Meet the Management Team
MidCentral DHB is led by an Executive Team of five.
Organisational structure of MidCentral DHB.
Murray has been MidCentral District Health Board’s CEO since 1999, and he led the organisation through the significant change to a district health board model.
He has gained considerable management and leadership experience across a wide range of industries – in both the public and private sectors, including primary production, tourism, pharmaceuticals and social services.
Murray’s association with MidCentral dates back to 1994 when he took up the role of General Manager, Corporate Services. Whilst undertaking this role he also acquired responsibility for managing mental health and intellectual disability services.
Murray has had, and maintains, governance roles in health related organisations plus community and privately owned entities.
Heather trained originally as a Physiotherapist and worked for a number of years in New Zealand and Australia primarily in services for disabled people. She managed a range of Physiotherapy Services in West Australian until her return to New Zealand in 1989. She worked with the Muscular Dystrophy Association initially as the national advisory Physiotherapist and then as the Director for a number of years.
Heather then moved to the Health Funding Authority as a project manager before taking up her role as General Manager at Enable New Zealand in 2001.
Mike has a long association with health. He joined MidCentral District Health Board as General Manager, Funding Division in 2002. Prior to that he was the General Manager of Hospital and Health Services in Taranaki and Tairawhiti.
Mike is a member of DHBNZ’s Service Improvement Group, and is on the Ministry of Health led Information Liaison Group. He is also involved in PSAAP negotiation process for primary health organisation contracts. This follows his involvement in the early development of New Zealand’s primary health care strategic implementation project.
In addition to his Funding Division responsibilities, Mike is Acting General Manager, Corporate Services.
This role is vacant and is being covered by the CEO.
The role of General Manager, Corporate Services is vacant. Mike Grant is acting in this role.
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Last Updated 24/11/2009