Patrick B Mabuyaku
Business Manager

I joined Hilt in December 2003 in my present capacity. I am responsible for the finance and administrative functions. As Business Manager, I have a leading role for the finance and administrative functions. And as a member of the senior management team, I am actively involved in organization-wide decision making, policy formulation and implementation.

I have been working in the not-for-profit sector since 1992. Since 1995, my roles had been at senior management levels in finance and administration, including company secretarial. I was acting director for a disability arts organisaton in 2001 for upwards of six months with full charge of day-to-day operational management. After a short spell in a grant making organisation as assistant director, finance and administration, I felt like coming ‘back home’ with my Hilt appointment. This was because most of my working life in this sector had been with People with Disabilities including Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. I have also worked with Homeless and Vulnerable People.

As a professional accountant, my interest has naturally been focused on streamlining the financial and administrative systems at Hilt to be more responsive to the needs of the frontline staff while maintaining adequate controls that safeguard the assets and interests of Hilt. This entails working at developing robust systems that ensure that Hilt gets value for money, that agreed funding are promptly received and that costs savings are obtained where applicable. It is also my responsibility that Hilt complies with existing legislative and regulatory requirements.

The ultimate challenge is to provide quality service to our the service users - the very reason for the existence of Hilt.