Anne has over 40 years in the health industry; the majority in mental health. Previously the Executive Director Mental Health at Monash Health, Anne brings skills in governance, clinical operations, and service development.

Anne is a current assessor with the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards, a member of the Victorian Mental Health Clinical Network Governance Committee, a member of the Clinical Advisory Committee South East Melbourne Primary Health Network and was recently appointed to the Expert Advisory Committee assisting the Royal Commission Victoria Mental Health.

Kevin has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Most recently, as Country Manager for Philips Australia and New Zealand. Kevin joined Philips from medical technology firm Becton, Dickinson and Company where he was the Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand since 2006. Prior to this, he held several senior sales and marketing management roles at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

Kevin was appointed to the Board of the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) in 2009-2010 and was elected Chairman in 2012, serving in that role until his departure from Becton, Dickinson and Company.

Richard is the Clinical Director of Peninsula Health Mental Health Service, an Adjunct Professor at Monash University, a consultant adult psychiatrist within Peninsula Mental Health, and has a private practice specialising in eating disorders.

Richard is also a board member of Mental Health Victoria, has had several roles within RANZCP and is currently Chair of the Victorian Branch of the College. He is a member of the Australian Safety and Quality Commissions Comprehensive Care Advisory Committee and has contributed to the development of the Commission’s work on recognition and response to deterioration in mental state.

Julian is Director of Paxton Partners, a management consulting firm specialising in the Australian health and human services sector. Julian has close to 30 years of experience as both a health industry executive leader and senior consultant in the sector. His experience extends across strategic, operational, and technical domains of health care management. Julian is a Certified Practicing Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, master’s in Business Administration as well as being a recent graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He advises to a range of Australian public and private health service providers and to State and Federal levels of Government.

Warren Ward is Director of the Queensland Eating Disorders Service (QuEDS) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland. He is Chair of the Queensland Health Eating Disorder Advisory Group and co-author of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders.

In 2017 he received the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED) Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Eating Disorders. He has published more than forty articles and book chapters, most of them on eating disorders.