The Media Room

OUR SPOKESPEOPLE

Looking for a Movember spokesperson for interview, comment or photograph? Here are some of our key speakers.

MICHELLE TERRY

CEO, MOVEMBER

Michelle joined Movember in early 2020, after 11 years with Treasury Wine Estates, where she held the position of Global Chief Marketing Officer. She has an extensive international and multi-sector experience including with E&Y, Marks and Spencer, and Accenture.

Qualifications in Psychology and Business have helped Michelle successfully grow organisations and drive positive change. As a volunteer crisis line counsellor with the Samaritans in London, Michelle gained hands-on experience of our mental health crisis. She has a history of innovation within the health sector, as seen through the development of a telemedicine pilot during an early career role with the Queensland Department of Health that used videoconference technology to improve connectivity, education and health service provision for rural Australian communities.

Outside of work, Michelle is a mum to two young daughters, and enjoys reading, hiking, travel and socialising.

TRAVIS GARONE

CO-FOUNDER, MOVEMBER

Before that very first moustache changed everything back in 2003, Trav was a creative who quickly made a name for himself doing what he loved - bringing artistic concepts to life for youth-driven surfing, skateboarding and music brands.

Then, a chance conversation in a Melbourne bar about the dying art of the moustache led Trav and his mate Lucky to launch Movember. The goal was simple: Disrupt the charity world. They kept it fun, kept it simple, kept it about men and in doing so, created not just a charity, but a movement.

As well as Movember, Trav is also the co-founder of cult streetwear label Doomsday and creative agency People Make Progress. It was Trav’s experience tapping into youth culture that was the driving force behind Movember’s brand, helping to make the movement appealing and popular with young men – something that was unparalleled in the charity sector at the time.

RACHEL CARR

COUNTRY DIRECTOR - AUSTRALIA, MOVEMBER

A passionate and skilled fundraising, marketing and comms professional, Rachel is responsible for the Foundation’s go-to-market strategy in Australia. The former Head of Stand Up To Cancer (one of Cancer Research UK’s highest profile campaigns) brings 15 years’ experience in both the private and charity sectors to Movember. Under her leadership, Stand Up To Cancer experienced one of its most successful years to date in 2016, while the 2017 campaign grew both off and on air through in-show programming for TV shows including The Great British Bake Off, Hunted and Gogglebox. Rachel has also worked on brands including Budweiser, Cadbury and John Frieda.

Outside the office, Rachel loves dancing, singing (badly) and is a big Manchester United fan.

Paul Vilanti (PV)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — PROGRAMS, MOVEMBER

Paul oversees Movember’s program investments in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health initiatives globally. Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built organisations across the health, infrastructure, technology, and telecommunications sectors. He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate improved health outcomes through national and global collaboration. He also serves as a Director on the Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA).

Off-duty, PV is a keen North Melbourne Kangaroos supporter and loves to spend time out on the water, patiently waiting for those fish to bite.

DR. ZAC SEIDLER

GLOBAL DIRECTOR - MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH, MOVEMBER

A clinical psychologist and men’s health researcher, Zac has spent the past several years working out how to better understand and respond to male distress and suicidality. He has worked with a diverse range of men and boys, from those with HIV+ to Indigenous youth in Darwin. His focus is on using a strength-based approach to working with men and masculinity, and in his role as Director of Mental Health Training is developing the world’s first online training program, Men in Mind, to upskill mental health clinicians, with the goal of keeping clients attending, motivated and improving throughout their treatment.

In 2020, Zac won the Emerging Researcher Award from Suicide Prevention Australia, along with the University Medal for best PhD thesis in Psychology from the University of Sydney. He is a member of advisory committees for White Ribbon and Suicide Prevention Australia, has over 30 peer-reviewed articles published, and has provided expert opinion to the ABC, Sky News, The Guardian, The Age and Vice.

A Bondi boy through and through, Zac ritualistically reads the paper every morning and loves running, drumming and traveling to weird and wonderful places. You’ll regularly find him at the closest body of water for what he calls ‘dive therapy.’

Kieran Ryan (Kizz)

DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS & NEW BUSINESS, MOVEMBER

Kieran is a country lad, born and bred in Stawell, and it shows. His laid-back, friendly nature means it’s impossible not to like him, making him perfect for a career in client relations. He’s come to Movember intent of having fun, doing good. Although he’s only just hit his 30s, he’s already lost two close mates to suicide, so Kieran has a particular passion for improving the mental health and wellbeing of Aussie men.

Outside of work, he’s busy keeping fit and is one of those very few people who make the choice to compete in ultra-marathons. When he’s not doing those, he’s cycling, surfing, skating... the list goes on.