Annual Report 2005 - UnitingCare Ageing

Board Annual Members Report 2005 Annual Report 2005Bruce RathieIsobel FreanTricia HoGillian McFeeCompany DirectorIndustry Consultant &Academic ResearcherBankerDirector, UnitingCare AgeingNSW.ACTAppointed August 2004Appointed July 2004Appointed August 2004Appointed June 2005Bruce is a practising Christian with more than 16 yearsexperience as a director of professional and commercialenterprises in the private and public sectors. Hiseducational background includes degrees in law andcommerce, a Master of Business Administration and aGraduate Diploma in Company Secretarial Practice. Bruceis also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of CompanyDirectors, the Australian Institute of Management, and isa member of Chartered Secretaries Australia and theSecurities Institute.Bruce is currently the National Executive Director ofthe Australian Institute of Management and Chairmanof PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Ltd. Bruce is also adirector of the ASX listed medical device companyCompumedics Limited.Michael FraserCompany DirectorIsobel has held senior private and public health sectorpositions, which have provided her with highly developedskills in strategic analysis, business management, policydevelopment, negotiating, information management,advocacy and representing stakeholder interests.She is currently a Visiting Fellow with the Initiative fore-Health, Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong,where she is enrolled in doctoral studies.Isobel is a member of Standards Australia’s HealthInformatics Committee IT 14-6-6, responsible fordeveloping messaging standards to support patient care,and of the Community Based Health and Patient Carecommittees of Health Level Seven (HL7), the internationalstandards development organisation focusing on healthcare messaging standards. Isobel is a board member ofHL7 Australia and the Convenor of the Health InformaticsSociety of Australia Aged Care and Healthy AgeingSpecial Interest Group.Tricia is a legal and finance professional with 11 yearsexperience in legal practice and investment banking andpossesses specialist skills in law, tax, accounting andfinance. She is currently a senior banker with UBS AGAustralia Branch in their capital markets group.Tricia has a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Laws(Hons), Master of Laws and Master of Applied Finance.She is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.Tricia is also a Non-Executive Director of Kincoppal-RoseBay School Limited.She is a member of the Australian Institute of CompanyDirectors and has completed its Company DirectorsDiploma Course.Darryl MaytomHealth ConsultantGillian holds a Bachelor of Social Studies (Hons), Masterof Business Administration and a Diploma of Urban andRegional Studies.In November 2003 Gillian joined UnitingCare Ageing asRegional Director, Ku-ring-gai Region and successfullyestablished the new Region and improved the financialand operating performance of a number of its facilities.Prior to joining UnitingCare Ageing, Gillian held anumber of senior executive positions in the NSWGovernment, including the Premier’s Department,Department of Community Services and the Departmentof Ageing Disability and Home Care.Gavin PretoriusExecutive Director, Boardof Finance & PropertyAppointed August 2004Michael’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce,a Certified Practicing Accountant and a Fellow of theTaxation Institute of Australia.He currently holds a senior position with The Australian GasLight Company (AGL), the country’s largest energy retailer.Michael has had extensive senior management experiencein commercial, regulatory, trading, sales and marketing,and property. He is currently Chairman of ActewAGL anda director of a number of AGL subsidiary companies.ReverendHarry HerbertExecutive DirectorRev. Harry Herbert is Executive Director of UnitingCareNSW.ACT. He serves ex officio on the Board ofUnitingCare Ageing, which is one of the three ServiceGroup Boards of UnitingCare NSW.ACT. He has held hiscurrent position since 1986 and was previously a parishminister in the Uniting and Congregational churches.He also serves as Chair of the NSW Government’s SocialJustice Reference Group and the Casino Community BenefitFund and is a member of the Board of the Legal AidCommission of NSW, and a member of the OperationsReview Committee of the Independent CommissionAgainst Corruption.Appointed March 2005Darryl Maytom is a health consultant, and is well knownfor his work in the management of private hospitalsand his contribution to the private hospital and agedcare industry.Darryl is a former Chairman of the Australian PrivateHospitals Association and also Chairman of theAustralian Council on Health Care Standards.In his 20 year career in health care, Darryl Maytom hasheld various senior positions including OperationsDirector of a large 11 hospital group with 1,050 places infive states of Australia. He has held other similar positionsand has acted as advisor to others, includingappointments in Thailand, Dubai and Bangladesh.Appointed August 2004Born in South Africa, Gavin migrated to Australia in 1991.His qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce,Master of Accounting, and Master of BusinessAdministration, and Graduate Diplomas in AppliedFinance & Investment and Company Secretarial Practice.Gavin is an Associate of Australian CPA and an Associateof the Securities Institute of Australia.Gavin’s management experience in the finance,investment and property industries have included StateStreet Australia, Perpetual Funds Management and AMP.Prior to joining the NSW Synod he was the CFO at GrandUnited Friendly Society Ltd, which included managementof private health insurance, investment products, propertyinvestments, rehabilitation case management andretirement villages, including high and low care facilities.0 UnitingCare Ageing Annual Repor t 2005 0