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Our Senior Leadership Team

Tim Taylor

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Tim is a CIMA Member and Chartered Global Management Accountant with over 25 years global experience in financial services and commercial enterprise. He joined ADA as a non-executive Director in 2022 before assuming the Chief Executive Officer role in January 2024.

Through lived experience with a close family member who sustained a traumatic injury leading to permanent disability, Tim has deep empathy and drive to improve the lives of people with disabilities and identifies strongly with ADA’s purpose to empower inclusion and independence for people with disability. His years of experience building high performing leadership teams in the commercial sector are serving the organisation well as he leads ADA through a period of significant growth and impact expansion.

Patricia Purcell

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Patricia is responsible for leading the organisation’s financial sustainability, reporting, budgeting and governance. As a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience across multiple finance disciplines, with extensive experience in Financial Services, she combines commercial discipline with strong stakeholder engagement to drive meaningful social impact across the organisation.

She joined the organisation in early 2025 and is committed to making a difference, dedicated to enhancing financial resilience and maximising the community impact of every dollar spent.

Amanda Dale

GENERAL MANAGER,
OPERATIONS

As General Manager of Operations, Amanda is responsible for leading the end-to- end delivery of dog programs nationally. With extensive leadership experience across complex, people-focused environments, Amanda brings a strong commitment to operational excellence, capability development, and systems that enable sustainable growth.

Driven by a belief that well-supported operations create the conditions for transformational impact, Amanda is dedicated to ensuring every dog, client, volunteer, and staff member has the foundation they need to thrive.

Linton Davey

GENERAL MANAGER,
CORPORATE SERVICES

Having joined in 2021 with over 30 years of experience across Leadership, Human Resources, Learning & Development, Organisational Development and Change Management, Linton brings a depth of expertise shaped by decades of working with people and organisations across diverse sectors.

He is an experienced, people-focused business leader who is driven by a genuine commitment to creating meaningful, sustainable impact through his work and is dedicated to fostering environments where people feel valued and confident to contribute, delivering the best possible and most meaningful outcomes.

Natalie Riches

GENERAL MANAGER,
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Natalie is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with extensive experience over 30 years, across a broad range of product and service organisations from ASX listed companies to smaller resource constrained businesses. She has a commercial results driven focus and brings strong strategic capability, extensive experience in building brands, creating effective communications and delivering marketing discipline to organisations.

Natalie is passionate about creating meaningful connections, building strong, positive communities and sharing the stories of impact.

Kim Sutton

GENERAL MANAGER,
PHILANTHROPY & ENGAGEMENT

Kim is a seasoned executive and AICD certified board director with over three decades of experience across the not-for-profit sector, local government, and private health.

She brings a highly strategic and purpose-driven approach building positive donor and partner relationships that deliver significant impact. Kim is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), the global accreditation for professional fundraisers, and a Fellow of the Fundraising Institute Australia. She has personally raised, and supported other fundraisers to raise, many millions of dollars for causes in Australia and the UK.

Brooke Kent

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Brooke has worked in the Executive Assistance space for over 15years, across a diverse range of disciplines within the corporate and academic environments.

Currently supporting the Chief Executive Officer; she oversees the daily operations of the CEO’s Office, in addition to providing support to ADA’s Board. With a background in health, she brings a strong appreciation for wellbeing and meaningful relationship-building. She holds deep respect for the human–canine bond and the profound impact having an Assistance Dog can make.

Why your support matters

We rely on donations to continue our work. With demand higher than ever, some people wait up to two years for a dog.

Your support helps us:

  • Place Assistance Dogs with people with disabilities – free of charge.
  • Provide a lifetime of support.
  • Maintain the highest standards of training.


Together, we can change lives – one dog at a time.

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