Members appointed by Government
Professor David Ashbridge
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Term of appointment: until 31 December 2014
Professor David Ashbridge is the Chief Executive Officer of Barwon Health, the largest regional health service provider in Victoria, employing over 6,000 staff and including a major teaching hospital. Services provided by Barwon Health encompass hospital, mental health, drug and alcohol, community health, aged care and rehabilitation services.
Barwon Health is a cutting edge leader in e-Health and an organisation committed to reform and innovation. Recent significant improvements in the performance of the organisation (both financial and access) have culminated in Barwon Health receiving the Premiers Award for Regional Health Service of the Year in 2011 and Runner Up Regional Health Service of the Year in 2012.
Prior to taking up the position as Chief Executive Officer of Barwon Health, Professor Ashbridge worked for 22 years in the Northern Territory where he initially practiced as a remote area medical officer in Aboriginal communities. He then moved on to become a public health physician, which was followed by a twelve year period in a range of executive roles, culminating in his appointment to Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Families, a position he held from 2006 to 2010. Professor Ashbridge has also been Senior Medical Advisor and Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Department of Health, the Chair of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council and a Board Member of the National eHealth Transition Authority.
Professor Ashbridge was recently awarded his professorship by Deakin University, and he is a member of the Deakin University Council.
This year Professor Ashbridge was appointed to the Victorian Ministerial Health Innovation and Reform Council. Professor Ashbridge is actively involved with the Victorian Department of Health, being part of the Intensive Care Advisory Council, Board of Health Information Systems and various governance groups. His involvement on in the Geelong Region includes, Chair of the South West Alliance of Rural Health (SWARH) Executive, membership of the Geelong Prevention Community Model Governance Group (Health Promotion) and Board member of the Committee for Geelong.
Qualifications
MB BS, Master Pub. Hlth, Dpl Child Hlth, Dpl Trop Med, GAICD, Member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Ms Jay Bonnington
Position: Non-executive director
Term of appointment: until 31 December 2015
Jay started her career as a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand and worked in the UK, USA, Europe and South Africa in senior financial roles. She worked in the construction, engineering and manufacturing, electricity and financial services sectors in Australia, and was Nat. CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Australia until 2005.
Jay now serves as a non-executive company director on a number of boards, including: St. John of God Health Care, HESTA Superannuation, Utilities Trust of Australia, Port of Melbourne Corporation, and Metropolitan Fire and ES Board.
She is also a Trustee of the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation and The Queens Fund, and a Member of The Salvation Army’s Audit Committee.
Qualifications
B.Com (Auck), MBA (Mon) , FCPA, FAICD
Mr Peter Niblett
Position: Chartered Accountant
Term of appointment: until 31 December 2014
Mr Peter Niblett is an executive director in Risk Advisory Services with Ernst & Young in Melbourne. He is the Client Service Partner responsible for the Emergency Services Cluster within the Victorian Government sector.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young in Melbourne, Peter worked with Ernst & Young in London where he co-ordinated the technology activities for Ernst & Young in the UK Government Sector with responsibilities for delivering large scale projects on procurement and Shared Services across all Government Agencies in the UK. Peter was previously the Director – Technology, Risk & Business Advisory Services at WHK Day Neilson where he was employed for 20 years.
Peter was born in Colac and educated in Geelong, attending Geelong High School, the Gordon Institute of Technology and Deakin University, having obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in 1985.
Qualifications:
BCom (Deakin), CA, FCPA, CISA, CISM
Ms Glenys Phillpot
Term of appointment: until 31 December 2015
Ms Glenys Phillpot is a former City Councillor and Mayor of Warrnambool. She was elected to Warrnambool City Council in 1996, re-elected on four occasions and served four consecutive terms as Mayor from 2003-2007. She was Investment Manager at Sinclair Wilson Accountants with responsibility for significant funds under management until 2007.
Glenys retired from the City Council in 2008 but continues an active commitment to a wide range of community initiatives in southwest Victoria, including as a board member of the Western Region Alcohol and Drug Centre, Chair of the Warrnambool City Art Advisory Committee, President of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society, Chair of the South West Victoria Guns and Cannons Steering committee and Chair of L2P (Learner to Probationary, South West Victoria).
Glenys is dedicated to the development of regional communities and to facilitating leadership opportunities for rural people. She has been particularly active in encouraging women to aspire to community and business leadership roles.
Mr John Stanhope
Term of appointment: until 31 December 2014
Mr John Stanhope has extensive experience in governance, finance, accounting and business strategy. He was Chief Financial Officer and Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration with Telstra Corporation Limited from 2003 to 2011 and was an Executive Director of the corporation from 2009 to 2011. He has held numerous company directorships and has been a Director of AGL Energy Limited since 2009 and the Bionics Institute since May 2012. In November 2012 he was appointed Chairman of Australia Post.
From 2006 until 2012 Mr Stanhope was a member of the Finance Reporting Council, the peak body responsible for overseeing the effectiveness of the financial reporting framework in Australia.
Mr Stanhope has undertaken studies at Deakin University and Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors, CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Australian Institute of Management and the Human Resources Management Institute. He is currently the Chair of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) and has been a Director of the MIJF since 2010.
Qualifications:
BCom (Deakin), FICD, FAIM, FCPA, FICA, FHRM, CMA
