Neale Daniher AO

Neale Daniher AO is a co-founder of FightMND, a charity that has raised over $130 million for medical research to find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. Neale coached Melbourne FC for ten seasons and is a former AFL footballer with Essendon FC. He was diagnosed with MND in 2013. Neale was elevated to Officer of the Order of Australia in 2021 and named Australian of the Year in 2025. His bestselling memoir When All is Said & Done won the ABIA Biography Book of the Year. He and his wife, Jan, live in Melbourne and are the proud parents of Lauren, Luke, Bec and Ben, and loving grandparents to six children. www.nealedaniher.com