Austin Health CEO and leadership

Horsburgh Adam is a Chief Operating Officer at Southern Health; Chief Executive Officer at AUSTIN HEALTH; and Director, Performance & System Design at Department of Health & Human Services Victoria and is based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He attended Birmingham between 1996 and 1998 and UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER between 1993 and 1996.

I am an experienced people and change executive with extensive strategic and operational experience in professional services, global technology and consulting services, financial services and higher education. Passionate about helping organisations and individuals build their capability and perform at their best, I have a particular interest in the development of future leaders, especially women, and the application of positive change methodologies to drive sustainable change and engagement.

Kemsley Fairhurst are a Chief Finance Officer at AUSTIN HEALTH.

Alan Pritchard is a Director of Information Services, Chief Technology Officer at AUSTIN HEALTH and is based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He has worked as IT Manager, Diagnostic Services at Mayne Pharma; Sales Representative at ROCHE; and Product Manager at AMRAD Pharmaceuticals. Alan studied at Melbourne Business School between 2001 and 2005 and University of Cambridge.

Bernadette joined Austin Health as Chief Nursing Officer in November 2017. Bernadette has held a number of senior executive roles in Australia and New Zealand. She has successfully led large transformational change in the health sector and promotes standardisation of practice to deliver quality, improve safety and minimise risk. Her research interests focus on the role of nursing in improving health outcomes and she has published on advanced nursing practice. Bernadette is an authorised Victorian Nurse Immuniser, a member of the Australian College of Nursing, Victorian Metropolitan EDONs, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and a Board Member of YSAS.

John Ferguson is a Chief Medical Officer at AUSTIN HEALTH and is based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He has worked as House Medical Officer at Bundaberg Base Hospital; Vice President Medical Services at United Medical Services, Kuwait; and Career Medical Officer in Emergency Medicine at Goulburn Hospital. John works or has worked as MEMBER at Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria. He attended The University of Queensland between 1973 and 1978, Charles Sturt University between 1989 and 1990, and Royal Australian Collgege of Medical Administration between 2011 and 2012.

John was appointed Interim Chief Operating Officer at Austin Health in April 2020.

He is passionate about providing high quality, safe and equitable health care for all members of the community, and recognises the critical role research plays in the development of progressive patient treatment and care.

John has extensive healthcare experience having worked as an allied health clinician in both the public and private sector in Victoria, and has held various senior leadership positions over the past 20 years.

John holds a Master of Health Administration and is currently the Board Chair of Banyule Community Health Service and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He is a former Board Director of the Victorian Deaf Society.

Kiara Sotiriou is an Executive Assistant to The Chief Medical Officer at AUSTIN HEALTH and is based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She has worked as Personal Assistant to The Directors of Radiology at AUSTIN HEALTH and (Acting) Executive Assistant for Chief Finance Officer and Chief People and Culture at AUSTIN HEALTH. Kiara studied at Mill Park Secondary College.