Dr Levy, also chairman of the Auckland District Health Board, has extensive management and governance experience in both the public and private health sectors having been chief executive and chairman of a number of health organisations including South Auckland Health (now Counties Manukau District Health Board), the New Zealand Blood Service and the MercyAscot group of Hospitals. He is a graduate of Medicine, an MBA and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and has previously been awarded the prestigious King’s Fund International Fellowship. He is currently chief executive of the New Zealand Leadership Institute and professor (adjunct) of Leadership at the University of Auckland Business School, chairman of Tonkin & Taylor (the international engineering consultancy) and deputy chairman of Health Benefits Limited (charged by the Government to save $700M from combined District Health Board expenditure through shared services over the next five years).
 

Professor Abbott is AUT University's pro vice chancellor (North Shore) and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. Max also co-directs the National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research. He was previously a clinical and community psychologist, national director of the Mental Health Foundation and president of the World Federation for Mental Health.
 

Warren is a pharmacist and has owned his own pharmacy in Massey, and now Westgate, for over 40 years. He is also a Waitakere City councillor, president of the Waitakere Licensing Trust and the NZ Licensing Trust Association. He is a Justice of the Peace and was awarded a Queen's Service Medal in 2004 for services to the community.

Wendy is a Consulting partner, responsible for the Strategy and Operations service in Deloitte (NZ). She has been involved with the healthcare sector since the early 1990s, working primarily for secondary and tertiary care providers. In addition to the Waitemata District Health Board, she currently serves as a Board member for Deloitte (NZ) and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Sandra was appointed a companion to the Queen’s Service Order (QSO) for services to women’s health in 2010. Her 40−year record as a consumer advocate in the health sector led to the Cervical Cancer Inquiry and major reforms in patients’ rights for all New Zealanders. She was a consumer representative in the development of the New Zealand Health Strategy which directs all DHBs and Chair of the Pharmac Consumer Advisory Committee until mid-2010. Sandra’s background also includes work on the National Cervical and Breast Screening programmes and on consumer participation. She is an elected member on the Auckland Council, representing Waitakere.
 

Rob is of Ngapuhi, Ngati Hine descent. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ngati Hine Health Trust - a large-scale, Maori-owned provider of Health & Disability Support services, Community and Specialist Nursing services, Dental services, Social and Educational services and Restorative Justice & Youth programmes. 

Rob sits on the National Health Board and is an appointed member of both the Auckland and Waitemata District Health Boards. In 2009 Rob was appointed to the Government’s Whanau Ora Taskforce to advise on improving Government-funded services to Maori and in 2010 was appointed Chairman of the Whanau Ora Governance Group, which is responsible for implementing the Whanau Ora policy.

Rob also serves as a Director of several health research organisations, including the James Henare Maori Research Centre.
 

James is an Emergency Department doctor. Born in Auckland, he was raised in Birkenhead, attended Northcote College and graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland. He has worked in multiple hospitals across New Zealand and Australia including the Emergency Care Centre at North Shore Hospital.
 

Christine is a former Chief Executive Officer of Work and Income (WINZ) having had a 24 year career in the public service She is currently in partnership with her eldest son Matt in their own business — The Transformational Leadership Company, teaching leadership and management to NZ business. She is an author, commentator and advocate against the child abuse epidemic in New Zealand. Christine is a board member with the Families Commission and a board member on the Upper Harbour Community board and a former councillor of the Auckland Regional Council.
 

Allison Roe is a prominent New Zealand athlete and is well known for setting world records and for winning the New York and Boston marathons in 1981. Allison has since enjoyed a successful business career balancing home life as a wife and mother with the demands of her own business ventures. Her special interest and research around healthy life styles is recognised in NZ and overseas. Her governance experience includes the North Shore Hospital Foundation and the Health Sponsorship Council.