Bellberry Team News

The Bellberry team bid a fond farewell to Executive Assistant Christine Weinert who retired this month. Chris is a long standing member of the team who started working at Bellberry in 2009 as a Committee Secretary. Since then, Chris has become an invaluable member of the team whose extensive knowledge and experience will be sorely missed. Bellberry wishes Chris all the best on her retirement and happy travelling!

Following the retirement of Chris, Bellberry are delighted to introduce Charmaine Symons as our new Executive Assistant. Charmaine has previously worked in various administrative roles within Medical Administration at both the Port Lincoln and Royal Adelaide hospital; as an extension of this experience Charmaine was appointed Executive Assistant/Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer at BioSA for six years.  Charmaine is excited at her recent appointment as Executive Assistant and to work with the Bellberry Board, Chief Executive Officer and the team at Bellberry. Welcome to the team Charmaine!

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