FHRI Fund Advisory Council
FHRI Fund Advisory Council Chair: Mr John Van Der Wielen John is the Chair, Crown Perth and Non-Executive Director of Crown Resorts. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (WA) and a Member of the Investment Attraction Fund WA. Most recently, John was the CEO of HBF, a large national insurer. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council member: Mr Kane Blackman Kane is father to a son with the rare disease, Angelman Syndrome. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Good Sammy Enterprises,and holds non-executive director positions with Therapy Focus and Rare Voices Australia. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council member: Adjunct Professor Dale Fisher Dale, BB(BA), MBA, is the CEO of Silver Chain Group, Australia's leading in-home care specialist, providing complete health and aged care services to more than 105,000 clients a year and employing more than 4,400 people. With a national service offering, Silverchain aims to revolutionise the way care is provided and to transform the way it is received. Guided by its own world class research, Silverchain is the national leader in the provision of comprehensive care at home. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council Member: Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer is currently a Board Director for Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and a Board Director for Curtin Heritage Living. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council Member: Dr Moira Jean McKinnon Dr McKinnon graduated in medicine from University of Western Australia, specialised in public health through Curtin University, and has held positions in state and national government in Public Health, in the National Health and Medical Research Committee (NHMRC) Co-operative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CRCEID) and in international projects with the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr McKinnon was also a founding member of the International One Health Congress. In Canada, Dr McKinnon was involved in the development of a primary care/public health Indigenous Tribal Health Authority, and was the Chief Medical Officer of Saskatchewan province for three years. Dr McKinnon has maintained clinical skills and worked extensively in primary care in rural and remote locations of Western Australia. She has published in medical journals, and is a writer of novels and essays. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council member: Professor Christina Mitchell AO Professor Christina Mitchell is Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University having trained as a physician scientist specialising in clinical haematology. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council Member: Lesley Nelson Currently CEO of the South-West Aboriginal Medical Service, Lesley is a proud Noongar woman from the Balladong and Whadjuk clans, mother of four, and has been in senior management roles for over 25 years within the Aboriginal health sector. Lesley has a bias for innovation and strategic action, further strengthened by a strong academic background in both business and epidemiology. Over an extensive career in corporate, government and community sectors, Lesley has leveraged this unique blend of skills to engage meaningfully with Aboriginal communities and champion the expansion of accessible primary health services. As an appointed advisor, chair and director of several boards, committees, and forums, Lesley is a frequent keynote speaker, and advisor and confidante to Aboriginal leaders and non-Aboriginal leaders seeking better engagement with Aboriginal communities. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council member (non-voting): Dr David Russell-Weisz Director General of the WA Department of Health Dr David (Russ) Russell-Weisz is the Director General of Western Australia’s Department of Health, a position he has held since August 2015.Dr Russell-Weisz graduated as a doctor in Scotland but has spent the best part of his professional life in Western Australia. After moving to Australia in 1993, he joined the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Broken Hill, and then moved to Western Australia, where, as a procedural General Practitioner and then Director of Medical Services, he served communities in regional and remote parts of Western Australia. Later, as Chief Executive of the North Metropolitan Health Service, he led the billion dollar redevelopment of the QEII Medical Centre and subsequently also led the commissioning of the State’s flagship $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital, which opened its doors to its first patients in late 2014. Along with the WA Health Executive team, Dr Russell-Weisz is now responsible for delivering on the State Government’s Sustainable Health Review, which provides an ambitious blueprint for the delivery of high quality, safe and sustainable health care services for Western Australians over the next 10 years. |
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FHRI Fund Advisory Council member (non-voting): Ms Rebecca Brown Director General of the WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) Ms Rebecca Brown commenced as Director General of JTSI in September 2018. In this role, she is also Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Western Australia. Ms Brown led significant change across JTSI to modernise the agency to become critical in advancing the State Government’s key policy agendas. Through her leadership, JTSI has played an increasingly key role in growing local jobs and diversifying the State’s industry base and export potential. JTSI plays an important role in supporting government strategy in leveraging the broader research, science and innovation community to advance outcomes for Western Australia. Ms Brown was appointed Acting Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from March 2020 to May 2021 to support the State Government’s early response to the COVID-19 pandemic, returning to her JTSI role in June 2021. Ms Brown has worked for both Federal and State government agencies in a range of senior roles across revenue and economic policy, social policy, resourcing and performance. She has an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Western Australia and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
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For past members and nominees of the FHRI Fund Advisory Council, see here.For Advisory Council meeting communiques and other papers and reports, see here. |