Blood Service Board

Hon Dr David Hamill AM - ChairmanPhD, MA, BA (Hons), FCIT, FAICD

•  PhD, MA, BA (Hons), FCIT, FAIC
• Former Treasurer of Queensland
• Chairman, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Ltd
• Chairman, UQ College
• Chair, Board of the Queensland Museum
• Chair, Envirogen Pty Ltd
• Chair, Ensham Workers’ Entitlements Fund Pty Ltd
• Deputy Chair, Family Care Medical Services Ltd
• Member, Australian Red Cross Board
• Chairman, Community Engagement Centre, University of Queensland
• Chairman, The Workshops Rail Museum Advisory Committee (Queensland Museum)

Ms Jennifer Williams – Chief Executive

• BEc, MSc, FAICD
• Chief Executive of the Blood Service
• Former Chief Executive of Alfred Health and Austin Health
• Member of La Trobe University Council
• Previously Commissioner, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and Director, Mental Health Research Institute
• 1995 Victorian Business Woman of the Year – Public Sector Category

Mr Graham Addison

• FCA, FCPA, B Bus, Grad Dip Bus, FCSA, FAICD, Grad Dip CSP
• Member, Audit and Risk Management Committee, Australian Red CrossMember, Divisional Council of Australian Red Cross in Western Australia
• Director/Honorary Treasurer, Board of Youth Focus
• Director, Barringtons
• Previously Director Graham Addison & Associates Pty Ltd, Chartered Accountants
• Formerly Partner in Charge, Middle Market Advisory Division of KPMG in Perth. Partner for 20 years.
• Formerly Vice President and Treasurer of the Paraplegic Quadriplegic Association of Western Australia

Ms SandHYa CHAKRAVARTY

• CPA, MBA, MEcon, BEcon
• Chief Financial Officer, Australian Red Cross Society
• Previously Head of Asia-Pacific Finance & Global Field Operations andFormerly International Controller of The Boston Consulting Group
• Previously Vice President Asia-Pacific of Ingersoll Rand
• Formerly Finance Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb (Australia and Asia)
• Board Member and Treasurer of the Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
• Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Dr Anne Fletcher

• BSc, MSc, PhD, FAIMS, FAICD
• Executive Director, Growing Your Knowledge Pty Ltd
• Former Member, Consultative Council of the Victorian Cancer Agency
• Former Board Member, Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology\
• Former Chairman, Research Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion
• Former President, Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion

Dr David Graham

• B.Pharm, FPS, Ph.D, FAICD
• Retired from the Australian Public Service most recently as the National Manager, Therapeutic Goods Administration
• Previous roles included the manager of CRS Australia, the Commonwealth Ageing and Aged Care program and the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
• Board member, Arthritis Australia (ACT), Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator and the GMDN Agency 
• Adjunct professor, RMIT University
• Chair, ISO Technical Committee

Ms Kelly Jones

• MBA, BSc, MACS, GAICD
• Consultant and Program Director, Banking and Technology
• Former Director and Chair of Citrus Australia
• Former Director, National Information and Communications Technology  Australia
• Previously General Manager, Technology, National Australia Bank; Chief Information Officer and Director, Deutsche Bank
• Former Managing Consultant, IBM
• Previously Chief Information Officer and Senior Executive, Australia and New Zealand Bank

Associate Professor Larry McNicol

• MBBS (Hons), FRCA, FANZCA
• Director of Anaesthesia, Austin Health
• Medical Director, Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Intensive Care Clinical Service Unit, Austin Health
• Chairman, Victorian Consultative Council for Anaesthetic Mortality and Morbidity, Department of Health, Victoria
• Co-opted Member of Victorian Regional Committee, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists 
• Member of Expert Working Group for Review of Patient Blood Management Guidelines convened by the NBA (National Blood Authority), NH &MRC and ANZSBT
• Chairman of the Clinical/Consumer Reference Group for Critical Bleeding/Massive Transfusion and Perioperative Modules of the Patient Blood Management Guidelines convened by the NBA, NH&MRC and ANZSBT

Mr ROSS PINNEY

• MBA, B Comm, FCA, FCPA, F Fin, FAICD
• Deputy President, Australian Red Cross
• Former senior executive of National Australia Bank Ltd
• Member, Finance Commission of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
  Chairman, Rural Bank Ltd

Mr Jim Swinden

• BEc, M Admin, FCHSE, CPA, MAICD
• Consultant in health services management, planning and governance
  Director, Aspex Consulting Pty Ltd
• Previous positions include Chief Executive, Freemasons Hospital; Chief Executive, Gippsland
• Southern Health Service and Policy Director, Victorian Hospitals Association
• Past President, Australian College of Health Service Executives
  (Victorian Branch)
• Former Director of Peninsula Health

Mrs Gabrielle Hewitson - Secretary

• BSc, Grad Dip Bus Admin, GAICD, ACIS
• Australian Red Cross Blood Service Board Secretary
• Previous appointments in Australian Red Cross Blood Service include Assistant Board Secretary and Distribution Manager at Australian Red Cross Blood Service Victoria
• Member, Chartered Secretaries Australia