Lucy Byrne is an experienced non-executive director and respected community leader with more than two decades of board experience. A dual graduate and award-winning member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, she brings contemporary governance expertise, sharp strategic insight, and a values-driven approach to every role.

Lucy has extensive experience delivering governance training across private, not-for-profit and statutory sectors, as well as leading board reviews. Known for fostering constructive boardroom dialogue, she challenges the status quo and helps shape forward-thinking governance cultures grounded in purpose.

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With a career spanning senior roles in local and state government and the university sector, Lucy now leads an award-winning consultancy focused on improving social, health and economic outcomes across Australia. Her work has been recognised nationally and internationally through awards, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications.

Guided by a strong connection to community, Lucy champions meaningful consultation and inclusive decision-making, ensuring community voices inform policy, strategy and practice.

Cheryl is a global marketing professional with 20 years of experience working internationally for large telecommunications companies. 

 

Having returned recently to Australia to reside in Tasmania, she is able to provide the Multicap Tasmania team with advice and guidance on best practice marketing, brand and corporate reputation management. 

She has considerable corporate governance and commercial experience having run large divisions with revenue and P&L responsibility. 

She is currently working with Australia's leading E-Commerce Exporter, @Scoot Boots, advising their global marketing and expansion plans, and is a Committee Member for the @UTAS Human Research Ethics Committee. 

A proud Kamiliaro woman and mother, Cheryl also runs a hobby farm in the Northwest and enjoys gardening, cooking and enjoying the Tasmanian outdoors.

Paul worked at Forestry Tasmania for over 38 years with extensive experience in field operations at a senior management level. Paul joined the Board of Multicap Tasmania following his retirement from full time work in order to contribute to society.

Paul brings a wide range of experience to the Board including financial management, WH&S and corporate governance. Paul’s key objective at the moment is to facilitate a more strategic approach by the Multicap Tasmania Board. 

Chris Hannan is an experienced executive and governance leader who brings both professional expertise and lived experience to the Multicap Board. As a person with disability and a carer, Chris has a strong understanding of the real-life challenges faced by people with disability, their families, and support workers. Her lived experience guides her commitment to safe, respectful, and person-centred services.

Chris brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across the disability, mental health, social work, and community sectors. She currently serves as the National Vice President of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Chairperson of Engender Equality, and as a Non-Executive Director on the Mental Health Council of Tasmania. Across these roles, Chris has contributed to major reforms in service quality, safety, workforce capability, and community wellbeing.

With qualifications in social work, wellbeing science, and currently completing an MBA in Healthcare Leadership, Chris brings strong capability in governance, organisational culture, risk, quality systems, and strategic planning. She is known for her collaborative leadership style, values-driven approach, and commitment to improving outcomes for people of all abilities.

Nancy joins the Multicap Board as an experienced Executive Manager across a range of sectors within private and not for profit enterprises, most recently with the last four years in the disability sector in Tasmania. 

 

Her experience includes people leadership and strategy, all facets of human resource management, employee and industrial relations, strategy planning and execution, change management, stakeholder management and risk and compliance.

 

Supporting this she has qualifications in Human Resources, along with a Masters in Business Administration, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute. 

Maryanne is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has over 20 years of experience as a Legal Practitioner both in private practice and a corporate setting. 

 

She is an experienced Executive Manager with responsibility for Legal, Governance, Risk, Compliance and Strategy functions.

 

Maryanne is also a skilled facilitator and coach with a passion for transforming business culture and developing future leaders.

 

Maryanne has spent most of her career working in highly complex, regulated, dynamic and uncertain environments and as a Board Member is keen to bring that experience to help steward Multicap Tasmania through the increasing complexity and uncertainty of its regulatory environment.