Rob Ryan has been a leader in the community services and charity sector in Queensland and across Australia for 30 years. Rob currently works at Life Without Barriers as the National Executive Lead in the Emerging Business Team. Rob was the former Chief Executive Officer of Key Assets, a foster care and children services agency where he had responsibility for operations in the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to this, Rob had senior roles with the Departments responsible for Child Safety and Youth Justice in the Queensland State Government for a period of nineteen years.
international experience in the community services and charity sectors
In 2009 Rob was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study child protection across the United Kingdom, USA and Canada.
Rob was the former Chair of the Forde Foundation Board of Advice in Queensland. He was previously the Deputy Convenor on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Advisory Council and currently sits as a Board Director for the Create Foundation and a Board Director for the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN)
Rob is also the Chair of the Children in Care Collective. Rob holds a Bachelor of Social Work, Post Graduate Certificates (Family Therapy, HR and IR) and a Master of Professional Education and Training. Rob is also a Justice of the Peace (Qualified).