Operations DirectorDAK Foundation
Marnie Rickards is the Operations Director for DAK Foundation, which supports practical solutions for healthcare delivery in low resource settings.
Marnie oversees the Biomedical and Equipment programs, partnering with locally embedded health networks across Asia and Africa to help increase their efficiency and quality of service. Oxygen ecosystem strengthening has been one focus of this program since 2016.
DAK Foundation also supports programs in high-volume SICS cataract surgeries, family planning using LARCs and Community Health Worker inititiaves.
Marnie joined the board of Partners For Equity in 2021, an Australian NGO founded to provide aid to communities in poverty, mostly in developing countries and mostly through local, community-based organisations. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University and sits on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Family Foundation (USA). She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa