NZPSHA - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Vice - President
• Member of Certified Practicing Accountants

Blair Roxborough is the Chief Executive Officer at St George's Hospital, Director St George's Cancer Care Centre, Director Heart Centre 2003 and Director RESS JV Ltd. Blair is a Member of Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Directors (GAICD).

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive - Braemar Hospital, Hamilton

Fiona has public and private sector experience within technology, banking, insurance, police, health, property, primary industry and utilities as an executive, director and consultant working with businesses in New Zealand and overseas. She has led significant strategic change programmes to deliver business transformation and to resolve complex and compliance issues in highly regulated organisations. Fiona has won awards in New Zealand and Australia for achievement in human resources, leadership, culture, ethics and industrial relations, and holds a Master of Business Administration in addition to being an alumnus of Harvard Business School. Fiona is a Chartered Member of the NZ Institute of Directors (CMInstD) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and a Chartered Fellow and Non-Executive Director of the Australian Human Resources Institute (FCPHR) an industry organisation representing well over 15,000 members. Fiona is an Independent Director for Fortuna Group, a Southland-based dairy farming entity and a member of the Living Wage Movement's Principal Partner Council.

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• General Manager Norfolk Southern Cross Ltd - Grace Hospital

Janet is a hospital trained RN, and she went on to complete BN and PG Cert in Nursing (Wintec) before completing a Masters in Health Service Management (Massey). As General Manager of Grace Hospital, which is owned by a joint venture partnership between Acurity Health Group and Southern Cross Hospitals, Janet utilises her nursing background to ensure that hospital services are delivered effectively and with attention to detail for individual patients.

Job Titles:

• Registered Nurse
• Co - Chair Nurse and Clinical Leaders Group

Julia Abbott is the National Quality and Risk Lead at Southern Cross Healthcare and believes that everyone deserves the best care and to achieve that, we have to continuously improve patient outcomes and whānau experience. Julia's current responsibilities include providing support and leadership to management teams and national resource teams with their safety, quality, and risk management systems to reduce risk and improve quality and performance.

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• General Manager, Operations at MercyAscot Hospital

Maree is the General Manager, Operations at MercyAscot Hospital in Auckland where she is responsible for the operational leadership of the inpatient wards, operating rooms, pharmacy, after hours advanced nursing team and clinical education services. Her particular focus is to work with the operations workforce to identify opportunities for improved efficiency, communication, leadership and culture. Maree has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science with a focus on clinical leadership and the University of Auckland Business School's Hillary Leadership Programme. She has held the position of Professional Nurse Advisor and is a previous chair of the NZPSHA Directors of Nursing Group.

Job Titles:

• Registered Nurse
• Co - Chair Nurse and Clinical Leaders Group
• Quality and Capability Manager

Marie Russell is the Safety, Quality and Capability Manager at Evolution Southern Cross Ltd - Grace Hospital, Tauranga. Marie is a registered nurse with over 20 years' experience in clinical practice. Marie has held various leadership roles, including OR, Day Surgery and Endoscopy, Clinical Education and Quality. She has an MBA gained through the University of Manchester, UK.

Job Titles:

• Registered Nurse
• Co - Chair Nurse and Clinical Leaders Group
• Hospital Manager at Mercy Hospital

Michele Coghlan is the Hospital Manager at Mercy Hospital, Auckland, an entity of MercyAscot Hospitals Group. Michele is a registered nurse with degrees in social science and nursing. She has held membership of the College of Nurses, for the past 20 years. She was Executive Secretary for Nurse Executives of New Zealand from 2014-2018.

Job Titles:

• Director of Clinical Services at Mercy Hospital Dunedin

Philippa is the Director of Clinical Services at Mercy Hospital Dunedin - a position she has held since March 2005. Prior to this she held a variety of clinical, and nursing leadership roles predominantly within the public sector, in Intensive Care Units in New Zealand, Australia and the United States of America.

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• Chief Executive Officer Forté Health - Christchurch

A proven leader in the field of private healthcare, I am a strong advocate for the role our sector plays to support and enhance the health of New Zealanders. My ongoing focus is to build and support a team and industry that provides exemplary patient care that is consumer-led, innovative, and sustainable. Through my current role as Chief Executive at Forté Health in Christchurch I have responsibility for all aspects of the business. Since commencing in 2016, I have delivered significant financial growth to the shareholders while building a team, culture, and patient outcomes that have seen Forté firmly take its place as a leading private hospital provider in terms of clinical innovation and patient experience. Our most recent patient satisfaction net promoter score is 94.5%. This has been achieved through the redrafting of Forté's vision and values and respectfully embedding those values throughout all aspects of the organisation. Sustainability has always been at the forefront of Forté Health and I am incredibly proud to have led the organisation to achieve net carbon zero status, making Forté Health New Zealand's first net carbon zero hospital. I am also proud to be delivering faster, more streamlined care through my directorship of Restorative Elective Surgical Services (RESS), an Escalated Care Pathway joint venture which focuses on improved long-term outcomes for ACC patients through surgical and non-surgical interventions. Prior to my position at Forté Health, I held a range of management positions at prestigious hospitals across the United Kingdom, including Hospital Manager of The Shelburne Hospital in Buckinghamshire and General Manager of the Linford Wood Medical Centre, a private outpatient oncology centre.

Job Titles:

• President
• Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Hospital Dunedin Ltd

Richard Whitney Richard is the Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Hospital Dunedin Ltd, an entity of the Sisters of Mercy New Zealand Ministries Trust. He is a graduate of both Otago and Massey universities and has over 30 years health experience, across Public and Private, Primary and Secondary sectors in New Zealand and overseas. In addition to his CEO role, he also holds Directorships with Mercy Heart Centre, Mercy Cancer Care and is a Director of NZ Red Cross. Richard was elected to NZPSHA Executive in 2011, taking the lead in Health Workforce Development portfolio.

Job Titles:

• Executive Director
• Executive Director of the New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association Inc

Rose was appointed as Executive Director of the New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association Inc. in October 2007. Previous roles held include Executive Officer of the NZ College of Physiotherapy Inc, positions in continuing medical education and vocational education at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and contract work. Rose is based in the Association's office in Wellington.

Job Titles:

• General Manager of Kensington Hospital

Steve Soufflot Steve is General Manager of Kensington Hospital in Whangarei, a position he has held since 2008.This role also oversees the Primecare Medical Centre, a 6 GP General Practice.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer Evolution Healthcare
• Healthcare Industry Leader

Sue Channon has held senior management positions in various Australian Healthcare organisations for over 20 years. Before her recent appointment to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Evolution Healthcare Sue held the position of Group CEO Virtus Health from 2010 to February 2020. Virtus is Australia's leading provider of Assisted Reproductive Services. Prior to her role as CEO of Virtus Health, Sue held the role of CEO of IVFAustralia Pty Ltd from 2004 to 2010. Sue delivered a growth strategy of diversification and vertical integration at Virtus beyond the core Assisted Reproductive Services expanding the business into Diagnostics, Day Hospitals and International services. Sue led a team of 127 fertility specialists, over 1200 specialist fertility staff (nurses, scientists, administrative staff, counsellors and the support services of finance, IT and marketing) across 43 fertility clinics in five countries; an Australian network of general pathology, specialist fertility and genetic testing services and seven day hospitals.