Our Team

Dr Narelle Hadlow | Chief Executive

Dr Narelle Hadlow is a well-known Specialist Pathologist with over 25 years’ clinical and management experience in the private and public pathology sectors. Prior to her appointment as Chief Executive, Dr Hadlow held senior roles at PathWest including Network Director of Regional Pathology and Acting Chief Pathologist. Her work with WACHS and regional laboratories to improve their laboratory services including point-of-care testing resulted in her being awarded the WA Rural Health Award for metropolitan-based Specialist Bush Champion in 2018. 

An award-winning educator teaching students for over 10 years and a Clinical Associate Professor at UWA’s School of Medicine, Dr Hadlow has collaborated with various clinicians with her research focused on women’s health and endocrinology. She was most recently the CEO of Clinipath Pathology and for over 5 years oversaw the expansion of that service to provide increased testing capacity and led them in their COVID-19 response. She also introduced dedicated subspeciality histopathology reporting and a digital pathology workflow to support the anatomical pathology team. Dr Hadlow is passionate about both patient and staff safety and their wellbeing. She also values our excellent service to patients and clinicians and looks forward to supporting the various teams across PathWest and highlighting their outstanding achievements locally, nationally and internationally.

Clinical Professor Priyanthi Kumarasinghe | Chief Pathologist

With an extensive background spanning over 30 years as a Histopathologist, Dr Kumarasinghe brings a wealth of experience to her new role at PathWest. Her distinguished career includes roles as Senior Consultant Pathologist at PathWest, Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University Medical Schools, and Consulting Pathologist at Clinipath Pathology. Prof Kumarasinghe's leadership extends nationally and internationally, and she holds key positions such as the President of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP) Australasian Division, past Chair of Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer Project for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) and past President of the Australasian Gastrointestinal Pathology Society (AGPS). She is a contributing author to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Classification of Tumours (Digestive System and Genetic Tumour Syndromes), WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology (IAC-IRAC-WHO Cytopathology Reporting System) and co-editor of the first Australian Gastrointestinal text Endoscopic Biopsy Interpretation: A Practical Guide.

Prof Kumarasinghe's research expertise includes the pathology of Barrett's disease, early-stage GI cancers and biomarker testing for upper GI cancers. This work has earned her many accolades including the inaugural award from RCPA's official journal Pathology in 2017 for her national project on HER2 testing of gastric and gastroesophageal junctional cancers in Australia. Throughout her career, she has earned numerous academic awards from various professional societies and governing bodies, authored nearly 150 peer reviewed scientific publications and contributed to multiple structured cancer protocols for RCPA and the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR). Prof Kumarasinghe is committed to building and nurturing productive relationships within PathWest, with clinicians and other colleagues locally in Western Australia, nationally and internationally.

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 Chief Financial Officer 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 Schneider | Executive Director, Operations

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 is current Vice President and Board Director of Public Pathology Australia (PPA) and 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 Evans | Chief Technology Officer

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.