Family Planning CEO and leadership

Jackie is currently the Chief Executive of New Zealand Family Planning a national not for profit health provider, providing services across New Zealand and in the Pacific- 33 clinics and regional offices, employing 240 staff. She is senior manager with extensive clinical leadership, strategic and operational management experience working in both the not for profit and public health sector. She is experienced in working in international settings and have been on multiple government delegations to United Nations meetings.

Jackie is a registered comprehensive nurse with her over twenty years' clinical experience across a number of specialties. She has held service manager positions in two district health boards and moved to the not for profit sector in 2004. She was a regional manager and then national operations manager of the clinical services for Family Planning. In 2006 six she was appointed as the the Chief Executive of Family Planning New Zealand.

Jackie has completed the Institute of Directors Company Directors course and has governance experience in the not for profit sector in New Zealand and internationally.

Specialties:

-Collaborative across complexity

-Strategic and effective influencer

-Breadth and depth of understanding of health sector challenges

-Governance

-Commitment to equity