Media Release

New Melbourne Health Board chairman appointed

21 June 2007


Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has announced the appointment of former Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Robert Doyle as the new Chairman of Melbourne Health.

Ms Pike also announced three new Board members – Bill Mountford, Penelope Hutchinson and Professor David Hayward – who all bring a wide range of skills and experience to Melbourne Health.

Mr Doyle's parliamentary experience includes serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Health to Minister Rob Knowles in the last Liberal Government.

Ms Pike said Mr Doyle’s skills included corporate management in his current role as a consultant with a management consultancy firm and a Council Member, Policy and Economics Council, for the Gerson Lehrman Group.

Mr Mountford is a former CEO of the Victorian Workcover Authority and brings corporate management and human resources skills to the board.

Ms Hutchinson is the current Director of Arts Victoria and has corporate management and community representation experience.

Professor David Hayward is the Dean, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, and has expertise in corporate management.

Prof Karpin, Melbourne Health’s inaugural chairman, has stepped down after seven years at the helm. Two other members of the Board, Bill Deveney and Greg Johnson, will complete their terms on 30 June 2007. Mr Deveney is a founding Board member, and Mr Johnson has served on the Board for five years. Both have chosen not to seek reappointment.

Ms Helen Kurincic, a board member for five years, resigned in early June as a result of her appointment to a senior position with a private sector health organisation.

NEW MELBOURNE HEALTH BOARD MEMBERS

Robert Doyle
Mr Doyle is a Director with the Nous Group, a management consultancy firm, and is also a Council Member, Policy and Economics Council, for the Gerson Lehrman Group. Mr Doyle’s political career includes serving as Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Health and Parliamentary Secretary for Health. Mr Doyle is also an Ambassador for Odyssey House. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and a Master of Letters.

William Mountford
Mr Mountford is a Director of McEwan Mountford Pty Ltd, a consulting and venture company, and Chairman of Primecarers Pty Ltd. Previously, Mr Mountford has served as CEO of Primecarers Pty Ltd and the Victorian Workcover Authority, was a Partner of Arthur Anderson, Director of Australian Consulting Partners, Executive Director of Australian Manufacturing Council and a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics, a Bachelor of Economics and has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Penelope Hutchinson
Ms Hutchinson has been the Director of Arts Victoria for seven years and prior to this was a partner with BDO Nelsen Parkhill, an accounting services company. Ms Hutchinson currently serves on the Monash University Council and Victorian College of the Arts board, and has previously served on the Federal Airports board, Victorian Rehabilitation Centre board, and Medibank Private board. She holds a Master of Public Policy, a Bachelor of Arts, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

David Hayward
Professor Hayward is the Dean, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, and the former foundation Executive Director and then Director of the Institute of Social Research at Swinburne. Professor Hayward has published widely on social economics, state government finances and housing policy. Over the last five years, he has helped raise over $800,000 of contract research funding from a range of sources, including the Australian Research Council. Professor Hayward chairs the editorial board of Australia's leading urban journal, Urban Policy and Research, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Urban Policy and Research and a PhD.