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Professor Christobel Saunders AO Board Chair
Professor Saunders is an
internationally recognised leading consultant surgeon, surgical academic and
oncology researcher, involved in the strategic planning and management of
cancer services in Australia, within a career practising for over 30 years.
She currently practices as a
Consultant Surgeon for Fiona Stanley Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, and St
John of God Hospital Subiaco, and is a Winthrop Professor at the University of
Western Australia in Surgical Oncology, the Division Deputy Head of Surgery at
the Medical School and the Director of Cancer and Palliative Care at the
Research and Evaluation Unit. Professor Saunders was also appointed Officer of
the Order of Australia (AO) in 2018 for "distinguished service to medical
education in the field of surgical oncology, to the diagnosis and management of
breast cancer and melanoma, as an academic, researcher and clinician."
Order
of Australia, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Services. |
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Professor
Tarun Weeramanthri Deputy
Board Chair
Professor
Weeramanthri is an experienced public health physician with comprehensive
tertiary hospital, international disaster medicine and senior executive health
department practice for over 30 years.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Global
Health, University of Western Australia, an Independent Public Health
Consultant, and most recently as a Special Advisor in Health to the Pandemic
Coordination Unit, Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA. Prof
Weeramanthri has served for over a decade in several significant public health
leadership roles, both here in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
These include former Chief Health Officer, Executive Director of Public
Health and Clinical Services Division, and Assistant DG for the Western
Australia Department of Health, as well as Chief Health Officer, Northern Territory
Department of Health and Community Services.
Fellow of Leadership WA; GAICD; PhD; Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health
Medicine; Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Diploma
in Tropical Medicine; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
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Dr Sue
van Leeuwen Board
member
Dr van Leeuwen is an experienced chair
and non-executive director, and consultant in strategy, governance and
executive leadership development for over 25 years.
She is currently an independent leadership
consultant and certified marriage celebrant, and Non-Executive Director, and
Deputy Chair for the Midwest Port Authority.
Certificate of Celebrancy; Doctor of Business
Administration; Masters’ of Business Administration; Executive Certificate in
Quality Management; Graduate Diploma of Business Management; Post Graduate
Diploma; Bachelor of Applied Science.
Sue chairs the PathWest Board People
and Culture Committee. |
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Ms Michele Dolin Board
member
Ms Dolin is an experienced company
director and qualified accountant working within public sector, private and
listed companies, and not for profit enterprises for over 40 years.
She currently holds non-executive director roles
in the areas of audit, risk and/or compliance for Synergy Electricity
Generation and Retail Corporation, St Andrews Insurance (Australia), and St
Andrew’s Life Insurance. Ms Dolin is also a Senate Member, and Chair of the
Audit and Risk Committee for the University of Western Australia.
Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants, Australia; Fellow and Life Member
Australian Institute of Management; FAICD; Fellow Chief Executive Women;
Bachelor of Arts; Master of Arts; Master of Business Administration.
Michele chairs the PathWest Board
Finance Committee. |
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Ms
Angie Paskevicius Board
member
Ms Paskevicius is an experienced
non-executive director and chief executive officer, within a career that spans
over 30 years as a health practitioner, senior executive, business owner,
executive coach, working in the private, public and not-for-profit
sectors.
She is currently the Chief Executive
Officer, and Executive Director for Holyoake. She also serves as Chair for
Interchange WA, and Deputy Chair for the WA Network of Alcohol and other Drug
Agencies
Fellow of the Institute of Public
Administration; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management; Fellow of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors; Masters’ in Business Leadership;
Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology).
Angie chairs the PathWest Board Risk
and Audit Committee. |
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Mr
Kevin Taylor Board
member
Mr Taylor is an experienced senior
executive with expertise in strategic and operational management for over 25
years.
He is the former Senior Executive for
Community Services, Corporate Services, and Pathology at St John of God
Healthcare. Mr Taylor has also previously contributed to the strategic
development of pathology and laboratory medicine in Timor Leste, and Papua New
Guinea.
Graduate Australian Institute of
Company Directors; Graduate Certificate Leadership and Catholic Culture;
Graduate Diploma in Finance; Bachelor of Science.
Kevin chairs the PathWest Board Safety
and Quality Committee. |
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Dr Kim
Hames Board
member
Dr Hames is an experienced general
practitioner, and politician in state parliament and local city council
spanning over 40 years.
He currently practises General Practice
medicine and is a skin cancer physician within the communities of Cannington
and Midland.
Dr Hames is renowned for his services
to the public as former Deputy Premier, Minister for Health, Tourism, Training
and Workforce Development, and Indigenous Affairs. He currently serves as Board
Chair for Madalah, a not-for-profit organisation offering education
scholarships for regional and remote Indigenous students, and Board Member for
Ronald McDonald House, WA. Justice of the Peace; Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery. |
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Ms Samantha Elder Board
member
Ms Elder is an experience senior business leader in
executive and non-executive director across a range of industry types
including, public and private healthcare, mining, oil and gas, and fast-moving
consumer goods for over 25 years.
She is the current Director of Finance
and Performance, Hospitals for St John of God Healthcare.
Certified
Practising Accountant; AICD; Cert IV Frontline Management; Post Grad Unit
in Company Law and Taxation; Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Business Studies. |
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Mr. Rob
McPhee Board
member
Mr McPhee is an experienced executive director with
expertise in Aboriginal justice and human rights, sustainable
community development, management and leadership in a career spanning over 25
years.
He is currently the Chief Operating
Officer for the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services and is an active participant
on various local and national Aboriginal Suicide Prevention committees, working
groups and research trials.
Graduate
Certificate in Human Rights; Bachelor of Applied Science in Community
Management and Development. |
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Professor
Gelareh Farshid Board member
Professor Farshid is
an experienced and well-renowned senior consultant pathologist, health
executive and non-executive director in medicine. A pathologist of 30
years’ experience, her principal areas of interest are in breast and soft
tissue pathology.
Currently practising in South Australia
as Senior Consultant Pathologist in the Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology
Directorates, for South Australian Pathology, she is also a Clinical Professor
for the School of Medical Sciences, at the University of Adelaide. Prof Farshid
also holds various board and committee roles including serving as Chair of
Structured Pathology Reporting for Breast Cancer for the Royal College of
Pathologists, and Treasurer for the Executive Board of the Australasian
Division of International Academy of Pathology.
GAICD; Fellow of the American College
of Pathologists; Masters’ of Public Health; Founding Fellow of the Faculty of
Science, and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia; Doctor
of Medicine by Thesis; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. |