The Board
Melbourne Primary Care Network's Board of Directors is our governing body committed to working towards our company vision of ensuring that the health care needs of our communities are met, and every resident has a person-centred medical home.
Dr Ines Rio
MBBS (Hons), MPH, GDip Ven, DCOG, FRACGP, FAICD
Ines Rio is a local GP and senior clinician, Head of the GP Liaison Unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Medical Advisor for the City of Melbourne.
Dr Rio has extensive experience as an educator, service developer and manager and public health advisor. She has held board and senior committee positions for more than 12 years in federal, state and local governments and in the not-for-profit and profit sector including the Victorian and federal branches of the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria Board Member
- Victorian AMA Chair of the GP section
- Federal AMA Council of General Practice member
Dr Ines Rio
Nancy Hogan
MBA, Grad Dip Rehab Studies, BA (Political Science), Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, MAICD, Centenary Medal 2002
Nancy Hogan is currently a member of the MSC Sisters Financial Advisory Board.
In 2017, she completed 10 years at Peninsula Health, the last five as Chairperson. Her considerable board experience includes Chair of Aged and Community Care Australia, Victorian Aged and Healthcare Association, Melbourne GP Network and Catholic Healthcare Victoria.
Ms Hogan has also held board positions with Hazlewood Power Corporation, Superpartners, HESTA, Industry Funds Management, Victorian Healthcare Association, Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local, Private Hospitals Association, Church and Charitable Hospitals Association and Mayfield Education Centre.
She has been a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Services Management including Past President Victorian Branch and a Federal Councillor. In 2016/17, she was a member of the Victorian Mental Health Review Team, which completed a major review for Victoria police.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- MSC Sisters Finance Advisory Board
- Galante Business Solutions Executive Director Health and Aged Care
Nancy Hogan
Robert Gerrand
BA, FAMI, FAICD
Rob Gerrand is Principal of marketing and communications consultancy Gerrand & Associates, and is a Director of SANE Australia and the Dax Centre. He also chairs an Australian Institute of Company Directors Nexus group, a peer-to-peer professional development forum for company directors.
His extensive governance experience includes Chair of Parks Victoria and directorships of Alfred Health, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (serving on the Audit and Risk Management Committee of each and as Chair at the FPA), the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne City Marketing, Melbourne Convention and Marketing Bureau and the Koorie Heritage Trust.
He is a former General Manager of Group Public Affairs at ANZ and was previously Director of Turnbull Fox Phillips. He is a published author whose books include Rewrite Your Life! and Rewrite Your Relationships! (Penguin), co-written with Eve Ash, about how to entrench new behaviours.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Gerrand & Associates Principal
- SANE Australia Non-Executive Director
- The Dax Centre Non-Executive Director
Robert Gerrand
Dr Catherine Hutton
MPH, DRCOG, MBBS, FRACGP, GAICD, FAMA
Catherine Hutton has worked as a local GP for more than 30 years, mainly in Melbourne’s north-west. Her extensive experience includes general family medicine, chronic disease management, preventative health and care of marginalised people.
Dr Hutton is an experienced board member specialising in clinical governance, strategy and GP-hospital integration. She has served as a director of North West Melbourne Division of General Practice, AMA Victoria and the Royal Women’s Hospital.
Dr Hutton was also on Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre’s board for five years, where she was the Chair of the Community Advisory and the Quality Committees. She has a Fellowship of the College of General Practitioners, a Masters of Public Health from Melbourne University and is a Graduate member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Western Health Board member
Dr Catherine Hutton
Paul Montgomery
LLB, BA, MAICD
Mr Montgomery has been involved in a number of organisations where his role has been to develop strategic growth.
He first did this at Freehills, Melbourne as managing partner taking that law firm to number one in the Melbourne market. Mr Montgomery had been a partner of Freehills for 28 years and developed a particular leadership style where individuals are encouraged to excel, and organisations attain exceptional business results.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Royal District Nursing Service Limited Chairman and Non-Executive Director
- Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria President; Chair of Carer and Consumer Committee
- Deakin University Geelong Member, Clinical Leadership Advisory Board (Medical School)
- Medisecure Chairman
- Now Hiring Pty Ltd Chairman
Paul Montgomery
Genevieve Overell AM
BA LLB Dip. Fin. Mgt. FIPAA, FAICD
A lawyer by background, Genevieve has extensive and wide experience on boards.
Previously a Deputy Secretary in the Victorian Government responsible for land-use planning, building, environment and heritage, Genevieve served as Head of Environment with the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority with broad management, coordination and delivery responsibilities across Federal, State and Local Governments.
Before Government, Genevieve was a partner at KPMG, specialising in major public infrastructure projects including the development of Federation Square and Melbourne Docklands.
She has been a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Services Management including Past President Victorian Branch and a Federal Councillor. In 2016/17, she was a member of the Victorian Mental Health Review Team, which completed a major review for Victoria police.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Victorian Opera Chair
- State Revenue Office Victoria Audit Committee Independent Chair
- Starlight Children’s Foundation Non-Executive Director and Audit & Risk Committee
- Australian Institute of Architects Independent Non-Executive Director
- German Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Policy Advisory Committee
Genevieve Overell AM
Dr Kathy Alexander
BA, BA (Hons), GDip Public Health, PhD (Public Health Management), Graduate of the London School of Business Proteus Program, 2012
Dr Alexander is an experienced board member and chair in public, private and not for profit organisations with an international reputation for stakeholder management, community engagement and effective public relations in complex and politically sensitive environments.
She has held many board and chair roles in her previous roles as CEO of the Royal Children’s and Royal Women’s hospitals in Victoria and other health services in South Australia and as CEO of the City of Melbourne. Recent board roles include Chair of Administrators of the City of Greater Geelong, following the dismissal of the council, and Chair of Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network.
Current Appointments/Memberships:
- Porter Davis Homes Independent Board Director
- Naomi Milgrom Foundation Board Chair
Dr Kathy Alexander
Damian Ferrie
B. Theol, GDip Conflict Resolution, M. Applied Science (Social Ecology)
Damian is currently the CEO of the Star Health Group Ltd, a community health provider in the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne. He is Chair of Mental Health Victoria and a Director of the Inner South East Metropolitan Partnership. Recently has held positions of the Boards of the Victorian Healthcare Association and Port Philip Housing Association (now Housing First).
As well as experience in the not for profit sector including the acute hospital sector, Damian has held a number of senior executive positions in the New South Wales and Victorian Governments in areas which included housing, community renewal and transport.
Damian Ferrie
Executive Team
Adj/Assoc Prof Christopher Carter
MBL, GDipHlthProm, GMQ, BSW, FAIM, GAICD, GIA(Cert)
Chris is a broadly skilled leader in health and primary healthcare with extensive experience in managing complexity, driving transformational change and delivering organisational outcomes.
His experience encompasses strategic planning of services, service and system redesign, organisational development, redesigning and implementing new models of care or service delivery and building organisational capacity through collaboration and partnerships with a variety of organisations. Chris’ career has included work as an allied heath practitioner, an educator and policy maker, an international development and evaluation consultant, and as an advocate for young people and marginalised populations in a variety of roles.
Chris’ qualifications include a Master of Business Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion, Bachelor of Social Work, and an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management.
Adj/Assoc Prof Christopher Carter
Ms Janelle Devereux
BA(Hons), GCertPubPol, DipMan
Janelle has been a leader in developing policy and driving health system improvements in Australia, and internationally, for more than 10 years. This includes implementing the award winning acute stroke service redesign project in London, and building HealthPathways Melbourne to be a trusted and widely used source of best practice advice for GPs across Melbourne.
Janelle is passionate about improving access to high quality, person centred and integrated care for the population of North Western Melbourne, and in particular achieving this through strong whole of system partnerships. She believes that supporting and improving clinical leadership and engagement with health system consumers are both crucial to achieving these goals.
Ms Janelle Devereux
Mr Jagjit Dhaliwal
Jag is an outcomes-focused executive with more than 15 years experience in leadership and management roles.
His experience spans a diverse range of settings in the United Kingdom and Australia, including corporate sector and not-for-profit organisations, rural health services, health and human services, early years education and care, and primary health commissioning.
Before joining North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network, he was Executive Director, Community Services at IPC Health and Executive Director, Primary Health Services at Murray Primary Health Network.
Jag is passionate about delivering high quality, sustainable care that is geared to meet the needs of consumers.
Mr Jagjit Dhaliwal
Mr Craig Walker
Masters of Education
Craig is a Human Resources and Corporate Services professional with more than 20 years of experience working across a diverse range of local and global industries. His areas of expertise include improving business systems, developing and executing change management processes and enhancing staff capabilities and performance.
Before joining North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network, he was HR Services Manager for the University of Wollongong and Senior HR Manager for global information technology services firm Capgemini.
Craig is passionate about developing workplace cultures that encourage diversity, collaboration and harness the very best in people.
Mr Craig Walker
Ms Emma McKeown
B. Health Science (Health Information Management), B. Information Science (Information Systems)
Emma is a results-oriented leader with more than 17 years’ experience in health and analytics. She has diverse experience across leadership roles in private hospitals, private health insurance and the medical technology industry. Before joining North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network, Emma was a Senior Director within PwC’s National Health Practice where she led specialist data and analytics teams to work with public and private health clients to build analytics-driven organisations.
Emma is passionate about using data and analytics to better understand the precise needs of an individual or community and to transform the services around them to deliver high quality outcomes at a sustainable cost. She specialises in developing analytics capability to obtain insights from diverse data sources through the design and implementation of solid data analytics foundations and frameworks, and the development of user-friendly applications and tools.
