Andrew Morello

Heart Safe Australia is excited about having the energetic and passionate Andrew Morello, awarded entrepreneur, investor, author, and the winner of the first Australian Apprentice as a new Heart Safe Australia Ambassador and also as part of the Advisory Board.

Prior to becoming Head of Business Development at The Entourage, Australia’s largest training institution for entrepreneurs and business owners, Morello spent 10 years alongside Mark Bouris AM building out the Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management branch network nationally.

He has personally built an impressive property portfolio, and also led numerous community projects across Australia and internationally, including as a Founding Board Member of Project Gen Z, a social enterprise which runs entrepreneur and development programs for disadvantaged children. In recent years, Morello has summited Mount Kinabalu in Borneo and completed the Kokoda Trail to raise money for Seed Foundation, which supports indigenous health programs in remote communities.

Morello is an active member of Australia’s entrepreneurial and real estate communities, an engaging and charismatic speaker, and passionate about sharing his successes with other entrepreneurs, business owners and investors to help them reach their full potential and not waste their precious life.

Phil Evangelou

Heart Safe Australia is excited about having OpenLegal co-founder Phil Evangelou as an ambassador to help raising awareness and education about saving lives.

Phil has over 12 years experience working in private practice and in-house counsel in Sydney and London, giving him expertise in employment law, IP, finance, leases, dispute resolution, property, insurance and contracts.

Prior to OpenLegal Phil worked at a large UK litigation fund from start-up to growth phase with responsibility for investing $35 million into 57 cases and portfolios.

Phil is excited about inspiring global change through social enterprise. He founded Kupendo Kids which employs women in Cape Town (South Africa) and supports various orphanages. 

Craig Spence

Craig Spence is recognised as a Global Industry Expert within the realm of Public Access Defibrillators otherwise known as AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators).
Craig has advised, consulted and assisted in the successful Global launch of a number of AEDs over the past 6 years, and continues to advise in the future of AED technology to save more lives.

Craig has established multiple industry partnerships within Australia to bring AEDs in as an industry preferred safety standard. Craig has been instrumental in an advisory role toward the National development of Heart Safe Australia (HSA) and its trademarked pillars.
“I love the passion and purpose that Heart Safe Australia represents” (Craig) “Its an honour to be an Advisory to the Board of Heart Safe Australia – Let’s Save More Live Together!”

Nicole and Shannon McKendry

Nicole and Shannon lost a well loved, fit and full of life uncle Charles a couple years ago who suffered a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) after exercising in Manly Harbour.

Unfortunately, by the time the ambulance arrived and restarted his heart, it was too late!

Both sisters now support and promote the Heart Safe Australia programs to raise such awareness about the THREE VERY IMPORTANT STEPS ( 1. Call 000 2. CPR and 3. Shock - Defibrillator) in WA and across Australia.

There is now a donated Heart Safe Australia Defibrillator located at Manly Wharf in a SaveStation AED cabinet, it has been donated due to Charles' unfortunate passing - it may just save another life in the future.

Welcome onboard the Heart Safe Australia movement ladies!

Tim Lin

Tim is an advocate for leadership with a purpose to live, love, lead and influence. His vision is to consistently generate value and ultimately, create positive influence and generational impact that changes people's lives.

Privileged to have more than 10 years of management experience, Tim has led high performance teams with a variety of experience in client relations, directing, project management, operations, sales, marketing, business development, joint ventures, start-up business and advisory. He has a huge passion for people, helping youth and gives to the community through outreach programs.

Tim beIieves in working hard, smart and having fun. He believes integrity and morals should be unwavering and that world-class culture is achievable no matter where you are. Solutions-focused and constantly learning, the greatest privilege as a leader is to equip and empower yourself to give to others through an overflow. This is what he strives to do every day.

Simon Lynch

In 2015 after about 6 years of irregular heart patterns on and off I was convinced by my sister (nurse) to get checked out. I was 43 years old and having rapid heartbeats that would take my breath away and I felt like I was about to collapse mainly after exercise. I got in to a specialist and did all the normal tests which came back clear so he scheduled me in for a stress test on the tread mill which is the best way to check what is going on. Well I failed that miserably with my heart rate shooting up over 330 beats per minute! I ended up in CCU for a week for more tests to which they concluded I have a rare heart condition called CPVT. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) causes an irregular heart rhythm that can be life threatening. It often shows up in childhood, but can show up later in life. The first sign is often fainting or near fainting during exercise or strong emotion.

With this condition I can’t have an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) inserted into my chest due to a study that showed a range of complications specific with CPVT patients so my condition is controlled by medication only. The specialists tell me the medication is only a safety net and I could at any time go into cardiac arrest if I’m not careful which is not a nice thought to live with. Having become an ambassador for Heart Safe Australia and being part of the Heart Safe Vehicle program I have that peace of mind I have a life saving device on hand that could not only save my own life but anyone in the community.