Professor Tony Holmes AO (Cu’63) has transformed countless young lives through his pioneering work in craniofacial and reconstructive surgery. Tony trained in Australia and the USA before founding the Melbourne Craniofacial Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital in 1979. He led the Unit for the next 30 years and built a world-leading centre for surgical innovation – a reputation that was reinforced in 2009 when Tony led the extraordinary 32-hour surgery separating Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna. Tony established the Jigsaw Foundation in 1990 to support children with complex craniofacial conditions through enabling specialist training, research and equipment. He was awarded the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Elizabeth Turner Medal in 2004, the McIndoe Lectureship of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons in 2010, and was the inaugural Harvard Plastic Surgery Resident’s Visiting Professor in 2012. Tony was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2019 for his distinguished service to medicine, as a leader, clinician and educator. 

Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope (Fraser, Cl’83) is a globally recognised humanitarian and human rights leader with more than 25 years’ experience working in conflict and crisis zones across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Her career has been defined by a deep commitment to protecting vulnerable communities and advancing accountability for human rights. Phoebe holds a PhD in International Law from Melbourne Law School, where she teaches Business and Human Rights. She is Head of Responsible Business and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Corrs Chambers and Westgarth, advising organisations on managing human rights risks, including modern slavery. Previously, Phoebe was Director of International Humanitarian Law at Australian Red Cross and has represented organisations at the United Nations. After working in emergency response with CARE Australia in the 1990s, she joined the organisation’s Board in 2018 and was elected Chair in 2025. Phoebe is a founding Director of the Humanitarian Advisory Group, a member of the Australian Human Rights Institute Advisory Committee at UNSW Sydney, an Ambassador for Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia, and a member of Monash University’s Master of International Relations Advisory Board.