Jim Swinden

Jim has 38 years’ experience in health services management and planning in public, not-for-profit and private sectors in both metropolitan and rural settings. He is a Founding Director and currently an Associate of Aspex Consulting Pty Ltd. His qualifications include, Bachelor of Economics, Master of Business Administration, Fellow of CPA Australia (Certified Practicing Accountant), Fellow Australasian College of Health Service Management and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Jim is current a member of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service Risk Committee and Audit and Risk Committee of the Red Cross Society. He is a Former Director of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) and Chair of its Finance & Audit Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee, Former Director of Peninsula Health and Chair of its Community Advisory Committee and Former Victorian President of the Australasian College of Health Services Management.

Dr Peter Trye

Peter is a trained professional in Medicine and has qualifications in Public Health and Management. He is a former Director of the Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local and the Eastern Ranges GP Division. Peter’s other roles are complementary, currently working as the Director of Medical Services at Angliss Hospital (part of Eastern Health), and in General Practice. Prior to this, Peter has worked in a number of Executive roles such as Medical Administrator for Peninsula Health Network and LaTrobe Regional Hospital, Senior Medical Advisor for the Department of Human Services, and as an Epidemiology and planning role in Auckland Hospital. During most of this time, Peter has retained an active interest in clinical medicine and holds an interest in the potential of economic levers to deliver good public health outcomes.

Prof. Jane Gunn

Professor Jane Gunn is the Foundation Chair of Primary Care Research, the current Head of the Department of General Practice and Deputy Head of the Melbourne Medical School at The University of Melbourne. She is a General Practitioner, an Expert Primary Care Advisor to the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme, and was an advisor to the Australian Government’s Science Priorities and Mental Health Expert Reference Group. Professor Jane Gunn was the Chair of the Board of NMML Ltd from its inception until PHN formulation. In 2008 she was the inaugural recipient of the Bridges-Webb Medal for exceptional contribution to general practice research awarded by the Australian Association for Academic General Practice. In 2009 she was appointed to the National Health and Medical Research Council Research Committee, where she served for six years and chaired a variety of committees. She was a member of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2007 Reference Group, a member of the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy Advisory Committee between 2013 and 2014, and is currently a Chief Investigator in the 2012 NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health Systems Improvement (CREMSI).

Alex Johnstone

Alex holds an accountancy degree with post graduate study in leadership, strategy and organisational renewal. He is currently CEO of IPC Health and a Board Director for Dental Health Services Victoria. He previously held senior positions at the University of Melbourne and at a number of large NHS Commissioning Authorities in London. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and a Member of both the Victorian Clinical Council and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. He has previously served on the Board of Health Purchasing Victoria and the South Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local.

Elizabeth Kennedy

Elizabeth is currently General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre which is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to cancer treatment, research and education. Until early 2014, Elizabeth was Corporate Counsel at Epworth HealthCare, a position she held for some four years, having been previously appointed as Corporate Counsel at The Royal Women’s Hospital for eight years, and prior to this having been originally appointed as Corporate Counsel of both the Royal Women’s and the Royal Children’s Hospitals in 2002. Prior to her appointment to Women's and Children's Health, Elizabeth was Corporate Counsel at Southern Health for 3.5 years, and prior to that was the corporate solicitor to the Australian Medical Association (Victoria). She is Chair of the Appeals Committees, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Elizabeth is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.

Prof. Sandy Leggat

Sandra Leggat has had a varied career in health care management. Sandy started as a physiotherapist in Ontario, Canada and moved through the hierarchy to become department manager and then senior manager in a number of Canadian health care organisations. She was Vice-President Planning and Corporate Development at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Administrative Director Primary Ambulatory and Community Care at The Toronto Hospital (now known as University Health Network) and Executive Director at The Health Station, a community health centre in Toronto. Sandy moved from Toronto in 1998 to become Chief Planning Officer of the Inner & Eastern Health Care Network in Melbourne. She has experience as a management consultant, most recently with PricewaterhouseCoopers, but also with The Hay Group and Agnew Peckham and Associates, a smaller health care planning consulting firm. She has always enjoyed teaching and has lectured at Monash University and the University of Toronto.

Dr Lindsay McMillan

Dr Lindsay McMillan OAM, brings significant leadership experience; working at an executive and non-executive level across complex health, disability and community health services organisations. He has a detailed understanding of healthcare in Australia, and is qualified to provide strategic advice in the areas of governance, strategy and health care policy, business and health service delivery. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Health Administration, a Masters of Education and a Health Science Doctorate. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Management. He has considerable experience working in both the commercial and not-for profit sectors and extensive board experience. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to Australians with a disability through a range of health service organisations and employee assistance programs.

Dr Leonie Katekar

Dr Leonie Katekar has 26 years’ experience in the health care sector including extensive primary care Indigenous health service delivery in government as well as being an executive in non-government not-for-profit organisations. Dr Katekar has also been at the forefront of the national innovations in health care utilising technology. Currently, Dr Katekar is the Clinical Director – Provider Networks, Medibank Private Limited. Dr Katekar's qualifications include, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Master of Bioethics, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and previously an Associate Fellow Australasian College of Health Service Management. Dr Katekar was recently on the Board of Directors, Australian Medical Association (AMA) where she was also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Dr Katekar was also a Director of HealthDirectAustralia and was Chair of its Clinical Governance Advisory Committee and member of the Digital Services Advisory Committee. Dr Katekar was the Chief Medical Officer and Director or the Remote Health Branch in the Northern Territory responsible for delivering primary health care services for 30,000 Indigenous people in over 56 remote health centres; Director of the Clinical Unit for the National eHealth Transition Authority (NeHTA) and Former CEO for the Top End Division of General Practice.

Tony McBride

Tony has over 35 years’ experience in the health sector with the consumer advocacy and research, NGOs, Commonwealth and local governments, and universities. He currently works as a consultant and most recently established Community Owned Primary Health Enterprises (COPHE) with two colleagues. COPHE is promoting the greater involvement of NGOs and communities in providing primary health care as part of their integrated approach for their clients, predominantly outside of Victoria. Tony is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and a member of the Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner’s Advisory Council. For the last five years, he has been Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA), an alliance of about 25 national and state health professional and consumer organisations. AHCRA advocates for a more equitable health system with a stronger focus on prevention, primary health care and consumer participation. Tony has previously served as a member of National Health and Medical Research Council’s Prevention and Community Health Committee; a Director of Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local; a member of the National Standing Committee on Quality of Care of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and a sub-committee of NPS Medicine Wise.

Robin Whyte

Robin has over 20 years’ experience as a senior executive and consultant in the healthcare and related sectors, including CEO roles with primary care, hospital, aged care, and disability organisations. Robin has a passion for building successful organisations that deliver great outcomes. She has a demonstrated track record in strategic leadership, combining a keen understanding of the sector environment with an appreciation of what is required to create a high functioning organisation. She has a proven ability to structure a business to be an innovative leader in the sector, and brings highly developed stakeholder management skills to complex environments. Previously, Ms Whyte led Frankston-Mornington Peninsula Medicare Local (FMPML) as CEO from its establishment in 2012 until August 2015. Robin brings leadership capabilities in governance, organisational development, strategic planning and service system development. She has direct experience of managing organisation-wide change having successfully led a number of organisations through transformational change. Robin holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree and an MBA from London Business School UK.

Angelica Georgaklis

Angelica is an experienced senior executive who has led reform and transformational change in complex organisations across a number of industries. She leads HR, ICT and business services, including contract and project management as a member of the Executive Team. Prior to joining Eastern Melbourne PHN, Angelica was Director Human Resources and Operational Performance at Northern Melbourne Medicare Local. Angelica was also Group Manager Human Resources at Citywide following senior roles in HR and industrial relations, working with both employers and unions.

Jodi Briggs

Jodi is the Executive Director of Strategy and Outcomes at Eastern Melbourne PHN, with qualifications in nursing and health systems management. She has held previous leadership roles across various organisations in both the acute and community sector in both clinical, service redesign and system transformation. With over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Jodi is an improvement orientated executive with a strong interest in building capacity within the health sector to undertake system reform. Her current role at Eastern Melbourne PHN is leading the organisation to collaborate and co-design with health service providers and consumers to improve the health system within a commissioning environment.

Anne Lyon

Anne Lyon is an experienced senior executive, having worked across diverse settings including health, education, government and community sectors. An innovative leader with the proven ability to develop and implement change management approaches in operational settings. Her experience includes leading and overseeing multi-disciplinary teams in primary health, community, and aged care settings; delivering a broad range of services. She brings strong strategic and operational knowledge to the role. She has a demonstrated history of managing change across diverse settings including the public sector, governance, and operational management and extensive experience in working with multiple stakeholders to influence, negotiate and achieve agreed outcomes.

Harry Patsamanis

Harry has worked in healthcare for more than 26 years developing a comprehensive understanding of the health system and the challenges associated with providing true patient centred quality care. For a number of years Harry managed quality improvement projects across the health sector and for the Department of Health and Human Services. Harry’s strong interest in chronic disease management lead him to take on management roles at both Alfred Health and St Vincent’s Health where he was responsible for the delivery of comprehensive services in complex care, diabetes, lung disease and heart failure. Prior to joining Eastern Melbourne PHN, Harry held a senior role with the Heart Foundation, where he was instrumental in implementing key campaigns in prevention, heart attack awareness, cardiac rehabilitation and heart failure. Harry is a co-author of nine publications and has held advisory roles at a state level in cardiac care. He brings passion and a reputation for collaboration, service innovation and patient centred care to his role at Eastern Melbourne PHN.