Our 2023-2024 Senior Management Team

Before joining WentWest, Ray was accountable for managing the System Information & Analytics Branch within the NSW Ministry of Health - the authoritative source of truth on system performance which underpins the NSW Government’s public communications on public health system performance and the Ministry of Health’s decisions on the purchasing of health services. Ray supported the annual purchasing of $33 billion of health services across all 228 public hospitals in NSW, supported performance improvement and management of public health care systems and was accountable for data custodianship, analytics, service level agreement reporting and many digital innovations. Ray has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada and PwC Australia where he advised government, private, NGOs and academic sectors across Australia and Canada on several transformational reform agendas.

Ray has more than 20 years of experience in Australia and Canada with academia, public and private sectors, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Graduate of the AICD (GAICD) and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Minor in Business. He is passionate about breaking down barriers and addressing perverse incentives in order to transform systems to enable integration of care, collaboration and partnership across health, education and social service sectors. He is a vocal advocate for equitable access, system improvement and patient-centred approaches to improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

Michelle has worked across health, wellbeing, social care and academic sectors in the UK and Australia, working with operational teams, councillors, specialists and local leaders. She has successfully combined theory, best practice and lived experience into new initiatives that drive systemic change towards equitable health and wellbeing outcomes.

At WentWest, Michelle leads a portfolio that focuses on continuous and incremental quality improvement for Western Sydney communities, including delivering $50m+ into local communities through commissioning of non-government organisations. Her and her team work on outcome-based service commissioning, person-centred mental health and suicide prevention regional planning and delivery, data and digital enablers to understand and address health inequity and project management methodologies to drive forward ideas.

As a Speech Pathologist, Michelle loved the interaction with her clients and their families. When she started lecturing and leading teams, she learned the difference between making a change for one person versus making change that impacted many people, and when she discovered the breadth of influence in commissioning services, she was hooked. Changing the health system one step at a time, Michelle finds working with others, sharing knowledge and experiences to design services that deliver better outcomes for people with limited resources a real buzz.

Jane boasts over 20 years of leadership experience in the health care sector, currently serving as the Director of Primary Care Transformation and Integration at WentWest. Her career includes extensive involvement with general practices across Western Sydney, culminating in her current role as Director of Primary Care Transformation and Integration at WentWest for the past five years. Jane’s portfolio includes the development and delivery of primary care, establishing partnerships across health care disciplines, and steering strategic priorities. Under her leadership, her teams drive the development of urgent care clinics and multicultural health initiatives, and they play a pivotal role in evolving the Patient Centred Medical Home program and addressing workforce challenges.

Her innovative approaches, notably in supporting the establishment of Healthicare and launching the Cumberland Health Care Neighbourhood, demonstrate her dedication to transformative health care integration at both grassroots and systemic levels, aimed at delivering person-centred care that significantly enhances health and social outcomes in Western Sydney.

Michael has been a general practitioner in Blacktown for 40 years. That means he has had the opportunity to care for three generations of many families and enjoys being reminded of that in common encounters on the street. The passing decades have seen his satisfaction in the work increase. He recognises the potential of general practice to help families flourish whilst they raise healthy, happy and well-adjusted children and young people.

His professional joy in working with individual children, young people and their families is tempered by the recognition that business as usual has not, is not and will not make a favourable impact on health and wellbeing at the population level. The life chances of an Australian child (at the population level) depend on the postcode in which they are raised. This inequity is an iniquity beyond the reach of individual clinicians and of individual general practices. It is the fact that has driven Michael – along with GP colleagues who inspire and sustain – to work in and with WentWest in pursuit of the quadruple aim. He is confident that WentWest is ready, willing and able.

As the Director of People and Culture, Anthea leads the ongoing development of an aligned, motivated, healthy and agile workplace in which our people thrive and positively impact the organisation’s success. Anthea’s focus on employee engagement, leadership development, leading organisational change and driving performance to help deliver strategic objectives has resulted in a resilient, innovative, supportive and inclusive workplace culture. Anthea has 25 years’ experience in people and culture roles in health care, consumer products and education across the not-for-profit, global corporate and government sectors. Prior to joining WentWest, Anthea worked for the Sunbeam Corporation, the Coleman Company, the Jarden Corporation and TAFE Digital. Anthea has a passion for developing the next generation of HR professionals through her commitment to mentoring work with tertiary institutions.

Anthea holds a Bachelor of Arts (The University of Sydney), Graduate Diploma in Adult Education (University of Technology Sydney), Graduate Diploma of Human Resources (Deakin University) and is a Certified Professional Member (CAHRI) from the Australian Institute of Human Resources.

Nathalie has significant experience across the health care, not-for-profit, academic, corporate and government sectors, including work for NSW Department of Health, the French Ministry of Health, Johnson & Johnson, The University of Sydney, UNICEF, UNAIDS and USAID. Her roles have taken her across Europe, Asia and the Pacific, allowing her to build strong relationships with stakeholders at international government, private industry and community levels.

Prior to joining WentWest, Nathalie was the Executive Director of Bader Capital, leading the global health arm of the capital markets advisory firm. She is a regular health policy, economics and marketing lecturer at various universities and has spoken at several innovation events covering topics including artificial intelligence technology, policy and design thinking.