Nick Rushworth has been Executive Officer of Brain Injury Australia since 2008. In 1996, Nick sustained a severe traumatic brain injury as a result of a bicycle accident. Before joining Brain Injury Australia in 2008, Nick worked for the Northern Territory Government setting up their new "Office of Disability". Formerly a producer with the Nine Television Network’s “Sunday” program and ABC Radio National, Nick’s journalism has won a number of awards, including a Silver World Medal at the 2003 New York Festival, a National Press Club and TV Week Logie Award. He is a Director of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, and an Ambassador for both the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and for the Queensland Brain Institute’s concussion research.