Mrs Larissa Willoughby was appointed to the BCT Board of Directors in April 2023.

She is a Principal of a professional consulting services firm, Australian Environmental Auditors (AEA), with over 28 years of experience providing advice to public and private entities in relation to site contamination and managing risk to human health and the environment.

Larissa has a lived experience of breast cancer, being diagnosed in 2012, and is a confirmed BRCA1 gene mutation carrier. Having completed chemotherapy, bi-lateral mastectomy and reconstruction, she has also participated in research feedback on post-reconstruction outcomes.

As a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, she is passionate about being a director on a board where she can apply her professional experience in risk management, governance and auditing, combined with her lived experience as a BRCA1 gene carrier and breast cancer survivor.