2026 Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch

The Anika Foundation and Australian Business Economists are pleased to host a special fundraising lunch in support of The Anika Foundation. Proudly sponsored by NAB, the event will feature a keynote address by Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

All proceeds from ticket sales go to the Foundation to help fund vital research into adolescent depression and suicide.

This event is generously sponsored by NAB.

For more information on the Anika Foundation, please see below.

Michele Bullock

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

BEc (Hons) (UNE), MSc (LSE)

Michele Bullock commenced as Governor on 18 September 2023. She is Chair of the RBA Governance, Monetary Policy and Payments System Boards and Council of Financial Regulators. She served on the Reserve Bank Board as Deputy Chair from 2 April 2022 and Chair from 18 September 2023 until 28 February 2025.

Prior to her current role, Ms Bullock was the RBA Deputy Governor. She has also held a variety of senior management positions at the RBA. She was Assistant Governor (Financial System), Assistant Governor (Business Services), Assistant Governor (Currency), Adviser for the Currency Group and, before that, Head of Payments Policy Department.

Ms Bullock is a Member of Chief Executive Women and a signatory to the Banking and Finance Oath. She co-chairs the Financial Stability Board’s Regional Consultative Group for Asia and, also serves on the Melbourne Institute Advisory Board.

The Anika Foundation was established in 2005 to raise funds in support of research into adolescent depression and suicide, which have become amongst the most significant (but least well considered) medical and social problems of our time.

The Anika Foundation is governed by a Board comprising of Dr Adrian Blundell-Wignall (Chair & Investments Committee), Michele Bullock, Dr Philip Lowe, Glenn Stevens (AC), Prof. Phillip Mitchell, Crispin Murray (Investments Committee), Paul Brennan, Dr Michelle Tye, Tate Dogan and Danae Blundell-Wignall.

Funds are raised for an endowment that is invested by professional fund managers working on a completely voluntary basis. Income from the fund is used to support academic research and community and school initiatives in adolescent depression and suicide. The Anika Foundation provides an opportunity for corporate Australia to make a difference in an area that affects at least one in four families. All donations are tax deductible