RDNS 2010 Annual Report - Royal District Nursing Service

Noel ArmstrongFPRIA69, RDNS Director since 2006;Deputy Chairman since 2009Member of RDNS Board Committee: Audit and Risk,Remuneration and NominationsNoel’s expertise in strategic communication is supportedby over 35 years experience in the industry. Prior to movinginto corporate and public affairs in 1972, Noel had worked fornewspapers and radio; and produced television news and currentaffairs programs.In 1978, Noel established a Victorian-based strategiccommunications consultancy which he sold to Hill and Knowltonin 1989. He continued to work as General Manager, Victoria,before becoming Chief Executive of the company’s Australianoperations.He was later appointed Executive Chairman of Hill and KnowltonAustralia and New Zealand and Executive Vice President of thecompany in the Asia Pacific Region.In 1996, Noel become the Director of Corporate Affairs atEpworth Hospital and worked there until his retirement in May2006. During that time, Noel worked on the integration of theFreemasons business with the Epworth Group and was partlyresponsible for the overall administration of the three hospitalcampuses at Richmond, Box Hill and Brighton.Jan BeggBSc (Hons), MBA, FAICD53, RDNS Director since 2004Member of RDNS Board Committee: AssetsJan has extensive experience at senior executive level in theareas of strategic consulting, project management, sales andmarketing, change management, software development andbusiness unit management.As an experienced consultant, Company Director and ExecutiveManager, Jan brings a sound understanding of organisationalchange initiatives to RDNS - from strategic planning to harvestingbenefits from successful implementation.Jan’s recent experience includes corporate governance of majorprojects at ANZ Banking Group, project setup and business casedevelopment for the Victorian Public Service and pharmaceuticalresearch and development project management.She has also consulted to major government and corporatebusiness within Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA and isactive in developing scholarship funding for the MelbourneBusiness School.Apart from her role at RDNS, Jan is also Managing Directorof Azulin Pty Ltd and a Fellow of the Australian Institute ofCompany Directors.Whilst working at Epworth, Noel successfully established acompany to assess and analyse the customer performance of callcentres of major corporations throughout Australia. Noel is also apast member of the Board of Management of Alexandra DistrictHospital.Royal District Nursing Service – Annual Report 2010| 29