Meet our leadership team...
The VacSeen Project was founded in 2020, and is now led by a team with diverse backgrounds in medicine, law and commerce; but a common passion for health advocacy and a shared vision of health care as a fundamental human right.
Varun Karnik
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Hannah Bates
Director and Co-Founder
Lili Wackwitz
Chief Finance Officer and Co-Founder
Michael Fielding
Chief Compliance Officer and Co-Founder
Mira Prashar
Director
Bridget Seawright
Director
Sophie Watson
Director
Kaitlin Bates
Director
Meet the people who make it happen...
The VacSeen Project is entirely volunteer run, and without our amazing team, none of the work we do would happen. If you need to get in touch with someone from a specific part of the organisation, please find them below!
Local Operations
Max Brennan
Head of Brisbane and Ipswich Operations
Chandira Gardiyehewa
Brisbane Operations Consultant and Immediate Past Head
Kat Balis
Co-Head of Wide Bay Operations
Jevin Gunawardana
Co-Head of Sunshine Coast Operations
Ishara Wijesinghe
Co-Head of Gold Coast Operations
Elliot Hunt
Co-Head of Sunshine Coast Operations
Mira Prashar
Co-Head of Gold Coast Operations
Tor Demmers
Head of Western Australian Operations
Oliver Wightman
Co-Head of Wide Bay Operations
Sanjay Yapabandara
Head of New South Wales Operations
Allison Midson
Immunisation Nurse and Advisor
We Give A Rat
Julia Bradford
Program Director, We Give A RAT
Sharlene Yap
Program Director, We Give A RAT
Pharmacy Pilot
Lachlan Sperling
Chief Pharmacist
Media and Marketing Team
Becky Davies
Head of Social Media
Sam Benjamin
Head of Design