The Board

The Bedford Board of Directors is made up of professional people from a variety of areas in the business world.

Mr Colin Dunsford (Chairman)

Mr Dunsford has had extensive experience with a wide range of corporate and government clients in his professional career spanning 36 years, providing business advice to some of South Australia’s leading blue chip companies. In other activities, Mr Dunsford was Chairman of the State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Convention Centre for a number of years, and is currently Chairman of the Independent Gaming Corporation.

Partner, Ernst & Young

Bedford

  • Joined the Bedford Board 2003
  • Chairperson of the Bedford Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Bedford Investment Committee

Colin Dunsford

Mr Ted Byrt (Deputy Chairman)

'My involvement on the Foundation Board gave me an insight into the valuable work undertaken by Bedford in the community and of the important role and responsibility that the community has to support Bedford. When I was invited to join the Bedford Board I had no hesitation in accepting the honour and the responsibility for this outstanding organisation'

Consultant, Norman Waterhouse

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Foundation Board 1991
  • Joined Bedford Board 1994
  • Elected Deputy Chairman November 1999
  • Chairperson of Bedford Housing Co-op since 1995
  • Member of the Bedford Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Bedford Residential & Property Committee

Ted Byrt

Mr John Birkill OAM

Bedford

  • Joined the Bedford Board November 2005
  • Member of the Bedford Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of the Bedford Residential & Property Committee
  • Member of the Bedford Strategy & Busienss Development Committee

John Birkill OAM

Associate Professor Verity Bottroff

Head, Department of Disability Studies, Flinders University.

Bedford

  • Joined the Bedford Board November 2005
  • Chairperson of the Bedford Service Excellence Committee

Verity

Mrs Elizabeth Clare

Executive Director, Mary Potter Foundation Inc.

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Board November 2004
  • Chairperson of Bedford Residential & Property Committee

Elizabeth Clare

Mr Greg Connor JP

Chief Executive Officer, Savings & Loans

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Board November 2007

Ms Kathy Gramp

Chief Financial Officer, Austereo Group Limited.

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Board 26 November 2001
  • Chairperson of the Bedford Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of the Bedford Investment Committee

Kathy Gramp

Mr Ray Grigg

Chairman, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service Inc.

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Board November 2004
  • Member of Bedford the Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Bedford Investment Committee

Ray Grigg

Mr David Kelly

Region General Manager SA, KAZ Group Pty Ltd

Bedford

  • Joined Bedford Board November 2007
  • Chairman of the Strategy and Business Development Committee
  • Member of the Service Excellence Committee
David Kelly