Our Board
Responsiveness along with sound and transparent decisions are key principles in Alfred Health’s governance process.
Alfred Health’s Board is accountable to the Minister for Health. Its role is to exercise good governance in achieving the objectives as outlined in Alfred Health’s Strategic Plan 2024-30 and the Annual Statement of Priorities.
The Board comprises of up to nine independent non-executive directors who are appointed for a period of up to three years and can be re-appointed to serve up to nine years.
The Hon Martin Foley as an experienced Minister for Health and Minister for Mental Health brings an understanding of the community operations of the Health system.
Prof Christina Mitchell is Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University having trained as a physician scientist specialising in clinical haematology.
Ms Chloe Shorten is an author, company director and communications specialist with a focus on public health and family wellbeing. Chloe brings significant commercial and strategic experience in reputational risk management and governance excellence.
Mr Lynton Norris is a consultant and experienced company director. He is a recognised leader in funding and payment models, policy development and review, performance assessment and reporting, and complex data analysis and analytics.
Ms Sally Campbell brings extensive executive commercial and public sector experience to Alfred Health Board that has been earned in a wide range of organisations in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Dr Abhishek Verma is an experienced clinician and non-executive director in the healthcare sector, with substantial experience in clinical governance and medical regulation. In addition to maintaining a number of portfolio board roles, Dr Verma remains active in clinical practice, and in 2022 he received the Victorian GP of the Year Award as well as the Australian GP of the Year Award.
Ms Diana Heggie has extensive executive and non-executive experience and prior Directorship Peninsula Health.
Tony Keenan has held many leadership positions including in local government, the community sector and has served in a wide range of advisory roles for governments.