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Chief Executive’s Office

Fepulea’i Margie Apa
Chief Executive

Peter Alsop
Chief of Staff

Mahaki Albert
Maiaka Whakaruruhau Tikanga (Chief of Tikanga)  

Delivery Leadership

Hospital and Specialist Services 

National Director - Fionnagh Dougan

Commissioning

National Director Commissioning – Abbe Anderson

National Public Health Service

National Director – Dr Nick Chamberlain

Service Improvement & Innovation

National Director – Dr Dale Bramley

Pacific Health

National Director – Markerita (Meg) Poutasi

Enabling Leadership

  • Rosalie Percival, Chief Financial Officer
  • Jim Green, Interim Lead, People and Capability (up to 31 March)
  • Stuart Bloomfield, Interim Lead, Data and Digital
  • Jeremy Holman, Chief Infrastructure and Investment Officer

Regional leadership

Northern

Regional Director - National Public Health Service – Dr Hayden McRobbie

Regional Director - Hospital and Specialist Services – Mark Shepherd 

Regional Wayfinder - Commissioning - Danny Wu (Interim)

  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Tai Tokerau Northland – Tracey Schiebli (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Toka Tumai Auckland – Dr Mike Shepherd (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Counties Manukau – Dr Vanessa Thornton (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waitematā – Mark Shepherd (until new appt.)
  • Interim Pacific Lead Northern Region - Harriet Pauga

Te Manawa Taki

Regional Director - National Public Health Service – Dr Natasha White

Regional Director - Hospital and Specialist Services – Chris Lowry

Regional Wayfinder - Commissioning - Nicola Ehau (from 7 Feb)

  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waikato – Chris Lowry (until new appt.)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty – Bronwyn Anstis (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Lakes – Alan Wilson (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Taranaki – Gillian Campbell (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Tairāwhiti – Jim Green (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Tamati Peni, Interim Pacific Lead Te Manawa Taki

Central

Interim Regional Director - National Public Health Service – Peter Gush

Regional Director - Hospital and Specialist Services – Russell Simpson

Regional Wayfinder - Commissioning - Tricia Keelan (from 13 Feb)

  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay – Chris Ash (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim District Director - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral – Jeff Brown (until 30 Jun 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Whanganui – Katherine Fraser Chapple (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Wairarapa – Kieran McCann (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley – Jamie Duncan
  • Interim Pacific Lead Central Region - Tagaloa Junior Ulu

Te Waipounamu

Regional Director - National Public Health Service – Vince Barry

Regional Director - Hospital and Specialist Services - Dan Pallister-Coward

Regional Wayfinder - Commissioning - Chiquita Hansen (from 13 Feb)

  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Nelson Marlborough – Lexie O’Shea (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim District Director - Hospital and Specialist Services, South Canterbury – Jason Power (until 30 Jun 2023)
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waitaha Canterbury/Te Tai o Poutini West Coast – Lisa Blackler
  • Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Southern – Hamish Brown (1 Jan - 30 June 2023)
  • Interim Pacific Lead Te Waipounamu - Lealiifanovalevale Erolia Eteuati-Rooney