Monash Health Annual Report 2018-2019

Ms Heather Cleland
MBBS, FRACS (Plas)
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Member, Quality Committee
Term of appointment:
July 2016 – June 2019
Ms Heather Cleland is a Plastic Surgeon who is
currently head of the state-wide Victorian Adult
Burns Service at the Alfred Hospital. In addition
to clinical practice and service development,
she is actively involved in clinical education,
training, and research.
She has been instrumental in establishing
the clinical quality Burns Registry of Australia
and New Zealand, and chairs its steering
committee. She is a Board member of the
Australian and New Zealand Burns Association
and Past President. She has served on various
departmental and professional committees,
and is a member of the Donor Tissue Bank
Committee of the Victorian Institute of Forensic
Medicine, member of the Court of Examiners
of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash
University.
Mr Charles Gillies
BSc/BA, MBA, SF Fin, GAICD
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Chair of the Finance Committee
Term of appointment:
July 2011 – current
Mr Gillies is the co-founder of Jolimont Global
Mining Systems, which specialises in investing
in mining technology companies. These
companies compete in fast-moving, highly
competitive global technology markets. As
an active investor himself, his approach has
been to work closely with management to
develop a plan to create economic value. He
has been Director and Chairman of a number
of technology and investment companies
and has worked closely with CEOs and
management teams, developing strategies
and setting objectives and performance
targets.
Dr Misty Jenkins
BSc (Hons), PhD, MAICD
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Board Member of the Quality Committee
Member of the Aboriginal Health Strategic
Partnership Committee
Term of appointment:
November 2016 – current
Dr Jenkins is an NHMRC fellow, biomedical
scientist and laboratory head at Walter and
Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, where
she researches cellular immunology and new
immunotherapies for cancer. Dr Jenkins has
previously held postdoctoral positions at
the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford,
and The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
in Melbourne. Dr Jenkins was awarded the
L’Oreal for Women in Science Fellowship
(2013), was Tall Poppy of the Year (2015)
and won the Westpac/Australian Financial
Review Top 100 Women of Influence award
(2016). In addition to her research career, Dr
Jenkins brings experience in governance as
a Director and Deputy Chair of The National
Centre for Indigenous Genomics at ANU,
previous Director of the Aurora Education
Foundation, Ambassador for the Poche Centre
for Indigenous Health and Chair of NHMRC
Project Grant Review Panels.
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