Hon. John Banks QSO has a record of serving the community for thirty years, most recently re-elected as Auckland City Mayor since October 2007.

 

John was elected as Member of Parliament for Whangarei in 1981 and served for six terms.  During his Parliamentary career, he held the posts of Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Police, Sport and Civil Defence.  He is also a strong supporter of the charitable work done by many of the service clubs in Auckland. He is privileged to be a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International, and a life member of the Lloyd Morgan Lions Clubs Charitable Trust.

 

John Banks was awarded the Companion of The Queen’s Service Order for Public Service (QSO) in the Year 2000 New Years Honours.

Jason Barrell

Jason is an ordinary New Zealander who has had more than his share of challenges.

He was a gifted athlete, whose prowess on the rugby field led to NPC and Super 12 selections until a freak accident during a game ended his professional rugby career.

 

He struggled through a serious rehabilitation process, embarked on a new career, and was excited about his future. Astonishingly, worse was still to come. He started having small strokes which became more progressive with each one. A MRI scan detected an inoperable tumor.

He and his family - a beautiful wife named Sue, his son and daughter - lived this nightmare for some time before the medical service reconsidered. The risks were huge, four hours surgery, turning into nine and causing more brain damage.  Although he had to start all over again and learn how to walk and feed himself, he gained strength both mentally and physically.

 

Jason survived and relates his heroic story, challenging people to focus on the good things in life, gain strength from adversity and reach for the sky.

 

Cameron Bagrie, Chief Economist, ANZ National Bank
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Garth Blake, Project Manager Health Procurement, DHBNZ
Photo and Bio coming

 

Phil Cammish, Bay of Plenty DHB & Lead CEO Health Procurement
Photo and Bio coming

 

Drew Stein, Deputy CEO
Drew Stein spent over twenty years with Mobil Oil Corporation working around the world as Managing Director or Chairman of Mobil’s international subsidiaries.  His last position before taking early retirement was Director of Europe based in Amsterdam. 
 
On returning to New Zealand he became CEO of Eastern Energy following which he undertook an assignment with Government. He was then appointed as CEO of the wholesale arm of the Electricity industry.  At the same time he was appointed Chairman of Southland Electric Supply Company and in eighteen months took this company from a major loss situation to where it achieved a 16% return on shareholder funds.
 
Drew was then appointed Chairman of CEPSI, the Pacific and Asian Regions Electricity Association, formed and managed under the United Nations Charter.  Upon the expiry of his term as Chairman he joined Deloitte as Director of their international Utilities group travelling the world supporting Deloittes utility operations in various countries. 
 
He was then appointed Managing Director of NZ Post’s international company “Transend” where he turned this loss-making company in three years into a profit position where it made an after tax profit of over $20 million.
 
Being semi retired he now selects those high level board and director assignments which challenge him and has written two books on best management practice focusing on Governance issues. 
 
Currently Drew is working on strategic issues with Industrial Research Limited (IRL).  In this role he has been appointed Deputy CEO and General Manager of Industry Engagement and is also responsible for developing a range of high level client focused company strategies which partner and complement the new role of IRL as a result of the recent CRI review implementation.

 

Horst Fischer, Head of Procurement & Supply Chain, healthAlliance
Originally from Austria, Horst came to New Zealand with his family in 1995.  His working background here and overseas covers central government, technical gases industry, third party logistics (3PL), fresh fruit and vegetables, pharmaceutical wholesaling, local government and public health.

 

A graduate from the University of Vienna (Master of Social Sciences 1984) where he specialised in Supply Chain, Horst also completed an MBA (Webster University, St Louis, Missouri, 1991) in general management and has done postgraduate studies in psychology.

 

In his current role with healthAlliance, a company jointly owned by the Waitemata and Counties Manukau DHBs providing Finance, HR, IT, Procurement, Supply Chain and Business Solutions services with approximately 300 staff, Horst heads the Procurement & Supply Chain division.  He is responsible for the procurement, purchase and distribution of clinical and non-clinical consumables, services and capital equipment across 3 hospitals, elective surgery clinics and community based clinics for a population of 700,000 people in the Auckland area.

 

Penny Impey, Clinical Nurse Director and Risk Manager, Quality Improvement Unit /Te Pai Huanga, Counties Manukau DHB
Penny Impey began her nurse training in the UK in 1980.  Her clinical practice over the last 30 years has predominantly been in theatres and day surgery.  In 2004 Penny moved to New Zealand and worked as a nurse educator in urology and theatres and completed her Masters in Nursing at the University of Auckland.  She is currently working towards a Masters in Business Administration.  In 2008 Penny joined Counties Manukau DHB’s Quality Improvement Unit as the Clinical Nurse Director and Risk Manager.  Her focus is on improving patient safety and supporting quality improvement initiatives across the DHB.

Ruth Grant, Senior Advisor Medical Device Regulation, Medsafe
Photo and Bio coming

 

Karen Marshall RN MN, Acute Clinical Nurse Specialist, Burwood Spinal Unit, Christchurch
Karen is recognised internationally as an expert in the field of spinal cord injury nursing.  She is currently the acute Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Burwood Spinal Unit.  She collaborates with multidisciplinary teams throughout Australasia in the acute care, rehabilitation and community environments.  Karen represents nursing on the Australian and NZ Spinal Cord Society executive and is a committee member of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nursing Association’s Spinal Chapter.  Karen’s passion for improving patient outcomes by disseminating her knowledge and skills to patients, nurses and MDT’s is why she is currently applying for scholarship funding to commence her doctorate in 2011.

 

Geraint Martin was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Counties Manukau DHB in December 2006. CMDHB is one of the largest District Health Boards in New Zealand and services a population of over 450,000 with a high level of deprivation, diverse ethnic mix and young population.

 

At Counties Manukau DHB, Geraint has promoted clinical quality and clinical leadership as the central strategic drivers for improving patient care. This has led to a significant improvement in productivity and in access in Emergency Care, whilst maintaining financial balance. Following the recently completed Health Services Plan : a 20 year framework for all health services in a district which has the fastest growing population in New Zealand, Middlemore Hospital is now in the middle of a $500 m capital redevelopment programme, the largest in New Zealand. A central part of this is the establishment of a Centre for Innovation and Research which will underpin the objective of making CMDHB one of the the leading healthcare services in Australasia.

 

Geraint is a member of the Institute of Directors, on the Advisory Board of the New Zealand Centre for Social Innovation and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

 

Richard May, Practice Manager, PMMS Consulting Group NZ Ltd
Richard is Practice Manager for PMMS Consulting Group in New Zealand.  He was the founder and former CEO of PMMS Asia (www.pmmsap.com).  His corporate experience includes extensive functional and geographical experience in Manufacturing, Project, Technical, Business and Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.  His geographical experience includes living and working in Canada, U.S., Australia, New Zealand and (since 1989) in Hong Kong.

 

Resident in New Zealand since late 2007, he has been involved with the New Zealand Government on a number of aspects of the Procurement Reform Programme including Centre of Expertise projects for both MED and for DHBNZ.

 

He has a wide understanding of international supply markets, and a strong interest in facilitating cross-functional, cross-cultural teams in difficult business supply issues to achieving outstanding results for their organisations plus in the effective implementation of corporate-wide change programmes focused on developing the procurement process as a key business contributor.  He is a regular speaker and seminar leader and contributes articles on the subject of locating, developing and retaining world class supplier performance, outsourcing and developing business oriented procurement resources.

 

David Moore, Managing Director, LECG
David Moore is Managing Director for LECG Asia-Pacific and heads the strategy and performance management group.  He has held a number of senior positions in the New Zealand public sector and previously worked for an investment bank and a London-based management consulting group.  He continues as a Director of two Crown Owned Entities. David is also a member of the Ngai Tahu Te Runanga Investment Sub-Committee.

 

David advises on strategy and industry development.  He has a particular niche in industry development, development of institutional capability and, in particular, in co-operative action.  Much of his other work is in industry studies, innovation and growth, and complex transactions.  David has also given extensive expert advice and comment on questions of industry efficiency and regulation. 

David consults extensively in the health sector on a range of policy, strategy and contracting issues.  The advice is based on the development of firm-level competencies and capabilities within an evolutionary economics framework. 

 

His work has involved cost benefit analyses of industry development proposals such as research centres, value chain analysis, and analysis of industry structure and the development of appropriate intervention strategies.

 

David holds a Master of Commerce from the University of Auckland and a Diploma of Health Economics from the University of Tromso.  He is a member of LEANZ, a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Directors.

 

David has worked in the United Kingdom, Australia, USA, the Middle East, the Philippines and in New Zealand.

 

Bruce Northey, B.Com. LL.M. (Hons.) General Counsel, Auckland DHB
Bruce Northey is General Counsel at Auckland DHB, a role he has held for seven years.  His focus at ADHB is on public law compliance in respect to DHB contracting processes and risk management and remedies in DHB procurement contracts.

Bruce has drafted hundreds of procurement contracts: capital, IT, services, consumables, plus one related to community laboratory services for Auckland, value over $500M.  His compliance advice and the relevant contract were the subject of a judicial review.  His career average with judicial challenges to his contracts is currently 50%.

Bruce has a Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting).

 

Deborah Roche, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Health
Deborah Roche brings both New Zealand and international experience across the health sector to her current role. Most recently, Ms Roche has been a Deputy Director at the Department of Health in the United Kingdom. In this role she has been involved in a range of strategic issues, including: regulation, mental health, reconfiguration of services, franchising and purchasing, and European Union and international health policy. From 2003 until her return to New Zealand in January 2008 Deborah was a guest lecturer in health policy at the London School of Economics. Previously Ms Roche was head of the health and social care policy team at the Institute for Public Policy Research and a senior lecturer at St George’s Hospital Medical School in London. Prior to this she worked as a physiotherapist in New Zealand and Australia. She has published and regularly commentated in the media on health system and health policy issues.

 

Stuart Ryan, General Manager, Centre for Clinical Research & Effective Practice
Dr Ryan joined CCRep in 2004.  Prior to this he was Clinical Research Manager for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare where he was responsible for the development of a comprehensive research programme to support device sales.  He holds a PhD from the University of Auckland in Biological Sciences and has also worked in medical publishing and as a research scientist working in the areas of physiology and biochemistry.  Dr Ryan is responsible for the overall performance and management of CCRep including legal obligations and financial management.  Most recently he has been a key driver in the development of CCRep’s Middlemore Tissue Bank.

 

Hadley Slade-Jones, Associate Director Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Hadley has a Bachelors of Health Science and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health.  Upon graduating Hadley worked at Counties Manukau District Health Board on an innovative Chronic Care Management programme that utilised financial incentives and information technology to support patient centred best practice care.

 

Hadley has recently returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand having joined PwC’s health advisory team in London.  Whilst in the UK he worked with a number of national agencies involved shaping the direction of the NHS.  This work included considering different models of care provision and the likely impact of new and emerging technologies in shaping those models of care.
 

Faye Sumner, CEO, Medical Technology Association of New Zealand
Faye Sumner began in the medical device industry with Davis & Geck, a Division of American Cyanamid in 1987.  During this time, Faye was elected to the Health Industry Suppliers of New Zealand Executive Committee in 1993 and became President of the industry Association in 1995.  Faye held this position of President for the following 5 years before accepting the Chief Executive Officer’s role with the newly renamed Medical Industry Association of New Zealand in the year 2000 (renamed Medical Technology Association of New Zealand in 2008).

 

As the CEO, Faye has been at the forefront of negotiations with the New Zealand Government and Ministry of Health in the proposed development of NZ medical device regulations and more recently the healthcare reforms.  Faye has also been committed to the development and recognition of the medical technology industry in New Zealand.

 

Faye was recognized by the industry members in 1999 when she was made an Honorary Life Member of the Association.

 

Faye is a New Zealand Registered Nurse and holds a Diploma in Business Management from the University of Auckland.  Faye is also a Trustee of the University’s School of Medicine Foundation and a National Heart Foundation Board member.