Our Board

Bob is a former Victorian State Minister of 11 years, and former Member for Bendigo West. He is Chair of Coliban Water and the Victorian WorkCover Authority and was Chair of Bendigo Health from 2015-2022 during construction of the new Bendigo hospital and subsequent expansion of services.

Bob was appointed as interim Chair and sole director of Mildura Base Public Hospital 2019-20 to establish the public entity to take the hospital back into public hands.

Joanne is passionate about advancing health and education in regional areas, co-design and place-based approaches, innovation and technology. In addition to core operational competencies, she is experienced in project management, governance, risk management, analytics and managing other support functions such as finance, human resources, IT and marketing.

Joanne has held leadership positions in the higher education sector, contributing to the significant growth and expansion of courses, programs, collaborative partnerships and graduate outcomes across regional Victoria as Executive Officer, La Trobe University, Shepparton Campus and Rural Clinical School Manager, University of Melbourne, Department of Rural Health.

Most recently, she was the Operations Manager, University of Melbourne, Shepparton Medical Centre, a key leadership position in which she gained extensive experience in strategic planning, management and governance of a large primary health service, delivering high-quality patient care, teaching and research. She currently holds the role of Strategic Operations Manager, Connected Cardiology, improving access to services in a regional area.

Joanne is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Diploma of Management. She has completed the Fairley Leadership Program and during a five-year period, she has represented her community as a Member, Community Advisory Committee and Primary Care & Population Health Advisory Committee, GV Health and three years as Chair, Goulburn Valley Community Advisory Council for Murray PHN.

In addition, he has forged strong professional relationships in the community and worked with governments at local, state and federal level to secure funding for additional health services.

Prior to his current role, Matt held the position of Executive Director of Clinical Operations at Eastern Health in Melbourne, as well as various other management and executive positions in rural, regional and metropolitan health services.

Matt understands the opportunities and challenges that come with working in a regional health service, having worked at Rochester and Elmore District Health Service, initially as the Director Clinical Services before becoming CEO, a position he held for three years. Matt has also held an executive position at Echuca Regional Health.

Having spent most of his life in regional Victoria, Matt is passionate about public health and takes pride in being able to improve the safety, quality and access to health and wellbeing services, particularly in the regions. He has also recently chaired committees in the Hume region to assist with planning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previously, Andrew was Chief Information Officer at BlueScope Steel, managing the IT function across their global footprint and led Mars Corporation’s supply chain systems projects in Asia Pacific. He spent 12 years consulting in business information technology with Accenture.

Ella advises a broad range of clients, from ASX-listed companies and government departments to software start-ups and has experience advising key stakeholders in the health industry.

Having grown up in Shepparton, Ella returned to the Goulburn Valley region with her young family in 2021.

Ella is a current Trustee of the GV Health Foundation and has a keen interest in promoting regional opportunities and improving local health outcomes.

Steve brings vast experience and strong strategic focus consolidated during a 35-year career in Telstra across a wide range of business units, roles and locations. These roles include managing some of Telstra’s technical workforce, managing sales teams, national retail roles and leading Telstra Country Wide in Northern Tasmania and Central Victoria.

Originally from the Wimmera region, Steve has lived in regional areas for most of his life. Steve and his wife Kate live on a small hobby farm in Strathfieldsaye breeding Wiltipoll sheep in their spare time.

Greg has a Master Health Services Management, a Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons), a Graduate Diploma of Medical Ultrasonography (Dis) and is currently completing a Master of Business Law.

He was a founding partner and managing director of Integral Diagnostics and has held senior executive roles as group COO at Capitol Health Ltd and Healius Ltd.

Greg is an experienced director for the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association, Irabina Autism Services, St Bernard’s College, Osteopathy Australia, Lake Imaging and has also served as a Hearing Panel Member of AHPRA.

With a strong background in strategy, governance, human resources, business development and Government relations he currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the Butterfly Foundation and Chair of the Maribyrnong Park Sports Club.

Philip has previously worked with Medicare Locals and on the board of RWAV from 2005-2017, including as chair. Currently, he is a Director of Zoe Support Australia, a not-for-profit organisation providing services to pregnant women with parenting support and life skills.