O'Brien Institute

Professor Wayne Morrison is the Director of the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and Executive Director of the Microsurgery Foundation.  He is Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and Head of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is the Hugh Devine Professor and Head of The University of Melbourne Department of Surgery at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and most recently awarded the B.K. Rank Professorship for the Australian Society Plastic Surgery and the Prince Henry’s Medal (Royal Australian College of Surgeons). Professor Morrison was awarded an AO in 2000.

In 1982 he became the Deputy Director of the Microsurgery Research Centre and upon the death of Mr Bernard O'Brien became Director of the centre when it was renamed the Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery in 1992. As Director of BOBIM, Professor Morrison oversees a research and training institution that has an international reputation for excellence. He is actively involved in the training of Research Fellows who come to Australia for periods of one or more years.   

John Haddad is Deputy Chair of the Microsurgery Foundation and a Board Member of the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery.  He was Deputy Chairman of The Federal Hotels Group and Deputy Chairman of Crown Management Pty. Ltd. until December, 1999.

Mr. Haddad is Chairman Emeritus of the Australian Hotels Association and was Chairman of the Australian Tourist Commission from 1985 to 1995, and is a foundation member of the Melbourne Tourism Authority.  He was a member of the International Hotel Association and the World Travel & Tourism Council from 1971 – 1991 and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australia Japan Business Co-Operation Committee.

Professor Geoff Stevens leads an internationally recognised separations group in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne, is the Director of the Particulate Fluids Processing ARC Special Research Centre and a Project Leader in the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Remediation (CO2CRC). He is Secretary General of the International Solvent Extraction Committee, is on a number of editorial boards and has a lead role in the development of biocompatible material for tissue implants

Geoff Stephenson is a retired banker after working for 44 years with the National Australia Bank. He has been a Board member of the Microsurgery Foundation since 1986. He says that his main reason of being a board member of the Foundation and BOBIM is to support and continue the work and dreams of the late Bernard O’Brien and this important research centre and its people.   

Tim Piper is the Victorian Director of the Australian Industry Group which represents nearly 10,000 manufacturing, IT, telecommunications, construction and utility companies across the country, with almost 4,000 members in Victoria.   Prior to working with Ai Group, he was Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association, Victoria for 5 years.  Mr Piper has also practised as a barrister and solicitor in Australia and the UK and worked as a journalist in television, radio and newspapers.

Mr Piper is a director of a number of companies, including the Microsurgery Foundation, and sits on Government advisory committees such as the Victorian WorkCover Advisory Committee, the Minister’s Climate Change Reference Council and chairs the Manufacturing Skills and Training Taskforce.  He is also Chair of the Industry Capability Network (ICN), and is a member of the Mt Hotham Resort Board of Management.  He has also been an Australia Day Ambassador for the past three years.

Gillian Franklin is the Managing Director of her own company – The Heat Group Pty Ltd.  She has previously held Managing Director and General Management positions for some of Australia’s leading consumer companies, including Creative Brands and Revlon.

Mrs Franklin was inducted into the Australian Business Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998 and won the Telstra Business Women’s Award Victoria in 1996.  She was also awarded “Global Entrepreneur of the Year – Australia” at the Business Women’s Leaders Summit in October 2000.   Mrs Franklin is on the Board of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association of Australia, the Microsurgery Foundation, the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, CEDA and Melbourne Theatre Company.

Stephen is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, having joined the firm in April 2009 to commence a comlimentary corporate and commercial legal capability.  Prior to that, Stephen was the Chairman of Partners at Mills Oakley Lawyers.  Stephen is a corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years experience.  Stephen has been involved with the Foundation and Institute for nearly 10 years and has seen many changes over that time.
Stephen is also a director of the Carlton Football Club.

Campbell Walker joined UMS as an owner and Executive Director two years after its founding. He previously had sales and marketing skills honed in the beer industry for Fosters and Lion Nathan, together with a broad understanding of the construction industry after working with the Podgor Group and Grollo.

Mr Walker is responsible for the company’s Business Development and customer relationship management. He is actively involved with community based activities such as his role as Chair of the Melbourne Day Committee and is a Board Member and Deputy Chair of the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery.  He is also Chair of the St Vincent’s Hospital, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management.

Professor Cook is Professor and Director of Neurology at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Prof. Cook is a neurologist specialising in the treatment of epilepsy and has formed a large research group with a broad range of interests across epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. 

Apart from his responsibilities within the Hospital, Professor Cook is a Director of the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and Editor of Epilepsia.  He sits on several advisory boards and is the Chairman of Neurosciences Victoria Scientific Review Committee.

A University of Sydney graduate, Professor Fox was Deputy Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1977 to 1984. He was then Director of the Department of Clinical Haematology and Medical Oncology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1985 to 2006. His main clinical interests have been clinical trials in cancer therapy. In 2007 he was appointed Director of Research at St Vincents Hospital in Melbourne. Professor Fox is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cooperative Research Centre for Cancer Therapeutics and  in 2010 was elected President of the Cancer Council of Victoria. He is a past President of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Australian Cancer Society (now Cancer Council Australia). He was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in 2007.A University of Sydney graduate, Professor Fox was Deputy Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1977 to 1984. He was then Director of the Department of Clinical Haematology and Medical Oncology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1985 to 2006. His main clinical interests have been clinical trials in cancer therapy. In 2007 he was appointed Director of Research at St Vincents Hospital in Melbourne. Professor Fox is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cooperative Research Centre for Cancer Therapeutics and  in 2010 was elected President of the Cancer Council of Victoria. He is a past President of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Australian Cancer Society (now Cancer Council Australia). He was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in 2007.