Trust Secretary
The Navy Clearance Diver Trust supports serving and ex-serving Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers and their families. We operate through two ACNC-registered charitable funds and receive no government funding.
Recognised by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
Leigh McBean
BCom, LLB, MBA, GAICD
Leigh brings a mix of governance, commercial and legal skills to the NCDT board. He has directorship experience in both for-profit and non-profit organisations, covering financial services and sport, having previously served on the Board of Paddle Queensland and a commercial board within a global, privately owned, legal services company.
He has had both leadership and operational roles within a variety of commercial sectors, covering mining, healthcare, education, financial services and law.
He is a qualified lawyer, with degrees in accounting, finance, an MBA and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at JustFund, is a former member of the Australian Swim Team, and as a civilian has a deep desire to support Clearance Divers arising from a combination of a personal interest in diving and having friends served in the CD Branch.
Our impact in the past year
These are not large numbers. They are real people, real families, and programs built to reach more of them every year.
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Clearance Divers and families supported
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Active coaching participants
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Scholarships awarded
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New mentoring program launching 2026
