key personnel

Board of Directors

Executive

President

Allan Vidor Director since 2006
Allan is the Managing Director of the Toga Group of Companies, an international property development, construction, investment and hospitality management group.
He graduated from the University of NSW with Bachelor of Commerce and Laws degrees in 1985 and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1986. Other Directorships include the Tourism and Transport Forum and the Australian/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.

Vice President

Antony Breuer Director since 2000
Antony is an investment banker and Director of companies within the Gresham Partners group. He graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce and Laws in 1986 and was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1987.

Hon. Treasurer

Lawrence Myers Director since 2008
Lawrence is the Managing Director of the Sydney Office of GBP Advisory, an accounting firms specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business advisory, tax, succession planning and family services.
Holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (University of South Australia), is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Taxation Institute of Australia and NTAA and is a Registered Company Auditor and a Registered Tax Agent.

Members of the Board

John Eisman AO Director Since 2000
John completed his medical and post-graduate training through Sydney University, completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne then pursued postdoctoral studies in the USA and Switzerland. John is a Professor of Medicine at UNSW, a Senior Staff Endocrinologist with St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and Director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Biology Program at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. He has served on the Board of the International Bone and Mineral Society and the Council of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. He served as Vice-President of JewishCare for many years. He was awarded an Order of Australia in 1997.

Jeffrey Engelman Director since 2006
After completing qualifications at University of NSW Jeffrey pursued further research in England. Jeffrey is a Gastroenterologist, currently working in private practice in the Eastern Suburbs and Kogarah. He has been in practice for over 10 years.
He has been actively involved in communal work having served on the Jewish Board of Deputies and being on the Holocaust Remembrance committee for two years. He is also a member of the Australian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendant.

John Hower Director since 2003
John came to Australia from Germany in 1937 with his father and brother. During much of the War, he was unable to stay with his family and boarded at the Isabella Lazarus Home, then in Hunters Hill and Killara. John attended school at North Sydney Tech High and played soccer for Hakoah. He has been a Committee member and President of Maccabi Tennis and served as an Executive member of JNF for 40 years including many years as President. Has been a Director of the Chai Foundation since its inception.

Allen Linz Director since 2000
Allen immigrated to Australia from South Africa in 1981. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in accounting and finance. Allen worked for Price Waterhouse and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1993. In 1994 he established a property development and finance business.

Peter Ryba Director since 2003
Although originally from Germany, Peter gained formal qualifications in Civil Engineering while living in London and immigrated to Australia in August 1950. After selling his shareholding in a plastics company he acquired a tool importing and distributing company, which still operates. Peter is also involved in property, construction and communication businesses and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors. Peter is a Director of the Wolper Jewish Hospital and a long-standing member of the B'nai B'rith Sydney Lodge.

Erica Turek Director since 2003
After being born in Romania, Erica survived a Concentration Camp and with the help of Australian Jewish Welfare Society came to Australia with her mother in 1948. Erica has worked in recruitment and human resources for over four decades and currently serves on the Boards of Scott Recruitment Services and Recruitment Services Superannuation Fund and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as the Recruitment Consultants Services Association. She was previously employed by JewishCare as a Development Officer.