Board of Directors

Peter Magill

Chair

Peter joined the Therapy Focus Board and was elected as the Chair in December 2025.

Peter is the Chief Development Officer at APM. Peter moved from Early Start Australia (ESA) into APM in July 2022 to lead the Corporate Development team which primarily focusses on APM’s acquisitions and investments. He joined ESA in June 2021 as Director of Finance.

Prior to ESA, Peter was a Partner at EY for 14 years and led the Oceania Mergers and Acquisitions team. He worked for 24 years in the field of Mergers and Acquisitions as a lead advisor, advising private and public companies and private equity firms on divestments, acquisitions, IPO’s and capital raisings.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and is a Chartered Accountant.

Jeremy Smith

Jeremy joined the Therapy Focus Board in December 2025.

Jeremy Smith brings more than 25 years of leadership across the arts, government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors, with extensive experience as a non-executive director. Jeremy has held senior arts industry roles at DADAA Inc, PICA and Performing Lines, and spent nearly a decade in state and federal government agencies, including as Head of Experimental Arts and Community Arts at Creative Australia, where he also managed and implemented key arts and disability initiatives. His lived experience as a queer, disabled person informs a lifelong commitment to equity, self-determination and inclusive practice.

Jeremy has designed and delivered programs supporting disability arts, mental health, young people, regional communities and First Nations initiatives. He served on advisory boards with Curtin University and Deakin University and was a member of the Australian Government’s Co-Design Working Group that developed Equity: The Arts and Disability Associated Plan. Beyond the arts, Jeremy spent almost six years in Rio Tinto’s Community Investment team, including two years as team leader, brokering statewide partnerships across health, education, environment and arts portfolios.

Currently Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at APM, Jeremy continues to champion systemic change, pride and agency. He is also a published author in The Relationship is the Project, writing on identity, labels and inclusion.

Francine Ryan

Fiona Payne

Fiona joined the Therapy Focus Board in 2017 and was elected as Chair in the same year and remained in this role until December 2025 following the partnership with APM. She is a member of Therapy Focus’ People & Culture Committee and Customer & Clinical Governance Committee.

Originally trained as a physiotherapist at Curtin University, Fiona has worked with children and families in multiple government and health sector roles within the WA community. She values these experiences for the insights they provided around the importance of growing potential, strengthening families and celebrating achievements. Fiona has governance roles with other organisations including Good Sammy Enterprises, Brightwater Care Group, South Metropolitan Health Service, Victory Life Centre, Stan Perron Charitable Foundation and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tony Vis

Tony joined the Therapy Focus Board in 2017 and is a member of Therapy Focus’ Audit & Risk Committee and Customer & Clinical Governance Committee.

Tony brings over 35 years’ board experience as a chair, non-executive director, CEO and senior executive across disability, aged care, healthcare, insurance, property and legal. He is currently Chair at Southern Cross Care (WA), Non-Executive Director of PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Disability Assembly WA Limited, and a Member of the Carers Advisory Council to the Minister for Communities WA. Tony was formerly CEO of Activ Foundation Inc and is passionate about enhancing customer value in community based organisations.