Micro Enterprise Development NGO in the Philippines. He has over 30 years experience in operation and governance of microfinance organisations with Opportunity International Network.

Nathan Hawkins

Executive Team | Sydney

Head of Business Development.

Nathan has over 15 years’ experience in leadership roles across education, marketing, not-for-profit and philanthropic sectors. After an early academic career phase in public health research and teaching, Nathan moved into community-based work designing, implementing, and evaluating Government-funded public health initiatives.

Since then, he has led charities working to tackle disadvantage both nationally and internationally. He has also provided strategic marketing consulting to a variety of Australian-based companies and most recently, has helped develop growing major and principal gift philanthropic programs, working with some of Australia’s most significant philanthropists. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Hons).