Board Members

Dattaraj Mahambrey is the Chair of the Multicultural Council of Tasmania, the founder of the Coronation Music and Arts Festival group, and a founding member of the multicultural cricket club. Datta has worked in Tasmania’s energy industry for more than a decade, and is currently a senior commercial analyst at Tas Hydro.

Chris Ferdinands is an entrepreneur/businessmen as Managing Director of White Glove Pty Limited, He is also the Secretary of the Sri Lankan Community of Southern Tasmania, President of The Mercantile Rugby Football Association of Sri Lanka and Sponsorship Chairman of the Ceylonese Rugby Football Association Sri Lanka.

Originally from Chile, Joana Cubillos has lived inTasmania for 20 years. She has a PhD in biological science and runs a small food business. Joana is a Board Member of the Latin American Culture Association of Tasmania (LACAT) and an active member of the Latina American Community in Hobart, organising, supporting and facilitating cultural, food and dance events.

Huzaifa is an active member of the Pakistan Cultural Society of Tasmania (PCST) and also an active member of Shabab Al Eid Al Zahabi Melbourne for the last 12 years. He is currently employed with Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment (DPIPWE) as a Biosecurity Inspector and hold a Bachelors degree in Business Accounting and Finance. 

Nadia Azizabadi is a TEDX speaker, business owner, swimming and ScubaDiving instructor, NAATI interpreter and advocate of migrants empowerment. She is a National team player for Tasmanian underwater sports teams and passionate about inspiring people with diverse background to get mentally and physically fit through sport. Her goal is to help people become a better version of themselves and to make sure new arrivals to Tasmania are safe in and around the water. Recently trying to achieve this by assisting adult migrants to get to know about water sports &water safety through a project named: “From Zero to hero”

She joined as a board member of Multicultural Council of Tasmania(MCOT) in 2018 and now returned in 2022.  She has ever since, been passionately assisting  migrants in any possible way. Watch her TEDx talk here.

Aimen Jafri is the Senior Vice chair Of Multicultural Council of Tasmania (MCOT) and the Vice Chair of Pakistani Cultural Society of Tasmania (PCST). She is a State Service Employee and holds a master’s degree in Human Resources and Marketing. She has been volunteering internationally for past 14 years and has an eye for photography, gardening, and passion for Volleyball.

Gibbs Hatendi is a Disability Services Manager for Care Force Disability Services and Coordinator of Supports for NDIS at Richmond Futures assisting participants with plan implementation and management. He has over 10 years of management experience working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and communities and enjoys working with people from different backgrounds with an emphasis  on capacity building and achieving goals.

Muthukumar Nachiappan, originally from Tamil Nadu, Southern part of India is the founder of Weily Park Rockers Cricket Club and Treasurer of Southern Cricket Association that comprises 28 clubs with 60 teams. He is also the Treasurer of Rotaract Club of Sandy Bay from 2014 till 2016 and been the Treasurer of the Australian Rotaract Conference and has been working in the IT sector for Local Government for close to a decade.

Meghna Chhetri Raut is a Finance Specialist and an advocate of women empowerment. She came to Australia as an international student and graduated with Masters in Business Administration from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2015.

During her time in Australia, she has worked in several leadership roles within the Australian Telecommunications Industry with companies like Telstra and Vodafone Hutchison Australia.  In 2019, Meghna became the first franchisor for MoneyQuest

Australia, in Tasmania. She has ever since, been passionately assisting home buyers particularly within the migrant community. She is also the vice president at Nepali Society of Tasmania.

She is an avid traveller, knowledge seeker, a book lover, and a shrewd businesswoman.