Te Taumata Whakahaere
Executive leadership team
The Te Tāhū Hauora executive leadership team includes the chief executive and all positions that report directly to the chief executive.
Dr Peter Jansen (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Raukawa) is the tumuaki chief executive of Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Dr Jansen is a specialist medical practitioner with extensive experience in health service governance, management, research and service delivery.
He was most recently the medical advisor to ACC. Prior to this, he was the executive director of medical services and clinical governance for a large district health service in New South Wales, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Jansen is a distinguished Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for his work on cultural competence and health equity for Māori.
Dr Jansen is a founding member of Te ORA (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) and Te Akoranga a Māui (the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ Māori representative group). He was also one of the first board members when the Health Quality & Safety Commission was established in late 2010.
Bevan Sloan is the Te Tāhū Hauora director of corporate services. His responsibilities include oversight of our business support functions including managing financial systems, policies and internal controls, information and communications technology, facilities, procurement and human resources.
Stephanie Turner is of Ngāti Raukawa Ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Te Arawa descent. Since mid-2014 Stephanie was an executive leader in the Māori health and pacific team at MidCentral DHB and prior to this held other executive leadership within other DHBs for over 12 years. Stephanie has extensive experience as a health leader and is passionate about driving a focus on equity of health outcomes, particularly for Māori, through focused strategies and measures that increase equity of access, experience and health outcomes.
Deon York is the director of consumer engagement (Partners in Care), responsible for all aspects of Te Tāhū Hauora's consumer engagement strategies and activities.
His extensive experience spans the public, private, and community sector. Deon is driven by contributing to a health sector that is determined and shaped by what matters to the people that it serves.
Gillian Bohm is the chief advisor – quality and safety. She has extensive experience in quality improvement, patient safety and innovation.
Her previous work has included the development of the initial New Zealand improving quality strategy, the national credentialing framework, the national health and disability sector standards and the Quality Improvement Committee’s national quality improvement programmes.
Dr Martin Thomas is the medical director and executive lead, quality systems. Martin trained as an anaesthetist in the UK and moved to Lakes District Health Board to take up a specialist role almost 20 years ago.
Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora he held various clinical leadership roles during his time at Lakes and was chief medical officer for eight years. Martin is a strong advocate for clinical leadership with a particular focus on the systems that underpin effective clinical governance. Most recently Martin worked with the Ministry of Health to develop a credentialing framework for female pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.
Kere Pomare is of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mūtunga and Rongomaiwahine descent. Kere is the director of strategic initiatives. She is a comprehensive nurse and midwife by training and worked as a lead maternity carer in Porirua when her own babies were small. For the last 18 years Kere has worked in policy and service development roles, audit and evaluation and change management. This included the development and support of kaupapa Māori services, and the roll out of Whānau Ora led by Te Puni Kokiri.
Victoria Evans is the Director of Communications. Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora, she worked at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as the Corporate Engagement and Communications Manager. She has also held other roles at the New Zealand Police and the Ministry of Health. Victoria began her career as a radio journalist for Newstalk ZB in Rotorua, before transitioning into communications.
Richard Hamblin is director of health quality intelligence at Te Tāhū Hauora, responsible for all aspects of our measurement of the quality of New Zealand’s health care.
This includes the New Zealand Atlas of Healthcare Variation, measurement of the effects of national quality improvement programme, and design and implementation of national indicators of quality and value.
Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora, Richard worked for 20 years in and around the NHS in England, including as director of intelligence at the Care Quality Commission. He has also worked for the King’s Fund in London, and is a 2006–07 Harkness Fellow.
Dr Peter Jansen, chief executive (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Raukawa)
Dr Peter Jansen (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Raukawa) is the tumuaki chief executive of Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Dr Jansen is a specialist medical practitioner with extensive experience in health service governance, management, research and service delivery.
He was most recently the medical advisor to ACC. Prior to this, he was the executive director of medical services and clinical governance for a large district health service in New South Wales, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Jansen is a distinguished Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for his work on cultural competence and health equity for Māori.
Dr Jansen is a founding member of Te ORA (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) and Te Akoranga a Māui (the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ Māori representative group). He was also one of the first board members when the Health Quality & Safety Commission was established in late 2010.
Bevan Sloan, director of corporate services
Bevan Sloan is the Te Tāhū Hauora director of corporate services. His responsibilities include oversight of our business support functions including managing financial systems, policies and internal controls, information and communications technology, facilities, procurement and human resources.
Stephanie Turner, director of Māori health outcomes (Ahuahu Kaunuku)
Stephanie Turner is of Ngāti Raukawa Ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Te Arawa descent. Since mid-2014 Stephanie was an executive leader in the Māori health and pacific team at MidCentral DHB and prior to this held other executive leadership within other DHBs for over 12 years. Stephanie has extensive experience as a health leader and is passionate about driving a focus on equity of health outcomes, particularly for Māori, through focused strategies and measures that increase equity of access, experience and health outcomes.
Deon York, director of consumer engagement (Partners in care)
Deon York is the director of consumer engagement (Partners in Care), responsible for all aspects of Te Tāhū Hauora's consumer engagement strategies and activities.
His extensive experience spans the public, private, and community sector. Deon is driven by contributing to a health sector that is determined and shaped by what matters to the people that it serves.
Gillian Bohm, chief advisor - quality and safety
Gillian Bohm is the chief advisor – quality and safety. She has extensive experience in quality improvement, patient safety and innovation.
Her previous work has included the development of the initial New Zealand improving quality strategy, the national credentialing framework, the national health and disability sector standards and the Quality Improvement Committee’s national quality improvement programmes.
Dr Martin Thomas, medical director and executive lead, quality systems
Dr Martin Thomas is the medical director and executive lead, quality systems. Martin trained as an anaesthetist in the UK and moved to Lakes District Health Board to take up a specialist role almost 20 years ago.
Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora he held various clinical leadership roles during his time at Lakes and was chief medical officer for eight years. Martin is a strong advocate for clinical leadership with a particular focus on the systems that underpin effective clinical governance. Most recently Martin worked with the Ministry of Health to develop a credentialing framework for female pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.
Kere Pomare, director of strategic initiatives
Kere Pomare is of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mūtunga and Rongomaiwahine descent. Kere is the director of strategic initiatives. She is a comprehensive nurse and midwife by training and worked as a lead maternity carer in Porirua when her own babies were small. For the last 18 years Kere has worked in policy and service development roles, audit and evaluation and change management. This included the development and support of kaupapa Māori services, and the roll out of Whānau Ora led by Te Puni Kokiri.
Victoria Evans, director of communications
Victoria Evans is the Director of Communications. Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora, she worked at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as the Corporate Engagement and Communications Manager. She has also held other roles at the New Zealand Police and the Ministry of Health. Victoria began her career as a radio journalist for Newstalk ZB in Rotorua, before transitioning into communications.
Richard Hamblin, director of health quality intelligence
Richard Hamblin is director of health quality intelligence at Te Tāhū Hauora, responsible for all aspects of our measurement of the quality of New Zealand’s health care.
This includes the New Zealand Atlas of Healthcare Variation, measurement of the effects of national quality improvement programme, and design and implementation of national indicators of quality and value.
Prior to joining Te Tāhū Hauora, Richard worked for 20 years in and around the NHS in England, including as director of intelligence at the Care Quality Commission. He has also worked for the King’s Fund in London, and is a 2006–07 Harkness Fellow.
Last updated: 20th April, 2023
