Independent Further Directors Appointment

The Occupational Therapy Australia Board is pleased to announce Caleb Rixon and Alex Splitt, have been appointed as independent Further Directors of Occupational Therapy Australia.

[PHOTO L-R: Caleb Rixon | Alex Splitt]

Caleb Rixon is a major stroke survivor with extensive experience in occupational therapy. He specialises in post-stroke and brain injury care and is a dynamic advocate, board member, speaker, and consultant. His professional journey is marked by leadership roles on several boards and committees, including La Trobe University’s Occupational Therapy Course Advisory Committee, where he advises on curriculum development and implementation, and his charity, Genyus Foundation, where he oversees governance and spearheads the mission of social enterprise, Genyus Network.

Alex Splitt is a Kabi Kabi djan (man) based in Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide, Australia). For over a decade, Alex has focused on advancing social and economic outcomes of First Nations Peoples, specialising in the co-design, development and implementation of strategic policy frameworks that seek to facilitate social equity and economic prosperity for First Peoples. Alex is a current Global Atlantic Fellow, Atlantic Institute - Oxford, holds a Masters of Social Change Leadership and a post graduate qualification in Education from the University of Melbourne, and is currently a Director at the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. 

Read more about our Board of Directors here.

Caleb and Alex appointment’s to the Board with their lived and living experience of occupational therapy and First Nations representation will provide guidance and perspectives to the OTA Board and bring diverse, innovative and new thinking to embedding our strategies.

These inaugural two-year term appointments of independent non OT Further Directors is a critical milestone in the development and maturity of Occupational Therapy Australia and will commence in August 2024.