Beyond words: Delivering inclusive aged care in CALD communities
Yvonne Timson is the highly qualified and experienced Chief Executive Officer of Community Vision and Fortis Consulting, bringing over two decades of senior leadership experience across the aged care, disability and mental health sectors. With a strong background in governance and corporate environments (AGIA), Yvonne provides high-level commercial, strategic and technical expertise that delivers critical value to a broad range of stakeholders.
At Community Vision, Yvonne leads with a focus on social justice, ensuring flexibility, autonomy and fulfilment for both customers and staff. Her results-driven leadership style is matched by her passion for mentoring and building capacity across teams, with a strong track record in achieving return on investment, corporate governance excellence and impactful strategic outcomes.
At the same time, Yvonne also leads Fortis Consulting, which holds the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) contract for Western Australia. In this role, she oversees the delivery of diversity, inclusion and equality initiatives in workplaces across the country. Her philosophy aligns with Fortis’s commitment to best-practice, outcomes-focused culture and diversity training, supporting organisations to create more inclusive and effective environments.
Yvonne’s dual roles highlight her dynamic leadership across both community and corporate spheres, underpinned by her unwavering dedication to ethical practice, social impact and inclusive growth.
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