David Brettell joined the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse board in October 2014 following eleven years as CEO of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF), a private charitable foundation that has awarded $100 million in cancer research grants in Australia. David has held high-level management roles in sales and marketing with AMP, fundraising with ACRF and MS Australia, and major international sports events such as Olympic Games in Sydney and Beijing and Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He served for many years on the board of Basketball NSW, some as President.