Our Team

Sandy Kerr  |  Executive Director, Finance, Procurement and Commercial Services  

Sandy is an experienced leader with more than 18 years’ experience working in the WA State Government.

He has extensive experience in financial management, procurement, organisational development, change management and leading Corporate Services roles including executive level.

Sandy is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia member and has performed the role of CFO at a range of WA State Government agencies. Throughout his career Sandy has delivered a range of key reforms that improved the effectiveness of financial controls and budget management.

Paul is a multidisciplinary trained medical scientist with over 30 years’ experience in the pathology industry. He has worked as a scientist in independent and multinational pathology services and progressed to senior and executive management roles, including Chief Scientist and State Manager during his career.

Together with his business partner, he founded and operated a successful independent pathology service from 2006-2017. Paul’s experiences in executive management in the private sector, as well as laboratory owner/operator, provide him with a highly developed knowledge of the Australian pathology industry, pathology business practices and customer-centric pathology services.  

Paul has long standing interests in quality management, automation, LIS functionality development and pathology service delivery to customers. He is a NATA assessor and has been a member of various professional scientific and advisory committees locally and nationally.

Paul has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Laboratory Science, a Master of Science (Microbiology) by research and professional membership of MAIMS and MASM.

Tim has been leveraging technology to support business outcomes for over 20 years.

Tim began his career in the UK financial services before moving into software services. Moving to Australia in 2005, Tim spent more than a decade in the local government sector, leading teams in ICT, governance, risk, strategy, audit, customer services, and contracts.

In 2019, Tim moved to WA Health where he was responsible for the delivery of major ICT projects in the health care sector.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Management Science and Master’s degrees in ICT and Business Management (MBA). He also has numerous ICT and project management qualifications and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in late 2022, Tim is passionate about simplifying business processes and adopting new innovations in the pathology sector.

Jo McCran  |  Executive Director, People, Capability and Culture

Jo is a HR professional with extensive experience in WA Health. With over 14 years of experience in PathWest, Jo has developed a deep understanding of PathWest and its role in the Western Australian Health System and broader Western Australian community.

Jo holds a Bachelor of Business in Strategic Human Resource Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Throughout her career, Jo has held various roles in the health and banking sectors, which enabled her to develop a broad skill set and a diverse perspective. Her experience includes roles in human resources, management, and operations.

Jo is passionate about PathWest and its people, and maintaining the strong professional relationship she has built over time at PathWest and across the WA Health System.

Nicola has held a range of research and advisory positions within the offices of State and Federal Members of Parliament, including as Chief of Staff for a State Government Minister as well as working in industrial relations and resource development within state government agencies.  She also spent a number of years within the not for profit sector working on proposed reforms to residential tenancy legislation.

Nicola holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia.  After graduating from UWA with her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Literature she moved to London to ‘work’ without pay for a well-established art auction house.  As much as she loved the world of art she pursued her interest in law, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in England before working for three years in Brussels in different positions including running the small office of the European Editor of The Guardian newspaper.  On returning to Perth she began working as a research officer for the then Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer before working for the Federal Attorney General, as an Associate to a Commissioner at the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission and as a Ministerial Chief of Staff.

PathWest has provided Nicola with a new way of seeing the enormous contribution science makes to our everyday lives and is appreciative of working in an organisation in which she can learn so much each day.