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BOARD AND MANAGEMENT
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- Find out about Medibank’s board of directors
- Meet our executive leadership team
Board of Directors
Elizabeth Alexander AO
BCom, FAICD, FCA, FCPA
Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director
- Elizabeth was appointed a director in October 2008 and Chairman in March 2013. She is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee.
- Elizabeth is currently Chairman of DEXUS Wholesale Property Limited, and a director of the IOOF Foundation and the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority.
- As a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (1977 to 2002), Elizabeth specialised in the area of risk management and corporate governance. Elizabeth was previously a director of DEXUS Funds Management Limited as part of the DEXUS Property Group (January 2005 to October 2017), Boral Limited and Amcor Limited, and Chairman of CSL Limited. She is a former Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s Risk and Audit Committee. Elizabeth is also a former National President of CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a former member of the Takeovers Panel. She is a former Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and Chair of its Finance Committee.
Craig Drummond
BCom, FCA, SF Fin
Chief Executive Officer
- Craig was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2016.
- Prior to joining Medibank, Craig was Group Executive Finance and Strategy of National Australia Bank (NAB), having joined NAB in November 2013. At NAB, his focus was the strategic realignment and repositioning of the bank, its balance sheet and its performance management systems. Prior to NAB, Craig was Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Australia). Earlier in his career, Craig joined JBWere, a leading Australian stockbroker and wealth manager, in equity research and subsequently held roles including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Goldman Sachs JBWere.
- Craig is a director of the Geelong Football Club Limited. He is also a member of the Finance Committee of the Ian Potter Foundation Limited.
Non-executive directors
Tracey Batten
MBBS, MHA, MBA, FAICD, FRACMA
Independent Non-executive Director
- Tracey was appointed a director on 28 August 2017. She is a member of the Risk Management Committee and the People and Remuneration Committee.
- Tracey has extensive experience in the health services sector, with strong commercial, business and change leadership skills.
- Tracey is currently a director of Abano Healthcare Group Limited, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand and the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation.
- Most recently, Tracey was the Chief Executive of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the United Kingdom. In that role, Tracey focused on change leadership, in particular improving organisational culture and strengthening patient safety and experience. Tracey also oversaw the implementation of a range of digital initiatives as Chief Executive. Tracey is a former Chief Executive of St Vincent’s Health Australia, which runs a group of public hospitals, private hospitals and aged care facilities.
Anna Bligh AC
BA (QLD)
Independent Non-executive Director
- Anna was appointed a director in December 2012. She is a member of the Investment and Capital Committee and the People and Remuneration Committee.
- Anna is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association and a director of the International Banking Federation (IBFed).
- Anna has extensive experience in leadership and public policy, including in the fields of healthcare, finance, infrastructure and project management. She has held several roles in the Queensland Government, including Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Trade and Innovation and Minister for Education. She was also a member of the Queensland Cabinet Budget Review Committee for 11 years. Anna was a director of Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia.
David Fagan
LLB, LLM, GAICD
Independent Non-executive Director
- David was appointed a director in March 2014. He is Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Investment and Capital Committee and the Nomination Committee.
- David is a highly experienced commercial lawyer. He held a variety of leadership positions at Clayton Utz culminating in the role of Chief Executive Partner for nine years. In this role, David had responsibility and accountability for leadership and transformation, strategy, finance, stakeholder engagement, and governance, including risk management. During David’s tenure as Chief Executive Partner, Clayton Utz entrenched itself as a first class top tier commercial law firm. David also chaired the Medibank Privatisation Committee which operated during 2014 in preparation for the privatisation process. David is a former director and Chair of the Audit Committee of The Global Foundation, a former director of Grocon Funds Management Group and the Hilco Group and a former member of the advisory board of Chase Corporate Advisory.
- David is currently a director of PayGroup Limited (since November 2017). He is Chair of BDO Group Holdings Limited, a director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of UBS Grocon Real Estate Investment Management Pty Ltd and a member of the ASIC Corporate Governance Consultative Panel.
Peter Hodgett
BSc (Hons)
Independent Non-executive Director
- Peter was appointed a director in June 2013. He is Chairman of the Investment and Capital Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee.
- Previously, Peter worked for AMP for more than 20 years in a wide variety of business and functional roles, including Chief Actuary during its demutualisation, General Manager of Human Resources and Strategy, and as Global Director of Finance and Operations for Henderson Global Investors in the United Kingdom. He was also a director (until June 2019) of Colonial First State Investments Limited, Colonial Mutual Superannuation Pty Limited and Avanteos Investments Limited.
Linda Bardo Nicholls AO
BA, MBA (Harvard), FAICD
Independent Non-executive Director
- Linda was appointed a director in March 2014. She is Chairman of the People and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
- Linda has more than 30 years of experience as a senior executive and director in banking, insurance and funds management in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
- She is currently Chairman of Japara Healthcare Limited (since March 2014) and a director of Inghams Group Limited (since November 2016). Linda is also Chairman of the Board of Melbourne Health and a member of the Museums Board of Victoria.
- Linda’s previous directorships include Fairfax Media Limited (February 2010 to December 2018), Pacific Brands Limited (October 2013 to July 2016), Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited (December 2005 to December 2015) and Healthscope Limited, as Chairman (October 2008 to October 2010) and a director (January 2000 to October 2010).
Christine O'Reilly
BBus
Independent Non-executive Director
- Christine was appointed a director in March 2014. She is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Management Committee and the Nomination Committee.
- Christine is currently a director of CSL Limited (since February 2011), Transurban Group (since April 2012), Stockland (since August 2018) and the Baker Institute.
- Christine has more than 30 years of financial and infrastructure experience both in Australia and internationally in various roles including as Co-head of Unlisted Infrastructure at Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Chief Executive and Managing Director of GasNet Australia Group. Christine’s early career includes eight years in investment banking and audit experience with Price Waterhouse, where she qualified as a chartered accountant.
Mike Wilkins AO
BCom, MBA, FAICD, FCA
Independent Non-executive Director
- Mike was appointed a director in May 2017. He is a member of the Risk Management Committee and the Investment and Capital Committee.
- Mike is the Chairman (since March 2020) and a director (since November 2016) of QBE Insurance Group Limited. He is also a director of Scentre Group Limited (since April 2020).
- Mike has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, predominantly in Australia and Asia. He served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Insurance Australia Group (November 2007 to November 2015), Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Promina Group Limited and Managing Director at Tyndall Australia Limited. He also served as Acting Chief Executive Officer (April 2018 to December 2018), Executive Chairman (April 2018 to June 2018) and a director (September 2016 to February 2020) of AMP Limited. He was previously a director of Maple-Brown Abbott Limited, Alinta Limited, The Geneva Association and the Australian Business and Community Network.
Executive leadership team
Kylie Bishop
Group Executive – People & Culture
- Kylie was appointed Group Executive – People & Culture in July 2013.
- She is a registered psychologist, specialising in organisational psychology and is responsible for leading the key people functions across Medibank. This includes talent, capability and culture, performance and rewards, shared services, workplace relations, health, safety and wellbeing, employee communications, community and environment, social and governance.
- Kylie is responsible for leading Medibank’s cultural transformation program focused on customer first, inclusion and values, and health and wellbeing – bringing Medibank’s ‘Better Health for Better Lives’ purpose to life for all employees.
- Kylie began her career in human resource consulting and prior to joining Medibank in 2010, held senior positions with National Australia Bank (NAB).
- Kylie is currently a director of Basketball Victoria.
John Goodall
Group Executive – Technology & Operations
- John was appointed Group Executive – Technology & Operations in December 2016.
- He is responsible for Medibank’s core IT platforms, property, procurement and operations with a focus on leveraging our systems, processes and information to deliver enhanced service outcomes for Medibank’s customers.
- John has more than 25 years of experience working in and leading IT functions across the retail and financial services industries and utilising technology to drive business growth and align business systems and processes to customer needs.
- Prior to joining Medibank, John held the role of General Manager Enterprise Technology at Sportsbet, and before his time at Sportsbet he spent 20 years at GE Capital Australia and New Zealand where he held a number of roles, including Chief Information Officer.
David Koczkar
Group Executive – Chief Customer Officer
- David was appointed Group Executive – Chief Customer Officer in September 2016. Prior to that he held the role of Chief Operating Officer from March 2014 and was Acting Chief Executive Officer between April 2016 and June 2016.
- He is responsible for Medibank's consumer businesses, including the Resident and Overseas Health and Diversified Insurances portfolios and the ahm business. David is accountable for Medibank’s health and wellbeing offerings, all key customer touchpoints, including the Group’s retail, customer contact and digital channels, and the customer strategy and analytics, sales and marketing and portfolio management functions.
- Prior to joining Medibank, David was the Group Chief Commercial Officer at Jetstar where he was responsible for the airline group’s network management, sales and marketing, customer channels and commercial operations, including as a director of Jetstar Pacific (Vietnam), Jetstar Hong Kong and NewStar (Singapore) JV businesses.
- David has more than 25 years of strategy, customer and commercial experience, including previous work in the strategy consulting and financial services industries.
Mei Ramsay
Group Executive – Legal, Governance & Regulatory Affairs and Company Secretary
- Mei was appointed Group Executive – Legal, Governance & Regulatory Affairs in September 2016 and has been the Company Secretary for Medibank Private Limited since 2014. Mei previously held the position of Group General Counsel from 2011.
- She is responsible for leading the legal and governance functions, including compliance, regulatory affairs and company secretariat, and providing legal and corporate governance advice to Medibank’s Board, Chief Executive Officer and senior management.
- Mei has more than 20 years of experience in the legal profession, both as a senior in-house legal adviser for multinational and international companies, as well as a private practitioner.
- Prior to joining Medibank, Mei was the General Counsel and Company Secretary for the Asia Pacific region at Cummins Inc, and before that held various senior legal positions at Coles Myer Ltd and Southcorp Limited. Mei started her legal career at Arnold Bloch Leibler and also worked as a Senior Associate at Minter Ellison.
- Mei is currently the Vice President of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia, a member of the Executive of the ACC GC100 and former Chair of the ACC GC100, and a member of Chief Executive Women.
Mark Rogers
Group Executive – Chief Financial Officer
- Mark was appointed Group Executive – Chief Financial Officer in January 2017.
- Mark is responsible for the finance, actuarial, treasury and investor relations functions across Medibank and has more than 20 years of experience spanning health and financial services.
- Before joining Medibank, Mark held the role of General Manager, Group Performance and Planning at National Australia Bank (NAB) since 2013, where he was responsible for management reporting, performance management, planning and forecasting, and capital allocation. Preceding this, Mark was General Manager, Group Development.
- Prior to this, Mark was responsible for Group Strategy and Development for the Mayne Group, a diversified healthcare, pharmaceuticals and pharmacy business, where he was accountable for the management of the Group’s strategy, capital management and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that role, Mark led Group Investor Relations at Mayne Group.
- Mark is a director of East Sydney Private Hospital.
Dr Andrew Wilson
Group Executive - Healthcare & Strategy
- Andrew was appointed Group Executive – Healthcare & Strategy in September 2016, having previously held the role of Executive General Manager – Provider Networks & Integrated Care since 2013.
- Andrew is responsible for Medibank’s Group strategy and the Medibank Health Solutions business, which provides health services on behalf of business and government, including in-home care and services into residential aged care. He is also responsible for Medibank’s healthcare purchasing, relationships with providers and enhanced care initiatives to support members in primary and community settings.
- Andrew has 25 years of experience in the health system, and remains a practising clinician and lecturer. He was a founder and Co-president of McKesson Asia-Pacific, which was acquired by Medibank in 2010.
- Andrew is a director of East Sydney Private Hospital and a director of Private Healthcare Australia Limited.
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