September 19, 2025Meet Christopher Harding, Director, Northern Health Foundation.
Q: What is your coffee order?
Cold brew.
Q: You are the newly appointed Northern Health Foundation Director – what do you hope to achieve in your new role, what is your vision for the Foundation?
I’m incredibly excited to join the Foundation. We have a dedicated, hardworking team, with generous donors and partners who are committed to supporting the vital work of Northern Health’s hospitals. My vision for the Foundation is to strengthen this impact by funding world class equipment, research, and programs, ensuring patients in Melbourne’s north receive the very best care that they deserve. I’m pumped to work with our amazing community to make this happen!
Q: Tell us about your career leading up to Northern Health
Prior to my current role at the Foundation, I have been fortunate enough to spend my entire career working in the sports industry and non-for-profit sector. I have had a variety of roles, some of which include running sports programs in a prison, leading the volunteer program at North Melbourne Football Club, and most recently I was the Engagement, Partnerships, and Philanthropy Manager at the Aboriginal Family Violence Legal and Prevention Service (Djirra).
Q: If you weren’t in your current role, what would you have been instead?
That’s hard to say. I have always cared about helping people and animals so probably something relating to that! I did think about becoming a vet back in the day.
Q: What is something people may not know about you?
I’m a big fan of music (I definitely do not play any instruments though!) and I really enjoy the atmosphere of concerts and live music.
Q: If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, real or imaginary, who would it be and why?
My wife, Chelsea! But if I had to pick another, I would say Tom Brady or Kirby Bentley. They have both overcome major obstacles to get where they are in life and I think that’s inspiring.
