Sydney, New South Wales

On Thursday 8 October 2020, Their Excellencies General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Mrs Linda Hurley, as guests of Ms Julie Babineau, Chief Executive Officer, visited Odyssey House NSW's Main Residential Rehabilitation Centre.

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley, as Joint Patrons, hosted a dinner for Soldier On. Guests included: Mrs Cathryn Carver, Executive, Client Coverage, National Australia Bank; Mr Michael Harkins MVO PSM KStJ, CEO, Australia China Friendship and Exchange Association; Ms Christine Holgate,
Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Australia Post; Mr Mike Gallagher, Strategy Director, Northrop Grumman Australia; Mr Stephen Kowal, CEO, FTS Group; Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC, Chair of the Board, Soldier On; Dr Brendan Nelson AO, President, Boeing Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific; Mr Ivan Slavich, CEO, Soldier On; Mr Bryant Stokes, Property Development Executive, Australian Capital Equity; Mr Clint Thomas AM CSC, Managing Director, Serco Defence, Serco Australia; Mrs Katrina Troughton, General Manager, Australia and New Zealand, IBM; and Mr John Wilson, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank.