Board of Directors

Mr James Harrowell AM, Chairman

- Partner and a former managing partner of Hunt & Hunt Legal Group
- Qualified lawyer and accountant
- Director and former Chairman of Interlaw Limited
- President, 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

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Dr Michael Bollen AM

Current appointments:
- 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
- Chairman of the Commonwealth Government's Complementary Medicine Implementation Advisory Group
- Chairman Civil Aviation Safety Authority's Expert Panel on Aircraft Air Quality

Previous appointments:
- Foundation Executive Chair, Ingle Farm Community Health Centre
- Foundation Chair, Department of Primary and Emergency Care, John Hunter Hospital
- 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.

AM MBBS FRACGP FAICD

Ms Kate Carnell AO

Current appointments:
- CEO Australian Food and Grocery Council
- Director, Beyondblue
- Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry
- Director, Australian Red Cross
- Council member of Prevention Taskforce

Previous appointments:
- Director, IFA
- Director, IOTA
- Director, NRMA
- Director, NICS
- Director, GPET
- Pharmacy owner 1981 – 2000
- Vice President Pharmacy Guild of Aust
- ACT Minister for Health
- ACT Chief Minister
- CEO Aust General Practice Network

B.Pharm  FAIM  FAIPM

Dr Sally Goold OAM

- Senior Australian of the Year 2006
- Executive Director, Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
- Member of National Indigenous Health Equality Council
- Australian Peak Nurses and Midwifery Forum
- Committee member of Close the Gap (life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians).

RN  RM  DipNEd, BApp SC Nursing, MN St. DN-HC RMIT  FRCNA  FCNA

Mr Jon Gregerson

Current appointments:
- Consultant to Finlaysons Law Firm SA
- Governor of the Wyatt Benvolent Institution Inc
- Member of Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section
- Council member of Neurosurgical Research Foundation Inc

Previous appointments:
- SA Chair of Trade Practices Committee and Resources and Energy Committee of Law Council
- Board member Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Inc
- SA Chair of Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association
- Member of Professional Conduct Committee

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Dr June Heinrich OAM

Current appointments:
- Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Community Services – NSW and ACT
- Director, Baptist Care Australia Ltd
- Director, Aged Care Services NSW

Previous appointments:
- Director, St Vincents de Paul Society
- Aged Care Services Ltd
- Ageing Consultative Committee

B.A (Hons)  M.Sc; D.Educ  Centenary Medal

Professor Joseph E Ibrahim

Current appointments:
- Associate Director NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
- Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University
- Research investigator on projects researching the quality of clinical care, patient safety and performance indicators
- Consultant physician, Ballarat Health Service
- Doctorate of Philosophy incestigating the relationship between quality of care and performance indicators.

Previous appointments:
- Regional editor for the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (2000-2004)

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Ms Sue Macri AM

Current appointments:
- Consultant, health and aged care industry
- Director, RSL LifeCare, The War Vets Village, Narrabeen NSW
- Advisor, Kell and Rigby Living Pty Ltd NSW
- Advisor to the Guild Group of Companies
- Fellow, College of Nursing (NSW)
- Member, Royal College of Nursing Australia
- Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Previous appointments:
- CEO of ANHECA/ACAA federally for two years (1993-1995) and of NSW for 13 years (1993-2006)

Honorary Doctor of the Australian Catholic University for outstanding contribution to aged care and to nursing and nursing education and training (May 2007)

Professor Rhonda Nay

Current appointments:
- Foundation Professor of Gerontic Nursing, La Trobe University
- Director, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care
- Director, TIME for Dementia - the Australian Government funded Vic and Tas Centre
- Director, Institute of Social Participation (ISP)
- Professor of Interdisciplinary Aged Care.

Previous appointments:
- Member of the National Advisory Committee on Ageing
- Consultant Editor Coroner's Communique
- Regional Editor International Journal of Older People Nursing
- Expert Advisor International Council of Nurses

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Dr Andrew Refshauge

Current appointments:
- Chair, Careflight (NSW)
- Director, Family Care Medical Services
- Director, Prince of Wales Research Institute
- Chair, Investment Committee of the NSW Aboriginal Lands Council.

Previous appointments:
- Foundation for Research and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- Evatt Foundation
- Mandela Foundation
- Deputy Premier of NSW
- Minister for Health, NSW
- Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, NSW
- Treasurer, NSW
- Medical Officer Aboriginal Medical Services, Redfern, NSW.

MBBS  FAICD

Dr Mike Rungie

Current appointments:
- Director, Aged and Community Services SA/NT Board
- CEO, ACH Group
- Ageing Consultative Committee (Department of Health and Ageing) (2008-current)

Previous appointments:
- Central Northern Adelaide Health Services Board
- North Eastern Community Nursing Home Board
- Reference Group on the Longer Term Reform of Aged Care, Department of Health and Ageing
- Innovative Care Rehabilitation Services (ICRS) National Evaluation and Steering Committee
- Australasian Journal on Ageing – Management Committee.

BSc. (Hons)  PhD  Centenary Medal