Nici Andronicus

Nici brings a strong mix of executive leadership, fundraising expertise, and a deep personal connection to the cause. She has spent her career working across community organisations, high performance sport, and major charitable initiatives, always driven by a desire to build stronger, healthier, and more connected communities. Her approach to leadership is energetic, optimistic, and anchored in purpose. She believes strongly that people in the city have both the opportunity and the responsibility to help ease the burden on families in country areas who often travel enormous distances just to access essential cancer treatment.

Before joining Can Assist, Nici held senior roles across the not for profit and sports sectors where she built partnerships, lifted organisational performance, and delivered large scale fundraising and community engagement programs. She is also a former professional triathlete who represented Australia on the world stage, bringing with her the focus, resilience and discipline that comes from elite sport.

Nici has a deeply personal understanding of the emotional and financial strain that cancer places on families because her husband Paul needed to travel from Australia to the USA for treatment for his very rare brain cancer. This lived experience of cancer shapes her commitment to ensuring that Can Assist continues to reduce hardship for the more than 5,000 country patients we support each year.

She now leads Can Assist into its next chapter, building on our 70-year legacy and working alongside our Board, Chair Justine Turnbull, and more than three thousand dedicated volunteers across sixty branches. Her focus is on expanding our impact, strengthening our advocacy, and growing the support available to rural and remote communities across NSW.

Nici is passionate about compassion, fairness, and the power of community to make a meaningful difference. She brings energy, clarity, and genuine care to her work, and she is driven every day by the people and families who rely on Can Assist during their most difficult times.

You can reach Nici on CEO@canassist.org.au