Our Leaders

Driven by the desire to help vulnerable people, Marcella Romero studied occupational therapy & completed a Postgraduate (Occ Rehab) and a Masters in Health Sciences before founding her first company, Rehab Management in 1998.

Marcella expanded her business from a one-woman home office to a successful group employing over 600 people nationally across 150 offices.

Today, Arriba Group comprises three successful enterprises — Rehab Management, AimBig Employment and LiveBig. For over 26 years, Arriba Group has positively impacted the lives of more than 750,000 Australians following injury, disability, or ill health.

Marcella is a strategic, dynamic leader and entrepreneur who puts her business success down to passion, and working harder, longer, and smarter. She is known for challenging the status quo, her collaborative attitude, her willingness to take advantage of opportunities and her ability to take risks to make informed strategic decisions.

Marcella’s family is her touchstone, crediting her husband Craig and their three children for keeping her continually focused on doing her best.

Marcella’s entrepreneurial achievements have been recognised by multiple industry awards, including EY Entrepreneur of The Year™ National Finalists (2023) and CEO & Entrepreneur of the Year from the CEO Magazine Global (2021).

Craig is a seasoned business leader, director and group advisory board member. With over 18 years’ experience in workplace rehabilitation, disability, employment services and work health, safety & wellbeing, Craig has extensive knowledge across strategic business growth, risk management, talent management and innovation. With a key role in diligence practices and strategic advice for planning, finance, growth and innovation, Craig focuses on helping people to live their best lives. He collaborates with senior leaders to foster an organisation with a social, diverse and community-driven approach.

Renee joined Rehab Management as an experienced Occupational Therapist with a background in People & Customer management. Renee has over 11 years-experience in Occupational Rehabilitation including workplace rehabilitation consulting, working with employers to mitigate injury related risks, national account and operational management. In her role as Chief Executive Officer, Renee is responsible for service delivery, innovation, customer and operational management across Rehab Management.

A CFO of the year Finalist (CEO Magazine Awards, 2013) with over 20 years’ industry experience, Glenn oversees Rehab Management’s financial services team. Glenn’s highly focused, energetic style is characterised by in-depth allied and corporate health knowledge and strong leadership skills to inspire his team and continually drive the business’ financial success.

James is an experienced information technology professional with over 20 years’ experience, over ten of these in senior leadership roles. He has worked in the government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors and in a wide range of industries including communications, broadcast, aged care, disability, community services and healthcare. During his career, James has led significant business transformation projects, managing the integration of all aspects of information technology for major mergers and acquisitions. When developing and implementing IT strategies, James ensures that they are in alignment with the overall strategy and goals of the business. He is a great believer in enhancing customer satisfaction through customer-centric design.

Louise is an experienced marketer with a deep customer-centric approach, with over 20 years’ experience in services marketing. She started her life in advertising working across blue-chip clients. Moving client-side, she has held senior marketing roles in finance, not-for-profit and government agencies including BPAY, BT Financial Group, Austrade and the Benevolent Society. A strategic marketer that drives business growth through innovative customer centric campaigns and activities, her team’s responsibilities includes marketing, internal communications and tender management. She is a passionate believer in the power of brand to shape the destiny of companies.

Julie is a purpose and values driven people executive with over 20 years of HR experience in complex local and international business environments across Healthcare, Technology, Media, Professional Services, Financial Services and Higher Education sectors. Julie started her career in Talent Acquisition before moving into HR Leadership roles in both Australia and London . Julie has held senior people roles at Rapid Response Revival, UOW Global Enterprises, Mercer, Salmat and Avanade. She is avid technology enabler, with a passion for growth environments to support the development of employees and leaders.

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