Executive

Dr Lesley Bennett

Chief Executive 

Lesley has worked in 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

Mr Jones was appointed to this role in January 2018. Prior to this role, he was EMHS Chief Finance Officer.

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

Sandra Miller

Executive Director, Mental Health

Ms Miller was appointed in late 2016, following six years in a similar role with the North Metropolitan Health Service.

During her time in WA Health, Sandra has held strategic and operational roles in public 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). She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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

Anne-Marie Presho

Director, Office of the Chief Executive

Ms 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 10 years working in the National Health Service in England, she 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.

She 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

Mr Aylward has worked extensively in senior management and leadership positions in health.

These include Executive Director Procurement, Infrastructure and Contract Management at North Metropolitan Health Service, and 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.

Mr Aylward is a Director of the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation and an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University.

He 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.

He is a business graduate from Curtin University and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Managers.

Ben Noteboom 

Executive Director, Royal Perth Bentley Group

Mr Noteboom, a physiotherapist specialising in complex critical care, was appointed as the EMHS Area Director of Allied Health and RPBG Director of Allied Health in 2022.

He was professional lead for physiotherapy during the 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.

He was Senior Clinical Fellow with Curtin University School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science. He collaborated with leading researchers on cardiorespiratory physiotherapy.

He is an Associate Fellow and Certified Health Manager of the Australasian College of Health Service Management and is a candidate of the College Fellowship program. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Management WA Advisory Committee and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

He has a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Administration from La Trobe University.

Professor Grant Waterer

Executive Director, Medical Services

Professor 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 a respiratory physician at Royal Perth Hospital, Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago.

He is 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 more than 150 peer reviewed publications and more than 60 invited international presentations.

He is on the editorial board of eight journals including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chest, and the European Respiratory Journal.

Christine Thompson 

Executive Director, People and Capability

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

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

She is 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, her former roles include 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, 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

Ms Lombardi was appointed to the Area Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services position in January 2020.

She provides strategic leadership and advice to guarantee the achievement of high standards of practice, clinical care, teaching, training and research in nursing and midwifery.

She started her career 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.

Ms Lombardi 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.

She 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, Strategy, Planning and Performance

Ms Mylne, who trained as a podiatrist, is experienced in clinical planning, delivering health reform and commissioning projects in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Francine Eades

Area Director, Aboriginal Health

Ms Eades is a Minang Noongar woman whose family is from Mt Barker. She has spent most of her life in Boorloo (Perth) in Whadjuk Noongar country.

She brings 30 years' experience in the health sector, including 20 years as a nurse.

She trained as an epidemiologist and was Aboriginal lead in the WA Covid-19 vaccination program.

EMHS is the first metropolitan health service provider in WA to establish a health executive position specifically for Aboriginal Health.

Ms Eades will review the current approach, then bring the Aboriginal Health Strategy and Aboriginal Community Health Teams together to build a cohesive and high-performing directorate by acknowledging their important achievements to date and elevating the Aboriginal health agenda through the Area Executive Group.

"We are reviewing where we are at and determining a plan for the future that privileges the voices of members of the EMHS Community Advisory Group," she said.

She has a Master of Public Health in Applied Epidemiology.

A/Executive Director Patient Experience

Ms Moltoni is a Registered Nurse with experience across clinical research, acute care, aged care and consulting. She worked clinically in the tertiary sector in NSW, before spending 10 years running clinical trials in the hospital setting, in an academic research institute and for pharmaceutical companies.

She completed an MBA and transitioned to health care consulting where she worked on a range of projects including operational performance, Federal strategy for patient recruitment in clinical research, hospital commissioning, model of care development, safety and quality and risk management. She has work around Australia including in rural and remote settings, and in the Middle East.

She was the Executive Director of a large residential aged care facility and the Executive Director for Safety and Quality, Governance and Consumer Engagement for North Metropolitan Health Service in WA.

Chandima Hiyare-Hewage

A/Executive Director Infrastructure

An architect by training, she joined the EMHS as Director Capital Works in 2022.

Prior to that, she excelled in strategic leadership for the WA Department of Finance, leading the delivery of $500+ million in education projects.

In delivering this portfolio of works, she managed a team of project managers across the State.

She worked in procurement reform during the biggest ever reform in the works sector since the start of the Public Works Act 100 years ago.

This required a sound understanding of works procurement, issues affecting the public sector and the ability to champion change and innovation through positive working relationships.