Please note, the Adelaide Bank Charitable Foundation is not accepting funding applications at the moment.

The Adelaide Bank Charitable Foundation has a Board of Governors that is independent of Adelaide Bank. The Governors meet on a monthly basis to consider applications for funding from community and charitable organisations.

The Adelaide Bank makes a major annual donation to the Foundation and also covers all staff wages and overhead costs. The Foundation is therefore one of only a few charities able to channel 100% of every donation received directly back into the community.

Seated L to R - Trevor Bryant, Carol Gaston, Ian Chesterman, Elizabeth Bleby.
Standing L to R - Rosemary Sage, Rode Ferrier

Mr Trevor Bryant (Chairman) Mr Bryant assumed the role of Chairman in September 2005. He originally joined the board of the Foundation in December 2001, when he retired from his role as a general manager at Adelaide Bank. During his 25 years with Adelaide Bank he held numerous senior executive positions, including responsibility for Operations, Retirement Services, Human Resources and Loans Processing. Mr Bryant was a member of the original Executive Committee which oversaw the development and launch of the Adelaide Bank Charitable Foundation during the early 1980s.
Mr Rod Ferrier Mr Ferrier joined the Foundation in 1997 and held the position of Chairman from 1998 to September 2005, and has since remained on the Board as a Governor. His early career spanned 24 years with the Australian Army, from which he resigned in 1978. He joined the Co-Operative Building Society in 1979 filling various executive roles until 1992. Mr Ferrier is also the past President of the Rotary Club of Adelaide and was made a Paul Harris Fellow in 1996 in recognition of his services to the community. He was a member of the Executive Committee which administered the formation and early development of the Foundation.
Ms Carol Gaston Ms Gaston joined the Board in 1999. She is the Director Organisational Development of the South Australian Ambulance Service. Ms Gaston is currently Chair of the Cancer Council SA, and is a member of the Board of the Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (ACHA) and the Cancer Council Australia. She also works as a consultant advisor to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on matters related to human resource planning and development.
Dr Ian Chesterman A.M. Dr Chesterman joined the Board as a Governor in 1999. He has a background in banking and retired in 1998 after 42 years with the Commonwealth Bank. Dr Chesterman has been a Deputy Chancellor of Flinders University, a member of Council and Chair of the University's Audit and Resources Committees. He has also been Deputy Chair and a Council member of Anglicare SA Inc. and Chair of the Finance Committee. He is Secretary of the SA Commandery and, until recently, was Deputy Chancellor of The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. He was appointed a Member in the Order of Australia in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours and awarded the degree of Doctor of the University HC causa by Flinders University in December 2006.
Mrs Rosemary Sage Mrs Sage joined the Foundation in August 2002 and brings with her invaluable top-level experience in local government and the not-for-profit sector with a special emphasis on community services and volunteering. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Recreation SA, the peak body for recreation in South Australia. She has worked as the Executive Director of Volunteering SA and as Manager for Community Services with the City of Mitcham.
Mrs Elizabeth Bleby Mrs Bleby MA (Soc.Admin.) joined the Foundation in 1995. She is a qualified social worker whose professional work has been primarily in the areas of aged care and mental health. She is a member of the Anglican Refugee Network and Vice-President of the Australian Refugee Association.
	Ms Karen Tamm (Manager, Community Relations and Foundation Executive Officer) Ms Tamm joined the Foundation in February 2001. Prior to this she held the role of Deputy General Manager and Corporate Marketing Manager with St John Ambulance Australia SA Inc, an international community and emergency service provider. She also spent eight years with Adelaide City Council, where she held the position of Rundle Mall Manager.
	Mrs Vicki Crutchley (Foundation Co-ordinator) Mrs Crutchley has been the Foundation Co-ordinator for seven years and employed by Adelaide Bank since March 1986. She has held supervisory roles within the organisation and was a project manager for Adelaide Bank's product development area prior to having a family and returning to work part-time with the Foundation.