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Robert Mackway-Jones

Chair Research Board

Appointed as Mater's Interim Chief Executive Officer in January 2025, Robert is well-known to the Mater Executive and Senior Leadership Team, having previously served as Acting Chief Financial Officer in 2024.

For more than a decade, Robert led New Zealand's Southland District Health Board and Otago District Health Board as General Manager of Finance and Funding and Chief Financial Officer. During this time, he championed the health needs assessment, strategic planning, funding and contracting for health services activities for the Southern District Health Board.

In 2013 Robert relocated to Australia where he took up the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer at Metro South Hospital before being appointed Chief Financial Officer, serving for more than ten years.

With extensive expertise and leadership across the Australian and New Zealand healthcare and financial sectors, Robert is adept in strategic planning, stakeholder management and Board relations.

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