Dr Judith Slocombe – Biography Dr Judith Slocombe’s career spans many roles; veterinarian, entrepreneur, business owner, corporate senior executive manager and non‐executive director. Judith built a small home‐based pathology business into the largest veterinary diagnostic group across Australia and New Zealand. In 2001, she sold her business and was appointed to head up a major diagnostic company with laboratories operating across South East Asia. Graduating with an MBA from the Melbourne Business School in June 2002, Judith is a Fellow of the AICD and a Fellow of the AIM. In 2003 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in business leadership. Judith holds numerous directorships including Agriculture Victoria Services, Leadership Victoria, and The Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre. She is a past director of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, VicHealth, Open Universities Australia, South East Water, and former President of the Lort Smith Animal Hospital. In 2005, Judith was appointed CEO of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation whose mission is to keep children safe from violence, with a major focus on cybersafety and reducing bullying and its devastating effects. Protecting children in the on and offline world is a natural fit for Judith who is a mother of nine children of her own.