Who we are
About Us
The Common Good, an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, exists to enable people to live healthier for longer.
Through the power of the collective, we support and facilitate the work of incredible researchers who are dedicated to making breakthroughs in the areas of heart disease, lung disease, mental health and aging.
Our research areas are health issues that touch nearly everyone in some way. Whether it be a friend, a family member or a colleague, we all know someone who is impacted by at least of one these conditions. In turn, that means we all know someone who can benefit from funding research in these areas. By funding research, we can provide hope to those suffering today, and hope for the future generations to come.
The impacts of our research ripple right across the nation and the world. We’re on a mission to sustain the work of our brilliant researchers so that they can continue to make life-saving and life-changing medical breakthroughs. And we want you to join us.
Research is a long game, so we need to support and fund as many hours as possible to ensure no stone is left unturned in any of our research areas. Every extra hour of research gets us one step closer to a medical breakthrough.
Our mission
Our mission is to enable people to live healthier for longer by sustainably backing research and hospital innovation projects to their completion.
In addition to advancing research into heart disease, lung disease, mental health and dementia, we are also proud to provide local hospital support to both The Prince Charles Hospital, Australia’s largest cardiothoracic hospital, as well as Caboolture Hospital.
Our social enterprise model
To help cover our operational costs, The Common Good operates various social enterprise businesses including cafes and a catering business. This means that donations from the public can be maximised and funnelled directly into research, and not administration or resources.
Our Patron
The Common Good is honoured to have His Majesty, King Charles the Third as its Patron since 1987.
The Common Good will be the most effective and efficient health innovation charity in Australia and we strive to do this in three important ways:
We make what we do tangible
We’ve quantified that every
$48 donated = 1 hour
of research time
We communicate with our donors to let them know when the Time they gave us is being used, and how their contribution is making a real impact
The research we fund is focussed on real outcomes
Our research space is unique in that researchers have timely access to patient samples and work directly with frontline health professionals in a teaching hospital environment
We focus on funding innovative research that has the potential to have a very real and profound impact
We dare to be different to maximise the impact
We operate commercial businesses to help self-fund our charitable operations
We offer people hope and inspiration to encourage involvement without ‘guilting’ people into giving.
To sustainably fund medical innovation, we have to consider doing things differently both in how we run our operations and engage our stakeholders
Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Francia
Chief Operating Officer
Katrina Beasley ACA
Research Development Manager
Doctor Megan Grace
National Corporate Impact Manager
Wayne Thomson
General Manager of Major Gifts
Mick Dwane
General Manager of Marketing & Memberships
Chloe Nguyen
General Manager Social Enterprises
Jason Medok
Board of Directors
Mr Christopher Morton (Chair)
Managing Director
Unity Pacific Funds Management Limited
Ms Veronica (Bonny) Barry
Metro North HHS Representative
Mr Toby Innes
Head of Retail & E-commerce
Brisbane Airport Corporation
Ms Catherine Donovan
Head of PR Strategy & Events
Network 10
Mr Paul McMahon
Company Director
Mrs Lara Lowndes
Managing Director
Lowndes Holdings Pty Ltd
Mr Anthony White
Chief Executive Officer
Terry White Chemmart
Ms Margo MacGillivray
Senior Governance Advisor
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Ms Kim Wainwright
Managing Director
Xplore Resources
Ms Corinne Mulholland
Head of Public Affairs (Queensland)
The Star Entertainment Group
Ms Shannon Willoughby
Director Government Relations and Policy
University of Queensland
Mr Martin Rowen
Director, Business Development (Clients & Markets)
Gadens
Finance, Audit & Risk Committee (FAR)
Purpose
Oversight of financial governance, financial reporting, audit and risk.
Mr Paul McMahon (Chair)
Company Director
Mr Toby Innes
Head of Retail & E-commerce
Brisbane Airport Corporation
Mr Christopher Morton
Managing Director, Unity Pacific Funds Management Limited
Ms Margo MacGillivray
Senior Governance Advisor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Steve Francia
Chief Executive Officer – The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation
Mrs Katrina Beasley
Chief Operating Officer – The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation