Executive

Dr Lesley Bennett
Chief Executive

Dr Lesley Bennett is the current Chief Executive of East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS).

Lesley has worked within the Royal Perth Bentley Group since 2013 in roles including Service 1 Co-Director, Medical Co-Director Safety and Organisational Learning, and Director of Clinical Services. Prior to this, Lesley held leadership roles in the United Kingdom, including Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer at Oxford University Hospitals. She has a strong focus on leadership, strategic planning and innovation, and has been involved in a number of organisational and cultural change projects throughout her career.

Lesley studied Medicine at the University of Bristol Medical School and went on to specialise in General Respiratory; Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis; and Sleep Medicine. She has also been published in a number of international medical journals.

Graeme Jones
Executive Director, Finance and Infrastructure

Graeme Jones was appointed to the role of Executive Director, Finance and Infrastructure at East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) following a restructure of the Corporate Services portfolio in January 2018. Prior to this role, Graeme was the inaugural Chief Finance Officer for EMHS.

Graeme has held a number of senior leadership roles in WA Health including three years as the Group Director Finance (Chief Finance Officer) WA Health and three years as the Executive Director Corporate Services WACHS.

Previously, Graeme held senior positions in the WA Education Department as Deputy Chief Finance Officer and Director Management Support. It was in this last role that Graeme, together with other key staff, lead the establishment of a shared services centre for the Educating and Training portfolio.

Graeme has also held senior positions in TAFEWA as Director Corporate Services at Central College of TAFE which was located in the Mid-West town of Geraldton.

Graeme has extensive experience in the WA Public Sector. He has a Bachelor of Business Degree in Accounting, Diploma of Management and is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

Sandra Miller
Executive Director, Safety, Quality and Consumer Engagement

Sandra Miller was appointed as the Executive Director Safety, Quality and Consumer Engagement at East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) in late 2016, following six years in a similar leadership role with the North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS), with oversight of the governance programs for patient safety and quality, risk management and audit and an active member of the health service executive.

During her time in WA Health, Sandra has held a number of strategic and operational roles in public WA hospitals and health services with a focus on health reform and governance, staff and consumer engagement, continuous improvement and accreditation, and has represented WA in the review of national safety and quality standards. Sandra led the establishment of the Safety and Quality Units at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Sandra graduated from Curtin University with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Information Management and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Epidemiology and Biostatistics). In 2016 she completed the Company Directors Course with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sandra has a keen interest in the professional development and education of health service staff in the principles of continuous improvement and has been a guest lecturer with the School of Public Health at Curtin University.

Anne-Marie Presho
Director, Office of the Chief Executive

Anne-Marie Presho is a Director in the Office of the Chief Executive at East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) and a member of the health service executive. After spending more than ten years working in the National Health Service in England, Anne-Marie moved to Western Australia in 2006 and has worked in a number of corporate roles across the North, East and South Metropolitan Health Services.

She has broad business experience with oversight of corporate governance, strategic management, project management and finance.

Anne-Marie has a BA Honours Degree in Business and Economics (UK) and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Australia).

Philip Aylward
Executive Director, Corporate Services and Contract Management

A business graduate from Curtin University, with a Fellowship of the Australasian College of Health Service Managers, Philip has worked extensively in senior management and leadership positions in Health, both in health services and in key positions within the Health Department, including Executive Director Procurement, Infrastructure and Contract Management at North Metropolitan Health Service, Chief Executive of the Child and Adolescent Health Service, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Child and Adolescent Community Health and the Perth Children’s Hospital Project.

Philip is a Director of the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation and an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University. Philip currently leads the Corporate Services and Contract Management functions for EMHS, which incorporates Data and Digital Innovation, Health Technology Management Unit, Clinical Coding, Procurement and Contract Management, Security and General Services.

Ben Noteboom 
Executive Director, Royal Perth Bentley Group

Ben Noteboom was appointed as the East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) Area Director of Allied Health and RPBG Director of Allied Health in 2022.

Ben has worked in the health sector for 18 years with a background as a physiotherapist specialising in complex tertiary critical care. Other recent leadership and management roles include Professional Lead for Physiotherapy during Fiona Stanley Hospital commissioning, Service Co-Director of Cancer and Specialty Services for Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group and Service Director for Cancer and Specialty Services at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Ben also previously held a Senior Clinical Fellow appointment with Curtin University School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science and a position on the School Advisory Board. He has collaborated on various research and education opportunities with leading researchers and academics at Curtin University, especially in the field of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy.

Ben is an Associate Fellow and Certified Health Manager of the Australasian College of Health Service Management and is currently a candidate of the College Fellowship program. Ben is also a member of the Australian Institute of Management WA Advisory Committee and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He completed a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Administration at La Trobe University in 2022.

Professor Grant Waterer
Executive Director, Medical Services

Professor Grant Waterer MBBS PhD MBA FRACP FCCP is the acting EMHS Area Director of Clinical Services and acting Director of Clinical Services at Royal Perth Bentley Group. He is also a respiratory physician at Royal Perth Hospital, Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago.

Grant is currently the Chair of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America Community Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines and a panel member of the ATS/IDSA HAP/VAP guidelines.

He has over 150 peer reviewed publications, more than 60 invited international presentations and is on the Editorial Board of 8 journals including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chest and the European Respiratory Journal.

Christine Thompson 
Executive Director, People and Capability

Christine is an experienced public sector leader, with almost three decades of service across a range of roles in various government agencies and a strong commitment to improving public service value.

Christine was the Director of Workforce Strategy at the Public Sector Commission, where amongst other deliverables, she led the development and implementation of the WA Public Sector Diversification and Inclusion Strategy.  

Christine is particularly skilled in workforce development and leadership, in addition to change and strategic human resource management. 

With a solid grounding in human resources, finance and business administration, Christine’s past experience includes the role of Chief People Officer at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the former Department of Fisheries.

She is a graduate of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), Executive Master of Public Administration, a fellow of Leadership WA, and an experienced non-profit board member. 

Doris Lombardi
Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery Services

Doris was formally appointed to the Area Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services position in January 2020. In her role, Doris provides strategic leadership and advice to guarantee the achievement of high standards of practice, clinical care, teaching, training and research in nursing and midwifery.

Doris started her career in the healthcare industry over 30 years ago and has worked in both private and public healthcare. She has considerable leadership experience as a former Co-Director and Director of Operations at Royal Perth Hospital.

Doris is passionate about creating a culture of care and compassion with an unwavering patient focus and provides strategic direction for the largest cohort of staff within EMHS and has implemented programs such as Amazing Nursing and Midwifery Care and Walk a Day in my Shoes.

Neil Cowan
Executive Director, Armadale Kalamunda Group

Susan Mylne 
Executive Director, Clinical Service Strategy and Population Health

Susan has experience in clinical planning, delivering health reform and commissioning projects in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Francine Eades
Area Director, Aboriginal Health

Francine Eades was formally appointed Area Director, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, in December 2022. East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) is the first Metropolitan Health Service Provider in Western Australia to establish a Health Executive position specifically for Aboriginal Health.

Francine is a Minang Noongar woman, whose family is originally from Mt. Barker in the Great Southern region (Minang Noongar country), though she has spent most of her life in Boorloo (the Noongar name for Perth) in Whadjuk Noongar country (or Boodjar).