IDEA SERVICES LIMITED - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Vital Healthcare Limited
Andrew Evans has more than 25 years' experience in commercial real estate and asset management. Andrew is a Director of Vital Healthcare Limited, Holmes Group Limited, Holmes Fire Limited and Trust Investments Management Limited and has recently retired as a Director of NZX-listed Argosy Property Limited. In addition, Andrew is a past National President of the Property Council of New Zealand, a fellow of the New Zealand Property Institute and a government appointee to the Land Valuation Tribunal. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and is on the Auckland Branch Committee. He is also the Chair of the Accessible Properties Board.
Dr Lane is a Public Health Physician committed to improving peoples' health and wellbeing. She is an experienced Director in the healthcare sector with more than 25 years' experience in private and public health service strategic planning, funding and service management.
Mark is a parent and has worked in the disability sector for many years primarily as Chair and Trustee of Rett NZ Charitable Trust.
He also works on the Committee of Management for Wilson Home Foundation which provide grants, respite and rehabilitation for disabled children. Mark has worked in the public and private sector as a Trustee and Director in governance positions working with government and industry organisations.
Murray has more than 25 years of experience working in professional services and a wide range of commercial environments, the majority of those years as either a Partner in PwC or as a CEO.
He has held, or currently holds a number of governance roles in infrastructure, tourism, education and local government, including Vice President and Board Director of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Ralph has been in the role of IHC Chief Executive since 2002 and is an IHC Board member. He has been a director of IHC's subsidiary companies including IDEA Services and Accessible Properties and was an IHC appointed Trustee to the IHC Foundation. He is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Ralph has held many directorships including for Workability International, as a Trustee of the Donald Beasley Institute and as the Treasurer and Secretary General of Inclusion International. He has been honoured with Life Membership of Inclusion International. Ralph's career has included finance and accounting roles in the commercial sector and with Ernst and Young.
Job Titles:
- Members of the IDEA Services Board
Suzanne brings to the IHC Board a wealth of experience at all levels of the sector. She began her working life as a nurse, moving quickly to managing services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities in the Nelson/Marlborough region. Other roles have included Director of Dental Services in Canberra, responsibility for purchasing disability services across the Southern Region, and Deputy Director General Ministry of Health. Suzanne is returning to IHC having worked as a strategic policy adviser, being closely involved in setting standards for improved service delivery, and providing a range of consultancy services to the health and disability sectors. Suzanne is also the chair of the IDEA Services Board.
Tony has had a long history with IHC, originally at local level and then at national level. He was reappointed to the IHC Board in September 2019 and elected Chair in February 2020, having previously been on the Board from 1998 to November 2005, and IHC New Zealand President from 2002 to 2005. He is an IHC New Zealand Life Member.
Tony has been a partner in the Timaru law firm Timpany Walton for almost 40 years and is a director of several private companies. He has a broad experience in community and volunteer organisations, often in the role of chairperson.