Our Leadership
3Bridges delivers essential community and people-focused services. Providing support to individuals no matter their circumstances, enabling them to flourish in their everyday lives. This is largely due to our talented, passionate and committed team.
Executive Leadership Team
Juliet Middleton
Chief Executive Officer
Juliet joined 3Bridges in 2026. Juliet brings extensive leadership experience across community services, children and youth programs, and family support. Her career has been dedicated to supporting people and strengthening communities through roles spanning frontline service delivery, executive leadership, and national CEO and executive appointments in large, purpose-driven organisations.
Juliet has led organisational transformation at scale, strengthened quality and safeguarding systems, and built high-performing, mission-led teams across community health, early intervention, disability, and broader human services nationally. She is known for her warm, authentic leadership, her commitment to service excellence, and her ability to bring clarity, stability and forward momentum during periods of change.
Caroline Tumeth
General Manager Quality & Safeguarding
Caroline Tumeth was born and raised in New Zealand, then migrated to Australia in 1995. Initially, she spent two years travelling around Australia working in the hospitality and agricultural industry. She completed her Bachelor of Applied Science at the University of Western Sydney.
Whilst studying, she worked in Residential Ageing where she secured her first role in the Non-For-Profit sector in 2003. During this time she worked as a complex case manager with vulnerable aged persons living in social housing primarily in Redfern and Woolloomooloo areas. In her experience, she “…saw the best and the worst of people’s many challenges: surviving on their pension and living in less than acceptable housing conditions.”
Nonetheless, this privileged position in the field led to her 17 year career within community services; working across mental health, family & children, disability, squalor and hoarding, young people and Aboriginal communities.
Bijoy Kundu
General Manager, Technology & Transformation
Bijoy Kundu joined 3Bridges in 2021 as Manager Information Technology and quickly made his mark at the organisation. Now General Manager, Technology & Financial Services, he leads the organisation’s digital transformation efforts, focusing on enhancing IT infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity and financial operations.
Bijoy has over 2 decades of experience in technology across corporate and not for profit sectors. He holds a Master of Computer Science and a Bachelor of Computer Science in Computer Software Engineering.
In 2025, Bijoy was a featured panelist at the Aged Care Technology Summit NSW, where he discussed strategies for adapting to future reforms with fit-for-purpose ICT strategies, leveraging AI and digital tools to enhance care, and strengthening cyber resilience in aged care services.
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Matthew Lamey
General Manager, Aged Care
Matthew joined 3Bridges in 2026, bringing more than 25 years of experience across the health care, community and aged care sectors. A Registered Nurse by background, he has held senior leadership roles in acute health, community care and residential aged care for more than 15 years.
Prior to joining 3Bridges, Matthew served as Director of Nursing & Midwifery at Wollongong Hospital and previously held executive leadership positions within South Western Sydney Local Health District, including Nurse Manager Workforce & Strategy and Acting Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery.
Matthew also spent more than a decade as Chief Operating Officer in Aged Care, overseeing services across New South Wales and Queensland. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Acute Care) and a Master of Health Management from the University of Wollongong.
John Preston
Interim General Manager, Children and Youth
At 3Bridges, John Preston serves as Interim General Manager, Children and Youth. An experienced executive with more than 20 years in human services, he has led organisational growth, service transformation, operational improvement, and complex change initiatives throughout his career. Prior to joining 3Bridges, John was a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Scope, one of Australia’s largest disability service providers. He has also served on the board of a not-for-profit organisation, contributing strategic insight and governance expertise.
With extensive experience across strategy, operations, and governance, John is recognised for turning vision into practical outcomes and helping organisations navigate growth, reform, and change. He is passionate about building capability in others through mentoring and coaching, and creating meaningful, lasting impact for children, young people, families, and communities.
Tapan is an experienced finance and business leader with more than 20 years of experience across NDIS, aged care, healthcare, technology and other service-based organisations. He has held senior leadership roles including Group Financial Controller and Head of Finance, partnering with executive teams and boards to strengthen financial performance, governance and long-term sustainability.
Tapan brings a strong commercial and strategic perspective to finance, with experience spanning financial management, budgeting and forecasting, business partnering, performance analysis, compliance, systems transformation and process improvement. He is passionate about making finance accessible and meaningful to the wider organisation — using data, technology and AI to simplify processes, improve decision-making and create greater transparency.
Having worked extensively within community and disability services, Tapan understands that financial sustainability is ultimately about enabling an organisation to deliver better outcomes for the people and communities it serves. He enjoys working collaboratively with people across all levels of an organisation and believes the best results come from combining sound financial discipline with empathy, innovation and a strong understanding of the organisation’s purpose.
Outside of work, Tapan is a family-oriented person who loves travelling and exploring new places with his family. He enjoys playing cricket and has a passion for chess, reflecting his love of teamwork, strategy and continuous learning.
Tapan is excited to bring his finance, commercial and transformation experience to 3 Bridges, supporting the organisation to remain financially strong, innovative and sustainable while continuing to make a meaningful difference in the community.
Senior Leadership Team
Lauren Bruce, Associate General Manager, Workforce Relations
Lauren is a dynamic and people-focused HR professional with over 20 years of experience leading end-to-end human resources functions across diverse industries. She excels in aligning people strategies with business objectives, driving continuous improvement, navigating complex industrial relations, ensuring organisational compliance, and fostering inclusive, values-driven workplace cultures.
Currently, Lauren leads the Workforce Relations team at 3Bridges, a dedicated group of HR professionals responsible for shaping and enhancing the employee experience. Her team balances operational support with strategic initiatives, ensuring that workforce needs are met while implementing programs that support the entire employment journey.
Lauren’s expertise is underpinned by a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Human Resources, complemented by specialist training in leadership, innovation, change management, and project management. She combines a hands-on, practical approach with holistic strategic thinking, ensuring that HR initiatives drive positive, measurable outcomes.
Rhonda Brown, Associate General Manager, Group Services
Rhonda leads a vibrant, multi-disciplinary team delivering services across 3Bridges’ Aged Care programs. As Associate General Manager, Group Services, she is responsible for ensuring these services provide safe, seamless, and high-quality support while creating positive and memorable experiences for every client and family.
Rhonda is passionate about designing engaging programs that spark connection, inclusion and joy, whether that’s meaningful daily activities for older people or dynamic, play-based learning for children. She champions support for people living with dementia and their carers, fostering environments where they feel understood, included, and valued.
Her energy, compassion, and hands-on leadership inspire her teams to go beyond meeting needs to create moments of delight, belonging, and genuine care in the lives of those they support. She holds diplomas in Community Services, Case Management, Front Line Management and a Masters of Gerontology.
Board of Directors
Paul Hawkins
Director, Board Chair
Paul founded Crazy Might Work in Antarctica in 2015, on a mission to bring leadership and innovation lessons from frontiers like space to the workplace. Today Crazy Might Work is the leading provider of the Four-Dimensional Leadership program used by NASA, and winner of the Workplace Initiative of the year in the Australian Space Industry Awards 2025. Prior to Crazy Might Work, Paul worked in over 20 countries, on everything from mergers and acquisitions to product innovation. He chairs the Board of a Community Services not-for-profit and speaks on leadership, creativity, and the augmentation of human intelligence using AI, which is the central focus of his PhD.
Rajesh Govindan
Director, Chair of Finance & Audit Committee
Rajesh joined the board in 2016. He is a graduate of AICD and is currently CFO Asia Pacific, AMP Capital.
Rajesh has extensive experience in senior financial roles in Banking and Financial sector.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics, Master of Commerce, Accounting and Finance, an MBA from UNSW Business School and is a Member of the Institute of Company Directors.
Peggy Huang
Director, Chair of Governance & Risk Committee
Peggy currently works in health, education and leadership development, building the people and financial management skills of current and aspiring managers and leaders across NSW.
Peggy has 13 years of experience providing clinical services to patients and managing teams across a range of healthcare settings. From primary care to hospitals, rehab, youth, aged care, and health education.
Experienced in governance, strategy, community services, education and training, project management, leadership and management development.
Josephine Simone
Director, Chair of People and Service Enablement Committee
Josephine joined 3Bridges in 2021.
Josephine Simeone is a seasoned Senior People & Culture Executive with decades of experience partnering with CEOs, Executive Committees and Boards to deliver enterprise transformation, workforce productivity and sustainable growth across complex, regulated and multinational environments. She has led people, culture and operating model transformation across ASX-listed, global and multinational organisations spanning financial services, professional services, technology, consumer and pharmaceutical sectors across Asia Pacific.
Josephine brings deep expertise aligning people strategy with commercial outcomes, enabling margin expansion, leadership readiness, workforce resilience and improved customer outcomes. Her experience spans workforces of 1,000–6,000 employees across 10 APAC markets, supporting organisations with revenues from $300m to $1bn+. She is a trusted advisor on succession, M&A, governance, risk and large-scale change with a strong track record translating global strategy into effective local execution.
Her executive career includes senior leadership roles as Director, People & Culture (Pacific) at Aon, VP HR Asia Pacific at LexisNexis (RELX Group), and HR Director Asia at Campbell Arnott’s (Campbell Soup Company). In these roles, Josephine partnered closely with regional CEOs to deliver operating model redesign, workforce optimisation, talent transformation and cultural change, driving revenue growth, engagement uplift, cost reduction and leadership capability at scale.
Since 2020, Josephine has worked as an Executive Coach, Interim Chief People Officer and Enterprise People Advisor through her consultancy, Peopletential Consulting. She has led interim and advisory assignments for organisations including Westpac Banking Group, Thomson Reuters and Aware Super, delivering HR operating model and digital transformation, future-of-work strategies, governance uplift and measurable productivity outcomes.
Josephine advocates evidence-based approach to leadership, team & transitions coaching, utilising strengths and positive psychology frameworks. She holds accreditations in Hogan Assessment Systems, SquadifyPro Coach, ACC and numerous other tools to help her clients gain deep self-awareness, identify development goals and pathways for greater success. Her unique skill is distilling relevant insights into simple, practical and fit for purpose solutions, helping others to be their best, enjoy their careers and lead strategically for impact.
Josephine is recognised for her purpose-led, commercially astute and pragmatic leadership style, combining strategic clarity with hands-on execution and cultural intelligence. She is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the People Committee at 3Bridges Community and holds a Master of Business (HR) alongside extensive coaching and organisational development accreditations.
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Brendon Chapman
Director
Brendon joined the board in 2016. He has a Masters of Taxation and holds the position of Senior Director Compliance at the Australian Taxation Office.
Brendon has specialist experience in taxation, compliance, team leadership and client engagement and has had extensive exposure to the banking and finance sectors.
Dr Steevie Chan
Director
Dr Steevie Chan is a medical practitioner and medical educator with more than 30 years’ experience in the health care and tertiary education sectors.
He is District Director of Medical Services at the Central Coast Local Health District, and was recently Dean and Professor of the School of Medicine (Sydney) at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
He has a deep interest and commitment to health care quality and patient safety and contributes to health outcomes research and education.
Olga Stoutchilina
Director
Olga joined 3Bridges in 2021. She is admitted as a lawyer by the Supreme Court of NSW and has a Masters of Laws. Olga is currently a Director within the public sector. She has in depth knowledge of a range of industry segments and business models with extensive experience in corporate governance, corporate law and taxation law gained from the public and private sector.
Olga is a passionate advocate for equal opportunity and access for all. Her directorship experience relates to the not-for-profit sector during a time of unprecedented legislative change with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Jodie Cox
Director
Jodie is an experienced leader, with a deep knowledge of the disability and aged services sectors. She has held senior operational and strategic roles in both for purpose and government organisations.
Jodie holds a Masters of Business Administration, a Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management and is an accredited Change Manager with experience in building strategic relationships, change management, innovation and program design, stakeholder engagement and consultation, program implementation and operationalising service delivery.
Jodie has a passionate commitment to person centred approaches and achieving real, authentic inclusion and outcomes. She believes that the strength of community is found from within the community.
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