Professor Katherine McGrath

Originally trained as a haematologist, Katherine has held active clinician, academic, and senior executive positions in the Victorian and New South Wales health systems. These have included Chief Executive Officer of Hunter Area Health Service and Deputy Director General, NSW Health. Katherine is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Newcastle.
During her time as Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Health was recognised as one of the most innovative and successful health services in Australia. At NSW Health she led the Clinical Service Redesign Program, an ambitious program of clinical service reform across NSW Health which led to substantial improvement in access to emergency departments, elective surgery and innovative programs for chronic disease and aged care management.

She is a member of the Australian Commission for Safety & Quality in Health Care and Chair of the Advisory Committee for its National Hand Hygiene Initiative.
Katherine recently joined Medibank Private Limited in May 2008 as Group Manager, Corporate & Medical Affairs.