St Vincent's Board of Directors and Executive Team

Paul was appointed to the Board of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 January 2013 and was appointed Chair on 18 October 2019 and holds the additional positions of:

• Member – SVHA Aged Care Board Committee
• Chair – SVHA ad hoc Cyber Security Board Committee.

Paul also serves as a trustee of St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Paul is Chair of Icon Group and Chair of Metlifecare Limited in New Zealand and is on the Board of Catholic Health Australia (CHA).

Paul served as the Secretary to Cabinet and Head of the Cabinet Policy Unit reporting directly to the Prime Minister as Chairman of Cabinet with responsibility for supervising Cabinet processes and acting as the Prime Minister's most senior personal adviser on strategic directions in policy formulation. His former positions include Chairman of I-MED Network, Medibank Private, the COAG Reform Council, the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia, Symbion Health, Sydney Health Partners, Affinity Health and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. He has also served as Commissioner of the Health Insurance Commission.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 17 April 2023 and holds the additional positions of:

• Member – Finance & Investment Board Committee; People & Culture Board Committee; and Cyber Security ad-hoc Board Committee.

Kathleen is an experienced company director and corporate advisor with deep expertise in digital technology as well as adapting to and benefiting from disruptive change. 

Kathleen has 20 years of senior executive experience leading businesses through complex environments and has enjoyed a career within a wide range of industries including technology (IBM), professional services (Law and Accounting) and Financial Services (ANZ Bank, Fordham Group). 

She is President Victorian Council AICD and an active member of Chief Executive Women. Kathleen is currently Chair of Janison Education Group, and serves as a Director on the Boards of Datacom and AMP Ltd. 

Past Board positions include Alinta Energy, Melbourne Water Corporation, QBE Insurance (Auspac), Bank of Queensland, Monash College Pty Ltd, Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, and the Australian Government Solicitor.

Between 2018 and 2022, Kathleen provided her skills to the Parkville Health Precinct (comprises Melbourne Health, Royal Women’s, Royal Children’s, and Peter Mac Cancer Centre) chairing its Connecting Care Board which has oversight of the implementation of precinct shared services, including electronic medical records. 

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 June 2024.

Ariane is on the Board of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and chair of its Governance Committee as well as a member of its HR and remuneration committee. She also currently serves as Board Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for ASX listed IDP Education.

Ariane is an experienced global executive and board member with a background in financial services spanning over 25 years. She has worked in tier 1 global investment banks in New York, London, Asia, and Australia, also experienced supporting high growth companies at C-Suite and board level across capital markets, superannuation, and venture capital.

Ariane is a Member of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Women in Super (WIS) and Chief Executive Women (CEW). Previously, she was a member of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) Investment Committee for 13 years.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 4 August 2016 (and served on the boards of several St Vincent's entities prior to 2010), and holds the additional positions of:

• Chair - Research & Education Board Committee 
• Member - Clinical Governance & Experience Board Committee
• Director – Board of the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery Ltd

Michael is an Associate Professor and senior glaucoma consultant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) Melbourne and is the previous Clinical Director of Ophthalmology. He is the managing partner of Melbourne Eye Specialists - an academic private practice in Melbourne specialising in Glaucoma management. He is Lead Investigator Glaucoma Surgery Unit Centre for Eye Research Australia

Michael is an active researcher, mainly in glaucoma surgery research. He developed the CERA model of bleb porosity testing and has published 50 peer reviewed manuscripts, authored eight book chapters and has given over 50 international lectures. 

He is currently on the Executive Board of the International Society for Glaucoma Surgery.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 January 2019 and holds the additional positions of:

• Chair – SVHA Aged Care Board Committee
• Member – SVHA Audit and Risk Board Committee; and Clinical Governance & Experience Board Committee.

Anne concluded her executive career as Chief Executive of Uniting Care Queensland, one of Australia’s largest not for profit health, aged care and community service organisations late in 2017. Currently she is Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chair of Uniting Church in Australia Redress Ltd and a Director of Deakin TopCo Pty Ltd (trading as Levande).

Anne is a Member, Senate of the University of Queensland and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences University of Queensland. Anne received recognition in the Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours List for significant service to the community and to women, was named Telstra’s National Businesswoman of the Year in 2014; and awarded the University of Queensland’s Alumni Excellence Award in 2016.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 June 2017 (and previously served on the boards of several St Vincent's entities prior to 2010), and holds the additional positions of: 

• Chair - Audit & Risk Board Committee
• Member - Finance & Investment Board Committee; and Cyber Security ad-hoc Board Committee

Anne is an experienced non-executive Director (NED) with a solid understanding of corporate governance. She has pursued a full-time career as a NED since 2006. She is currently a director of Smartgroup (SIQ) and Transport Assets Holding Entity of NSW.

Anne has previously served as non-executive director or chair on a range of public and private companies and State Government Boards including The GPT Group, Spark Infrastructure, Link Group, Specialty Fashion Group, Sydney Water and Water NSW.  Prior to her NED career, she spent 15 years as a partner of EY.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 December 2019 and holds the additional positions of:

• Member: People & Culture Board Committee; Clinical Governance Board Committee; Aged Care Board Committee; and ad hoc Cyber Security Board Committee.

Sheila is a Consultant at Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers, and before that a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills (then Freehills), and in those roles has advised private and public sector organisations on a range of complex legal and governance issues focused on information technology & data.  

Sheila is on the board of Crestone Holdings Limited and Sydney Writers’ Festival. She is Chair of Loreto School Kirribilli, in Sydney. 

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 October 2017 having previously served on the Sydney Regional Boards and as Chair of the Sydney Regional Advisory Committee. Holds the additional positions:

• Chair – People & Culture Board Committee
• Member – Mission, Ethics & Advocacy Board Committee

Sandra is Chair of the NSW Public Service Commission, Chancellor of Southern Cross University, and a member of the Advisory Council of JP Morgan. 

In 2018 she was appointed by the Commonwealth Government to Chair the Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel Review resulting in the “‘I Want to Work’ Employment Services 2020 Report”. The  Report‘s recommendations were accepted by government.

Sandra has previously served as a Non-Executive Director on a number of public companies, state, federal government and not for profit boards including Scentre Group, Westfield Retail Trust, AGL Energy, Fairfax Media, Coles Group, Kathmandu Holdings, Perpetual, Australia Post, Tourism Australia, South Australia Water, Care Australia and the Starlight Foundation.

During her aviation executive career, most recently with Qantas Airways Limited she was responsible for commercial operations in a diverse range of international markets and within Australia. 

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 November 2019 and holds the additional positions of

• Chair - Mission, Ethics & Advocacy Committee
• Member - Audit & Risk Board Committee; and Research & Education Board Committee

Damien is the former Chair and CEO of Egon Zehnder, a leading global advisory firm specialising in Board advisory services and executive recruitment and was based in Hong Kong, Sydney, Paris, London and Zurich, and served as chair between 2010 and 2018. Prior to that he was an Associate Consultant to McKinsey & Company.

He is currently a non-executive director at Ardagh Group, and a Member of the Board of US listed company Ardagh Metal Packaging; and a member of the Supervisory Board of IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland. He previously served on the Board of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney from 2002 to 2008 and the Advisory Board of Jesuits Australia from 2004 to 2007.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 August 2019 and holds the additional positions of:

• Deputy Chair of the Board
• Chair – Finance & Investment Board Committee
• Member – Mission, Ethics & Advocacy Board Committee; and Cyber Security ad hoc Board Committee

Paul is an experienced chief executive with extensive domestic and international experience in ASX and SGX companies driving business transformation, growth and managing mergers and acquisitions, as well as working with Board Remuneration and Audit Committees. Previous roles include CEO Optus Australia and CEO Group Consumer Singtel (SGP).

Paul is currently Chair of Singtel Optus, Western Sydney Airport Company, and ANZ bank. 

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 October 2021 and holds the additional positions of:

• Chair - Clinical Governance & Experience Board Committee
• Member - Research & Education Board Committee

Professor Vlado Perkovic is the Provost and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW.  He holds non-executive director roles at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Mindgardens Network and several other independent Medical Research Institutes.

He is a distinguished clinical researcher and has led several major international clinical trials that have identified new treatments to prevent kidney failure. 

Vlado holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne and completed his undergraduate training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. 

He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and the American Society of Nephrology. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine.

Appointed non-executive director of SVHA and its subsidiary Boards on 1 August 2019 and holds the additional positions of:

• Member - People & Culture Board Committee; and Finance & Investment Board Committee
• Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Champion

Jill has over 40 years international business experience achieved through high profile executive and non-executive Board roles in Australia, UK, France, South Africa and South-East Asia. 

Jill currently holds non-executive director roles on NIB Australia Board, Icon Group Board, Keyton Retirement Trust and IHH Healthcare. Prior to establishing a non-executive board portfolio, Jill was an advisor to Macquarie Capital and spent 10 years in the United Kingdom as Group CEO of two of the largest hospital Groups, BMI Healthcare and Ramsay UK. 

Jill has previously served on several high-profile Boards including the Australian Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Flying Doctor Service in the UK, Ramsay Santé in France and the Netcare Group in South Africa. Between 2008 and 2012 Jill was Chair of NHS Partners Network and in 2010 was voted the most influential leader in UK Private Health Care, and in 2013 as one of healthcare’s most inspirational women.

In combination with over 12 years as a surveyor with the Australian College of Healthcare Standards, Jill has facilitated a unique knowledge base in managing both corporate and clinical risk.