Nicola Roxon was appointed Independent Chair in 2019. She is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of a number of listed, unlisted and not-for-profit boards. Nicola’s particular expertise lies in highly regulated industries, government, health and the not-for-profit sector.
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Year Appointed: 2019
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Mark Burgess has had an extensive global career leading asset managers and owners. He is a senior adviser to the industry and holds several Non-Executive Director positions.
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Year appointed: 2017
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Lloyd was appointed to the Board in 2012, representing the Health Services Union. Lloyd is currently the National Secretary of the Health Services Union (HSU).
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Year appointed: 2012
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Deborah was appointed to the Board in 2015, representing the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. She has a long history working in senior positions in the health and community services sector.
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Year appointed: 2015
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Klaus was appointed to the Board in 2012, representing Aged & Community Services Australia. Klaus has more than 30 years of experience at senior executive, CEO and board levels, and has worked in the aged care sector since 1991.
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Year appointed: 2012
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Gary was appointed to the Board in 2015, representing Catholic Health Australia. He has extensive experience as a professional Trustee Director to the energy and mining industries and has held board and related committee roles.
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Year appointed: 2015
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Cath was appointed to the Board in 2015, representing the Australian Council of Social Service. She has 30 years' experience in the not-for-profit social and community services sector.
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Year appointed: 2015
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Helen was appointed to the Board in 2016, representing United Voice (now amalgamated with National Union of Workers under the name United Workers Union). She is an Executive Director at United Workers Union and has held a number of senior leadership roles at United Voice since 2004.
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Year appointed: 2016
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Anna was appointed to the Board in 2017, representing the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Anna has extensive experience in both superannuation and industrial relations having worked in various roles focused on improving outcomes for workers in the healthcare sector.
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Year appointed: 2017
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Saranne was appointed to the Board in 2018, representing Leading Aged Services Australia. Saranne has many years’ experience holding executive roles in finance and accounting, information technology, marketing and strategy disciplines. Currently she is a professional Director serving on a number of boards across a variety of industries including education, health, sport and charities.
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Year appointed: 2018
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Lori-Anne Sharp was appointed to the Board in 2018, representing the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Lori-Anne has 25 years' experience in the health and community services sector.
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Year appointed: 2018
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Sophie Ismail was appointed to the board in March 2019, representing the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). Sophie has extensive experience in a range of roles providing legal and policy advice and representation to unions, workers and governments, including workers in the health and community services sector.
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Year appointed: 2019
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EMELINE GASKE
Emeline Gaske was appointed to the Board in February 2020, representing the Australian Services Union. Emeline is an experienced employment and industrial relations lawyer, campaigner and union official and is also the Assistant National Secretary at Australian Services Union.
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Year appointed: 2020
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Alan Morrison was appointed to the Board in March 2021, representing the Australian Private Hospitals Association. Alan has had a 16-year career in the health sector as Chief Financial Officer, General Manager – Corporate Services and for the past 10 years, Chief Executive Officer.
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Year appointed: 2021
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Governance disclosures
Key governance disclosures on our Board and the way it operates can be found in Governance Disclosures.