Board members

Rae Lamb has an extensive background in journalism, focusing on politics and health.  She has also worked as Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner in New Zealand, and as the Aged Care Commissioner for Australia. In early 2019, Rae returned to New Zealand and became the chief executive officer of Te Pou and Blueprint for Learning, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) focused on developing the mental health, addiction and disability workforce for six years. More recently Rae has retired from full time work to concentrate on governance, projects and family. 

Rae was a 2001–02 New Zealand Harkness Fellow and was a trustee on the international governing board for Cochrane. She has also served on the ACC ethics committee.

Shenagh Gleisner has had a diverse career as a manager of front line health services, a director of KPMG and a general manager in the Northern Regional Health Authority. She has held a range of senior positions in the core public service including at the State Services Commission, the chief executive of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the acting deputy chief executive of the Department of Labour.

She now undertakes a range of contracts across many sectors and agencies in the state and the not-for-profit sector. This has included work in the Pacific building capability and organisational reviews.

She has had a long career in governance including having been a director of a large industry training organisation, a director of Emerge Aotearoa which runs mental health, disability and social housing services and the chair of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s risk and assurance committee. She was the Executive Director of the Institute of Public Administration and now does research and communication work for them. She is the independent Chair of both PHO Services Agreement Amendment Protocol and National Annual Agreement Review

Her qualifications include a Master of Science, a Master of Public Policy and certificates in Māori studies and health economics.

Dr Tristram R. Ingham is the Deputy Head of Department, Research Associate Professor and Clinical Epidemiologist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago - Wellington. Dr Ingham has clinical, academic, and governance expertise in addressing health inequities, Māori health, long-term conditions, disability rights and health care governance.

Tristram is the Director of Manatohu Limited, chair of the Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand (FERNZ), co-chair of the My Life My Voice Charitable Trust. He also chairs Te Ao Mārama Aotearoa Trust a nation-wide organisation representing Tāngata Whaikaha Māori.

David Lui has 30 years’ experience as a Pacific consultant. He is currently the principal consultant/director of Focus on Pacific Ltd, which provides cultural assessment, evaluations, cultural competency training and mentoring/coaching. 

Areas of particular focus include mental health, alcohol and drugs, mental health promotion, suicide prevention, family violence, justice (offenders) and youth. He has extensive experience working with Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. He is a board member of the WALSH Trust, and chair of Henderson High School board of trustees.

Previously Mr Lui was a member of the Waitematā District Health Board and the chair of Pharmac’s Consumer Advisory Committee.

Professor Ron Paterson grew up in South Auckland and is of Scottish and Ngāti Raukawa descent. Ron is a health law and ethics expert, with a diverse career as a law professor at Auckland University, Deputy Director-General of Safety and Regulation, Health and Disability Commissioner, Parliamentary Ombudsman and Visiting Fellow at Melbourne University (teaching Patient Safety and the Law). He is a lay member of the Medical Council and former community director on the Royal Australasian College of Physicians board.

Ron has led several major inquiries and reviews in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, in patient safety and quality, medical regulation, veterans’ support, maternity care, aged care, mental health and the regulation of lawyers. He is the author of The Good Doctor: What Patients Want (2012). In his spare time, Ron enjoys off-road running, tramping and helping on a farm near Lake Waikaremoana.

Tereki Stewart is the programme director at Te Kāhui Raraunga Charitable Trust, which was established in 2019 to lead action to realise the advocacy of the Data Iwi Leaders Group. 

Mr Stewart was previously the pouwhakahaere/senior manager, Te Ao Māori, Census, at Stats NZ, where he was responsible for leading a team to bring te ao Māori perspectives to the Census programme. From 2015 to 2020, he was the chief operating officer at the National Hauora Coalition.

Mr Stewart is vice-president of the Waitakere Outrigger Canoe Association and has previously been a member of a number of district health board committees representing Ngāti Whātua.

Dr Peter Watson (Pete) is an experienced specialist doctor who worked in Counties-Manukau for over 30 years including as a Paediatrician, a Specialist Youth Health Physician, Clinical Director of Mental Health and Addictions and as Chief Medical Officer.

Pete now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch and has a range of government and NGO health sector governance and consulting roles.

Clare Perry is an experienced public sector leader with more than 20 years in senior roles in health system strategy, commissioning, regulation, and service quality. As former Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of Health, Clare led national initiatives focused on system improvement and innovation, regulatory performance, and equitable access to safe, high-quality care.

Clare brings governance experience across central government, health, and the community sector. She chaired the Whakarongorau New Zealand Telehealth Service Improvement Board, contributed to cross-sector collaboration via the South Auckland Social Wellbeing Board, and currently leads strategic risk oversight as chair of the Health, Safety and Environment Advisory Committee of a NFP regional sports organisation.

A former registered nurse, Clare’s clinical background spans hospital, primary care, and community settings in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. A Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, she continues to provide strategic advisory services across public and not-for-profit sectors.

Taima Campbell is a Registered Nurse of Pare Hauraki descent. Taima is the Manukura Hauora | CE for Te Puna Hauora Matua o Hauraki | Hauraki PHO, which covers primary care providers in the Hauraki and Waikato region. Before this she was the Poukura Hauora | Clinical Service Manager for Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki as well as an independent consultant to a number of heath organisations. 

Taima has extensive experience in health leadership and management roles with a focus on child health, Māori health, nursing leadership and workforce development.

Taima is a current member of He Mutunga Kore | National Mortality Review Committee, which provides advice on mortality data and trends to the Board of Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission.