Waitemata DHB’s current board comprises the following members:
Dr Lester Levy (Chair)
A graduate of Medicine and holder of an MBA, Dr Levy is the chief executive of the University of Auckland's New Zealand Leadership Institute and adjunct professor of Leadership at the university's Business School. He has an extensive background in public health, having been chief executive of South Auckland Health and the Mercy Ascot Hospital Group. He is a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. |
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Professor Max Abbott (Deputy chair)
Professor Abbott is AUT University's pro vice chancellor (North Shore) and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. Max also co-directs the National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research. He was previously a clinical and community psychologist, national director of the Mental Health Foundation and president of the World Federation for Mental Health.
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Brian Neeson
Brian was a National member of parliament for 12 years, and assistant speaker of the House of Representatives and chair of the Health Select Committee. He is a second term elected health board member and chair of the Audit and Finance committee. Brian is also an elected community board member for Waitakere City Council and managing director of two private investment companies. |
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Wyn Hoadley
Wyn is a barrister and member of the Earthquake Commission. A former city and regional councillor, she served as mayor of Takapuna City and chancellor of Auckland University of Technology. She is currently patron and trustee of various performing arts, sports and community organisations, including the North Shore Hospital Foundation. She is a Companion of The Queen's Service Order (QSO). |
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Warren Flaunty
Warren is a pharmacist and has owned his own pharmacy in Massey, and now Westgate, for over 40 years. He is also a Waitakere City councillor, president of the Waitakere Licensing Trust and the NZ Licensing Trust Association. He is a Justice of the Peace and was awarded a Queen's Service Medal in 2004 for services to the community.
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Dr Lynne Coleman
Educated on the North Shore and at Auckland Medical School, Dr Lynne Coleman is a mother of five and works as a general practitioner at the Apollo Health and Wellness Centre in Albany. Dr Coleman is an appointee to the Wilson Home Trust and chairs the Quality and Risk comittee for Waitemata DHB. She also sits on the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand and is a trustee on the Harbour Sport Trust. She has a special interest in sports medicine and women's health. |
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Gwen Tepania-Palmer (Ngati Kahu/Ngati Paoa)
Gwen is a graduate of Pyschopaedic Nursing (Manawatu) and of Comprehensive Nursing (A.T.I. North Shore). She holds an MBA (Massey) and a Certificate in Company Direction (Institute of Directors New Zealand). Gwen has an extensive background in the New Zealand health sector. She has held several ministerial appointments including the National Health Committee and is chair of the Ngatihine Health Trust, Northland. |
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Pat Booth
Pat Booth (OBE) is consulting editor and contributing columnist to Fairfax Suburban Newspapers in the Auckland region and the group's editor emeritus. He is the author of 16 books including prize-winning investigative works and novels. An elected member of the Waitemata DHB Board since 2004, he was previously a member of Northland DHB, the Far North District Council and Waitakere City Council. |
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Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper
Mary-Anne is a human resources health and safety consultant for the marine industry and a director of her own company, Health Safety Services. She previously worked as an occupational health nurse and for the Department of Labour as a health safety inspector and enforcement officer. She is a Justice of the Peace and is involved in the North Shore community.
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Wendy Lai
Wendy is a Consulting partner, responsible for the Strategy and Operations service in Deloitte (NZ). She has been involved with the healthcare sector since the early 1990s, working primarily for secondary and tertiary care providers. In addition to the Waitemata District Health Board, she currently serves as a board member for Deloitte (NZ).
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