Te Taumata Whakahaere
Executive leadership team
The Te Tāhū Hauora executive leadership team includes the chief executive and directors of our key programmes.
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 finance and digital. 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.
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, engagement and impact. 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.
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.
Don has had an extensive career in health and holds a deep interest in health systems, especially the role they play in addressing health inequities. He has led and managed change across health in both Aotearoa and internationally, in primary care settings, public health and integrated care. He is an experienced leader and adept at navigating stakeholder relationships.
As a public health medicine specialist, Don has provided policy advice to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health and was the New Zealand government’s lead policy advisor on public health from 2000 to 2008, when he was Deputy Director-General, Public Health at the Ministry of Health. During that period, alongside the Māori Health Directorate, he led the Ministry’s response to addressing health inequities.
Holly Bodiam is the Director of People, Culture and Capability. She is responsible for supporting and strengthening the development and growth of our people and culture at Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission. Holly and her team enable our people to develop, deliver and implement successful activities to support our work and overall strategic direction.
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 Finance and Digital
Bevan Sloan is the Te Tāhū Hauora director of finance and digital. 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.
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, Engagement and Impact
Kere Pomare is of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mūtunga and Rongomaiwahine descent. Kere is the director, engagement and impact. 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.
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.
Don Matheson, Director, National Mortality Review Committee
Don has had an extensive career in health and holds a deep interest in health systems, especially the role they play in addressing health inequities. He has led and managed change across health in both Aotearoa and internationally, in primary care settings, public health and integrated care. He is an experienced leader and adept at navigating stakeholder relationships.
As a public health medicine specialist, Don has provided policy advice to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health and was the New Zealand government’s lead policy advisor on public health from 2000 to 2008, when he was Deputy Director-General, Public Health at the Ministry of Health. During that period, alongside the Māori Health Directorate, he led the Ministry’s response to addressing health inequities.
Holly Bodiam, Director of People, Culture and Capability
Holly Bodiam is the Director of People, Culture and Capability. She is responsible for supporting and strengthening the development and growth of our people and culture at Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission. Holly and her team enable our people to develop, deliver and implement successful activities to support our work and overall strategic direction.
Published: 13 Oct 2021
Modified: 23 Jul 2024
