Mountains Youth Services Team (MYST) appoints new CEO with a continued focus on providing quality services to support the young people in the Blue Mountains
After an extensive and rigorous search and recruitment process, the MYST Board is delighted to announce that Mr Mark Turley has been appointed as MYST’s next CEO. Mark will commence on 5 January 2026.
Mark brings a wealth of successful CEO, executive and senior leadership experience within the charities, private and public sectors. He has a strong track record of change management, team development and strategic planning and implementation. Mark also has proven commercial acumen honed for the charities and private sectors. He has demonstrated capability in developing
partnership arrangements across the charities, private and public sectors both in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Prior to his appointment at MYST, Mark held two CEO roles for over a decade. Previously he was the CEO at Connect Child and Family Services Ltd based in the Blue Mountains and more recently he was the CEO of Living My Way.
Given Mark’s extensive experience and his performance track record, the MYST Board is looking forward to working with Mark to continue to expand and improve the services that MYST provides.
ABOUT MYST
MYST is a youth services charity supporting the development of 12 – 24 year old people in the Blue Mountains areas with relevant, engaging and dynamic programs as well as individual and family counselling, financial counselling, and youth worker advocacy services. MYST programs are designed to build resilience and self-belief as an early intervention strategy to facilitate individual agency and ultimately support young people to get back on track, re-engage positively with the community and lead their best lives possible.
More information about the services MYST offers in the Blue Mountains can be found at www.myst.com.au/what-we-do