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Board Advisory Committees

The Agency has a Jurisdictional Advisory Committee (JAC), described below. Members are nominated by the head of the Health Department in each jurisdiction.

Jurisdictional Advisory Committee (JAC)

Jurisdictional Advisory Committee (JAC)

Victoria

Mr Neville Board (A/g Chair)
Chief Digital Health Officer
Department of Health

South Australia

Mr Bret Morris
Chief Digital Health Officer
Department of Health and Wellbeing

Commonwealth

Ms Penny Shakespeare
Deputy Secretary 
Health Financing
Department of Health

New South Wales

Dr Amith Shetty
Clinical Director, Patient Experience and System Performance Division
NSW Ministry of Health 

Tasmania

Mr Warren Prentice
Chief Information Officer
Tasmanian Health Department

Queensland

Mr Damian Green
Deputy Director-General and Chief Information Officer
eHealth Queensland

Western Australia

Dr Peter Sprivulis 
Chief Clinical Information Officer
Department of Health, Government of Western Australia

Australian Capital Territory

Mr Peter O’Halloran
Chief Information Officer
ACT Health

Northern Territory

Dr John F Lambert
Chief Clinical Information Officer
Northern Territory Department of Health

Clinical and Technical Advisory Committee

Board Standing Advisory Committee Charter

Dr Samuel Heard OAM (Chair)
Agency board member

Dr Oliver Frank MBBS PhD FRACGP FAIDH
Senior Research Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, 
University of Adelaide
Fellow, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Dr Kate Taylor MBBS MPH GAICD
Chief Executive Officer, Oculo 
Visiting Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne

Professor Cheryl McCullagh
Chief Strategy Officer, Beamtree Pty Ltd

Dr David Hansen PhD MBA GAICD
Chief Executive Officer
Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
Health Informatics Society of Australia, Board Chair

Mr Stephen Wragg
Director, Western Australian Primary Health Alliance
President Pharmacy Guild of Australia (WA Branch)
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (member)

Mr John Sutherland
Chief Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care

Dr Clair Sullivan MBBS (Hons) MD FRACP CHIA
Head of Queensland Digital Health Research Network, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland (UQ)
Associate Professor of Medicine in Clinical Informatics, UQ
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
Fellow RACP, Fellow ACHI, Fellow AIDH

Consumer Advisory Committee

Board Standing Advisory Committee Charter

Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward (Chair)
Agency board member

Mr Neil Fraser
Senior Education Officer, NSW Health

Ms Imelda Gilmore
Dementia and Carer Advocate

Mr Dean Martin
Health Consumer

Ms Jackie Softly
Disability and Carer Advocate

Ms Kerry Stubbs
Board member, Northcott Innovation
Non-executive Director, Healthy North Coast

Privacy and Security Advisory Committee

Board Standing Advisory Committee Charter

Ms Emma Hossack (Chair)
Agency board member

Dr Chris Moy MBBS FRACGP FAMA
General Practitioner

Mr Bob Milstein
Owner, Milstein & Associates

Dr Troy Browning
Managing Director, Medical Indemnity Protection Society

Mr Graham Ingram 
Information Security 

Ms Georgie Haysom
General Manager, Advocacy, Education and Research, Avant Law

Mr Scott MacLeod
Senior Manager, ANZ Solution Architecture National Security, Amazon Web Services 

Audit and Risk Committee (ARC)

Audit and Risk Committee (ARC)

Ms Lyn McGrath (Chair)
Agency board member

Dr David Bryant PhD, FHEA, FAIPM, MACS PCP, GAICD
Director, DB Consulting

Ms Maria Storti MBA, BEc
Director, MSDC Consulting
Fellow of the Australian & NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management
Member of the Australian Institute of Internal Auditors

NOTE: The establishment of the Audit and Risk Committee does not require consultation with Health Ministers. Members are appointed by the board.

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