Barbara King

Chair and Non-Executive Director

Barbara brings a diverse range of people leadership, legal, governance and operational skills and experience to Can Too, having had nearly 30 years in senior legal and management roles in a variety of global organisations. After qualifying at Clifford Chance London as an environmental then project finance lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright and King & Wood Mallesons, and following several years at Rothschild Australia (including as a merchant banker), she has worked inhouse in highly regulated industries, including mining and aged care. Barbara is currently a senior lawyer for a dual-listed biotechnology company based in Australia and the USA.

Prior to becoming Can Too’s Board Chair, she was Can Too’s Deputy Chair, Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, and also Company Secretary from 2016-19. As a member of the Board Research Investment Committee, in 2021 she worked with Cancer Australia on a grant funding review.

Having worked with boards for over 12 years and completed the AICD Company Directors course (with an Order of Merit). she is passionate about the role good governance and leadership plays in setting up organisations, people and communities for success. Her pro bono leadership experience includes as Deputy Chair and Head of Governance for an award winning NFP management consultancy, a Director for May Gibbs’ Nutcote Trust, mentoring young lawyers for the NSW Law Society, in Scouts and schools and currently as a patrolling member of Elouera Surf Life Saving Club. She advocates for diversity & inclusion for its own sake, as well as helping to optimise decision-making.

Barbara was drawn to Can Too by the tremendous energy and good will of its inspirational people, and the amazing success it has had in transforming lives. She is inspired by the brilliance of the early-career cancer researchers supported by Can Too, and by the every-day bravery of pod participants taking themselves outside their limits. Barbara is a keen ocean swimmer with the Mighty Souths pod and is loving the new surf ski program.

Jeffrey Cohn

Non-Executive Director

Jeffrey has thirty-five years experience in the medical research of nutrition and cardiovascular disease. He was an Assistant Professor at Tufts University in Boston and an Associate Professor at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal. Most recently he was Group Head of the Nutrition Group at the Heart Research Institute at Sydney University. His research focussed on nutraceuticals and their ability to protect against coronary artery disease. He has many years of experience sitting on grant review committees for government bodies in Canada and Australia.

Jeffrey is interested in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians. He is passionate about sustaining the role that Can Too plays in encouraging individuals to attain their full physical and mental potential. He fully supports the funding of early career cancer researchers, who work long and hard with little recognition to provide beneficial outcomes for society.

Jeffrey has been a Can Too participant for over six years. and has enjoyed the many challenges of running, trekking, cycling and swimming events. He is also very enthusiastic about the role that the Can Too Circle can play in supporting the sustainability of the Can Too Foundation.

Ben Buckingham

Non-Executive Director

Ben has been doing Can Too programs for the last 15 years as a participant and Can Too mentor, completing marathons, half-marathons and swims. Whilst Ben is a keen runner, doing the Big Swim program was the first time that he really lived the Can Too ethos and pushed himself out of his (psychological!) comfort zone.

Ben is the founder of Primary, a software company focused on helping companies manage payments and treasury. Ben started his career as a banking and finance lawyer at Allens and worked at McKinsey & Company as a strategy consultant, before joining a start up - Identitii - as their Chief Product Officer to help reduce financial crime and promote inclusion in financial services.

Ben is passionate about supporting early-stage cancer research and the impact Can Too has on reducing the need for talented researchers to leave Australia to get funding. Ben is also passionate about bringing practical problem solving to help grow Can Too's impact on the community by driving positive health outcomes.

Antoine van Oijen, PhD

Non-Executive Director

Antoine is a leading researcher working at the interface of medicine, physics, and chemistry to develop tools that allow us to better understand what goes wrong at the molecular level when cancer strikes. He has led research programs at Harvard Medical School, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and the University of Wollongong. Currently, Antoine serves as the Associate Dean of Research at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health.

Antoine’s contributions extend beyond academia; he has a strong track record in biotech commercialisation and strategic leadership, evidenced by his advisory roles in world-leading genomics and proteomics companies. Antoine is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In his role on the board of Can Too, Antoine brings a wealth of experience in translating scientific discovery into real-world health impacts and a passion for supporting early-career researchers on that journey.

Dominic Del Giudice

Non-Executive Director

Dominic is a senior executive with a career spanning 25 years in the management consulting and technology services sector. Dominic brings a diverse range of skills and expertise to Can Too, drawing from senior management roles in a variety of multi-national companies, including Capgemini, Accenture, IBM and LTIMindtree.

Dominic has a wealth of expertise in structuring complex business transformation programs that harness technology, developing new business, managing client relationships, and leading large teams across Australia and Asia Pacific markets.

Dominic holds a Bachelor of Business Computing from Victoria University, a Master of Information Systems and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Swinburne University of Technology’s Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship.

Dominic has a love of fitness and sport including football (AFL) and basketball. He is also qualified as a fitness professional and junior sports coach, with a passion for coaching young athletes and sports performance development programs.

Mark Dagworthy

Non-Executive Director

With 25+ years in global and Australian finance companies, Mark’s extensive experience in transformation, simplification, strategy development and execution is complemented by his application of these skills to finance oversight and risk management across corporate industries as well as the NFP sector. As a Chartered Accountant (CA) working across companies including Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO (in London and Hong Kong) and more recently in Australia with the National Australia Bank, Mark is considerably experienced in the field.

Mark enjoys his other Not-For-Profit roles including as a volunteer on committees governing Audit, Planning and Risk (AP&R), and Operational WHS and Premises for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, combining his passion of sailing with governance, risk and safety.

Mark became involved with Can Too when he joined a Half Marathon program and trained within our South pod. Mark says he was immediately hooked by the culture, community and values that Can Too stands for. By joining the Can Too Foundation board, Mark combines his love of outdoor activity and his drive to give back to the community for a cause close to his heart.