HOSPICE WAIKATO - Key Persons
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- Director of Nursing
- Member of the Leadership Team
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- Catering Team Leader / Education Team Leader
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- Medical Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
Brian has been a Hamiltonian since 1979. Arriving from Auckland, he along with two business partners established the very successful Gainsborough ...
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- Family Services Team Coordinator / Retail Manager
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- Lake Road Warehouse & Logistics Manager
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- Chief Executive
- Member of the Leadership Team
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- Member of the Board
- Senior Executive
Dave Downey is a Senior Executive with a proven track record of optimising organisational performance in complex, diverse and changing environments. Dave has engaged and led teams through transformational change and enabled them to succeed under new operating models and structures. Previously Dave has had executive roles with Holdfast, within the Perry Group and is currently the CEO of APL.
David graduated from Victoria University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Laws and then went on to gain his Masters at Glasgow University in Scotland, ...
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- Morrinsville Retail Manager
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- Clinical Nurse Manager, Community Nursing Services
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- Te Awamutu Retail Manager
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- Claudelands Retail Manager
Jan Smith's entire working career has been within the health care sector, starting out as a registered nurse. Jan is the Manager of the newly formed Te Manawa Taki Regional Cancer Hub and has broad experience in strategic health planning and formal service change to models of care. Jan has facilitated the Midland Palliative Care governance and work programme while managing the Midland Cancer Network since 2006. Jan's extensive work portfolio has included supporting the development and implementation of local district strategic palliative care plans and more recently, the development of the first regional specialist palliative care workforce plan.
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- Clinical Nurse Manager, Inpatient Unit
In 1996 he joined forces with Murray Fergusson to establish New Zealand Home Loans. The first franchise opened in Wellington and within a year there ...
With over 30 years in the Waste and Recycling sector, including a period as CE of Christchurch based EcoCentral, Judi Sefton brings a wealth of operational and strategic leadership, marketing, retail and logistics experience to the Board. Judi has experience in both Executive and Governance roles in both private and public entities, as well as Charitable organisations. Whilst Judi's experience will be used across all aspects of the Board, the upcycling retail arm in particular will benefit from Judi's appointment. Now residing in the Waikato, Judi is a long standing member of the Institute of Directors is also a Trustee on Waikato Women's Refuge (Te Whakaruruhau).
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Manager of Volunteer Services
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board
- Professional Company Director
Margaret Devlin is a professional company director. She has extensive governance and executive experience in the water and infrastructure sector both in New Zealand and the UK.
Margaret serves on a wide range of boards throughout New Zealand with a particular focus on People and Culture. She is an active and vocal supporter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Current governance roles include Chair Watercare, Lyttleton Port, Harrison Grierson and Women in Infrastructure. She is a director of Waikato Regional Airport, IT Partners, MetService NZ and Aurora Energy.
She is a Ministerial appointed Councillor for Waikato University and Wintec.
Margaret is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors New Zealand
Mike Livingstone is a qualified carpenter and professional businessman, with over 37 years' experience in project management and construction.He ...
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Business Services Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- HR & Education Manager
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- Associate Professor
- Member of the Board
Sandy Morrison is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato. Hamilton. She is from Ngāti Whakaue, Maniapoto and Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Māui.
Sandy's research and professional specialty seeks to apply indigenous models in addressing developmental issues to improve livelihoods for indigenous peoples and peoples of the Pacific. She has held global roles in adult education in NGO's which advocate for the right of all adults to education and lifelong learning. Sandy was inducted into the International Adult and Community Education Hall of Fame by the University of Oklahoma in 2009.
Sandy joined the Board of Hospice Waikato in late 2020
Stephen Ng was born, raised & educated in Dunedin. He has lived in Hamilton for over 20 years where he practises as an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon). On a national level, he has led eye healthcare advocacy campaigns and a Ministry of Health expert advisory group for eye healthcare. He is active in research on eyelid cancer surgery and measures to address unequal access to eye healthcare in the community. His governance experience includes chairing the Save Sight Society of New Zealand and the Board of Trustees of Hamilton Boys' High School.
Susan Hassall has an MA (Hons) from the University of Auckland. She has been headmaster of Hamilton Boys' High School since 2000, following her early career as a teacher of English, at the same school.
She has extensive experience in education, and in the management of change in an organisation.
Susan has also been involved, as an executive member, with the Association of Boys' Schools, since its inception in 2002, and has an abiding interest in, and involvement with, gifted education, having contributed to the Minister's Advisory Group for many years.
In March 2016, Susan joined the University of Waikato Council, becoming Pro-Chancellor in 2017. She is also a member of The University of Waikato Honours Committee. Susan contributes to the wider community as a Justice of the Peace, and as a Wedding and Special Occasion Celebrant.
Susan joined the board in late 2018.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Regional Retail Manager
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Family Services Manager
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- Clinical Nurse Manager, Rainbow Place