Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Mike Ward - Elected Member & Chair. Chair of Whanganui Regional PHO, Director Gonville Health, Manager Whanganui Community Living Trust. Particular areas of interest are the disability sector and the community not-for-profit sector. Portfolio of responsibility is Media & Public Relations.
Denis Lee- Elected Member. Chair of East Health Trust PHO, General Practitioner, Director of East Health Services Limited (MSO), Honorary Senior Lecturer, Medical Examiner for CAA. Interests in aged and palliative care and in management of chronic conditions. Portfolio of responsibility is Clinical.
Allan Marriott – Elected Member. Chair of Rural Canterbury PHO, background in education (school and tertiary), community development (local authority), published writing (fiction and non-fiction), primary health (counselling, mental, addictions, physical). Particular interests in community and individual involvement, access for those isolated (remotely and economically), aged care, standards and best practice. Portfolio of responsibility is Community.
Catherine Abel-Pattinson - Elected Member. Senior Manager, ProCare Health, broad knowledge of the primary health sector from a provider, clinical and management perspective. Previous roles have been in the biotech industry and hospital management. Portfolio of responsibility is Management.
Hamish Kynoch - Co-opted Member. Immediate past chair of the PHO Alliance and past chair of Hawke’s Bay PHO, background in NGO and community governance and local government. A farmer with a non-clinical community perspective. Lead PSAAP negotiator for the PHO Alliance.