The Board of Directors

 

Mr James Harrowell AM, Chairman

Partner and a former managing partner of Hunt & Hunt Legal Group
Director and Immediate Past Chairman of Interlaw Limited
President Elect Australia China Business Council (NSW)
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia
20 years' experience in litigation in all jurisdictional levels in NSW and interstate
Qualified lawyer and accountant

Dr Michael Bollen

Principal of BMP Healthcare Consulting
Extensive experience in health care and medical education including 25 years as a general practitioner
Chairman of the Victorian WorkCover Authority's Independent Medical Examiners Selection and Quality Assurance Committee and Chairman of the Commonwealth Government's Complementary Medicine Advisory Group
Formerly Foundation Executive Chair, Ingle Farm Community Health Centre, Foundation Chair, Department of Primary and Emergency Care, John Hunter Hospital and Secretary General of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Commissioner, SA Health Commission, Board member, Medibank Private, Member, National Health and Medical Research Council

Mr David Deans

Director, International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
Consultant to Australian Seniors Finance Ltd
Member of Ministerial Advisory Committee on Community Care
Former Member, Public Service Medal Committee (2006-2008)
Former Chief Executive of National Seniors Association (1991-2006)
Former Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Centrelink
Recipient of Centenary of Federation Medal for services to Australians 50 and over

Mr Richard Gray

Director, Aged Care Services Catholic Health Australia
Currently serves on a number of Federal Government consultative committees
Former Manager regional commercial TV station and General Manager commercial radio station Melbourne
Former CEO/Company Secretary, Spastic Society of Victoria
Former National Executive Director, Aged Care Australia
Former Board member ACROD Ltd
Former Board member Villaggio Sant'Antonio Ltd
Former Board member Cerebral Palsy Overseas UK
Former Chair Victorian Consultative Council on Rehabilitation

Jon Gregerson

Consultant to Finlaysons Law Firm SA
Member of Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section
Council member of Neurosurgical Research Foundation Inc
Lecturer for Trade Practices module of Australian Institute of Company Directors - Company Directors course 1998-2000
Past SA Chair of Trade Practices Committee and Resources and Energy Committee
Past Board member Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Inc
Past SA Chair of Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association
Past member of Professional Conduct Committee

Prof Joseph Ibrahim

Foundation professor of Aged Care Medicine at Peninsula Health
Associate Director NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Inaugural member of the Clinical Liaison Service, Specialist Investigations Unit at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and State Coroner's Office
Doctorate of Philosophy investigating the relationship between quality of care and performance indicators
Research investigator on projects researching the quality of clinical care, patient safety and performance indicators
Former regional editor for the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (2000-04)
MBBS GradCertHE PhD MRACMA FAFPHM FRACP

Sue Macri AM

Consultant, health and aged care industry
Director, RSL LifeCare, The War Vets Village, Narrabeen NSW
Advisor, Kell and Rigby Living Pty Ltd NSW
Advisor, Saccasan and Bailey Partners, Chartered Accountants NSW
Fellow, College of Nursing (NSW)
Member, Royal College of Nursing Australia
Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Previously CEO of ANHECA/ACAA federally for two years (199301995) and of NSW for 13 years (1993-2006)
Awarded honorary Doctor of the Australian Catholic University in May 2007 for outstanding contribution to aged care and to nursing and nursing education and training

Prof Rhonda Nay

Foundation Professor of Gerontic Nursing at La Trobe University
Director Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care
Director TIME for Dementia - the Australian Government funded Vic and Tas Centre
Member International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity
Former member of the National Advisory Committee on Ageing
President of the Australian Association of Gerontology (Victoria) 2002-2005
Consultant Editor Coroner's Communique
Regional Editor International Journal of Older People Nursing
Expert Advisor International Council of Nurses

 

Mr Douglas Strain

CEO, Masonic Homes Incorporated (SA & NT), since July 2003
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Trustee, Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)
Deputy Member, SA Training and Skills Commission
Graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
Key experience in change management, organisational governance and risk, managing technological innovation and strategic planning
MBA (Adv) Adl, BEc Qld, BA (Mil) NSW