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Executive Team

The Metro South Health Executive Team includes a Health Service Chief Executive and a group of Executive Directors who are each responsible for a service or portfolio within our health service. This team reports to the Hospital and Health Board.

Dr Peter Bristow

Dr Peter Bristow
Position: 
Chief Executive
Start date: 
January 2020

Dr Peter Bristow is a values-based leader who believes strongly in the mission of Metro South Health to deliver quality health care to our patients, their families and our community.

Nicola Dymond

Mrs Nicola Dymond

Position: 
Chief Operating Officer
Start date: 
June 2020

Nicola Dymond is a senior health executive with extensive international experience, having trained as a Registered Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor in the United Kingdom, where she held numerous professional and operational executive roles, including as the Chief Executive Officer of a Primary Care Trust.

Robert Mackway-Jones

Mr Robert Mackway-Jones
Position: 
Chief Finance Officer
Start date: 
June 2013

Robert has 25 years of health sector experience and more than 15 years of senior leadership experience within the New Zealand environment. He joined Metro South Health as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in June 2013. Robert’s New Zealand health experience included various financial roles and sector leadership roles.

Dr Michael Cleary

Dr Michael Cleary PSM
Position: 
Executive Director, Princess Alexander Hospital
Start date: 
July 2017

Dr Michael Cleary commenced working with Queensland Health 34 years ago and was appointed as Executive Director, Princess Alexandra Hospital in October 2017.

Noelle Cridland

Ms Noelle Cridland
Position: 
Executive Director, Logan and Beaudesert Health Service
Start date: 
November 2019

Noelle Cridland has extensive experience in strategic health care leadership, corporate and clinical governance, clinical services delivery and service redesign and reform. Her previous roles include Metro North Executive Director Safety and Quality,  Executive Director Metro North Medical Imaging and Executive Director of Development and Commissioning for Children’s Health Queensland.

Ms Susan Freiberg
Position: 
Executive Director, Bayside Health Services

Mr Kieran Kinsella
Position: 
Executive Director, Addiction and Mental Health Services
Start date: 
May 2019

Kieran Kinsella has held senior health management positions in both UK and Australian health services. Kieran qualified as a mental health nurse following his training at St Bartholomew’s hospital in London and also has a Masters qualification. 

Mrs Adrianne Belchamber
Position: 
Executive Director, QEII Hospital
Start date: 
November 2019

Adrianne is the Executive Director of Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital.

Adrianne is a Registered Comprehensive Nurse with 25 years’ experience in the health sector. Adrianne is an experienced operational manager having held a number of senior roles in New Zealand prior to a move to Australia in 2012.     

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Ms Kay Toshach
Position: 
Executive Director, Strategy and Planning
Start date: 
June 2012

Kay has a background in physiotherapy and worked as a senior clinician within Queensland Health and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service before pursuing an interest in workforce, organisational development and change management.

Mr Dave Waters
Position: 
Executive Director, Human Resources
Start date: 
October 2017

Dave is a senior human resources executive, having worked in a number of Queensland Government agencies, most recently as Chief Human Resources Officer at the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Prior to this, he was Chief Human Resources Officer at the Department of Health.

Cameron Ballantine

Mr Cameron Ballantine
Position: 
Chief Information Officer
Start date: 
October 2017

Cameron Ballantine is a Registered Nurse with post graduate qualifications in Intensive Care. Cameron has practical experience in clinical leadership positions across the public sector, has worked in health delivery roles in Queensland, and also has a Masters qualification in Health Science.

Chris Thorburn

Ms Chris Thorburn

Position: 
Executive Director, Governance
Start date: 
October 2019

Chris Thorburn’s career in senior and executive health management spans more than 25 years. During this period, she has managed large, diverse, acute and community health services, mental health services and health facilities. 

Dr Susan O'Dwyer
Position: 
Executive Director, Medical Services
Start date: 
June 2012

Dr Susan O'Dwyer has worked in medical administration roles at various facilities across Queensland since 2001. Her experience includes a seven-year term (2005-2012) in the Department of Health, Queensland, with responsibilities for medical workforce, education and training.

Ms Veronica Casey AM
Position: 
Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery Services
Start date: 
June 2012

Veronica has held nursing executive leadership positions in Queensland Health since 1998. She worked in nursing director roles at The Prince Charles Hospital, the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Nursing Services at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Ms Anne Coccetti
Position: 
Executive Director, Allied Health
Start date: 
May 2019

Anne Coccetti is the Acting Executive Director of Allied Health for Metro South Health. In February 2018 Anne was appointed as Director of Allied Health for Logan and Beaudesert Hospitals. Prior to that appointment, Anne was the Director of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Logan Hospital since 2010. 

Dr Helen Boocock

Dr Helen Boocock
Position: 
Executive Director, Community and Oral Health
Start date: 
January 2020
Last updated 27 August 2020