{"id":3459,"date":"2025-04-04T10:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:34:17","slug":"farewell-and-gratitude-to-andrew-cairns-chair-of-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/farewell-and-gratitude-to-andrew-cairns-chair-of-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell and gratitude to Andrew Cairns, Chair of the Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3459\" class=\"elementor elementor-3459\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617fd251 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"617fd251\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a43e750 e-con-full home-banner e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a43e750\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d4b6d7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49d4b6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Farewell and gratitude to Andrew Cairns, Chair of the Board<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c0b031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"15c0b031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f88c87c elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time> 4 April 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747be7ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"747be7ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b14edf1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b14edf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7018686e link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7018686e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is with mixed emotions that we announce the departure of Andrew Cairns, Chair of our Board, who will be stepping down from his position due to an overseas relocation.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his tenure, and his leadership, Andrew has fully embodied Melba\u2019s values and vision. 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