Stride Mental Health
Drikus Van der Merwe is an experienced executive with a diverse background in corporate leadership and finance. Currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Stride Mental Health since October 2018, Drikus has also held various significant roles within the organization, including Acting Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Services. Prior to Stride Mental Health, Drikus worked at Kaplan Professional (Australia) from April 2012 to September 2018 as IT Program Director and Executive Manager of Business Systems and Solutions. Drikus' career also includes positions such as Group Financial Controller at Recreational Tourism Group, Director of Finance for both North America and Europe at Kaplan Aspect, and Finance Manager for Australia at Kaplan Aspect. The foundational career began at Pioneer Foods as an Accountant. Drikus holds a BCom in Economics and Business Management from the University of South Africa and a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from Chartered Secretaries Australia.
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Stride Mental Health
We’re 100% dedicated to providing services that improve the lifelong mental health of children, young people and adults – and help people with complex needs live better. Although Stride began 116 years ago simply as a way to help people find a place to live and work, we’re now leaders in early intervention, prevention and treatment of complex mental health conditions. We are continuing to build on the work we do with families and communities to roll out more evidence-based services across Australia. Today Stride employs nearly 800 staff providing mental health services for 18,000 Australians in more than 65 locations. We proudly operate a variety of services including Safe Spaces, Safe Havens, Head to Health and headspace centres throughout the eastern seaboard. In addition to this we provide NDIS Support Coordination, Therapeutic Supports, Recovery Coaching, Supported Independent Living services and a range of complex and higher risk NDIS services.