HSV Board
The Board supports HSV’s role to purposefully lead improvement in the delivery of critical goods and services to Victoria's public health sector and actively assure the probity of public hospital procurement practices.
The Board is responsible for ensuring that HSV aligns plans, resources and performance monitoring to our functions, including by:
- maintaining an effective governance framework, such as managing HSV sub-committees
- supporting HSV’s strategic direction
- providing financial oversight
- managing conflicts of interest.
Our Board members
- Andrew Way - Chair, HSV Board and Chair, Major Projects and ICT Committee
- Eileen Keane - Chair, Procurement and Supply Chain Committee
- Janet Young - Chair, Finance, Audit & Risk Management Committee
- Craig Fraser - South West Alliance of Rural Health
- Russell Harrison - Western Health
- Erwin Loh - Independent
- Eugene Arocca - Independent
- Lisa Williams - Independent
- Sue Kirsa - Independent
Andrew Way
Chair, HSV Board
Professor Andrew Way is Chair of the HSV Board.
Previously, Andrew served as Chief Executive of Alfred Health, a role he held from 2009-25. Andrew led the development of Monash Partners, Victoria’s first academic health science centre and was appointed Adjunct Clinical Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University in 2015. Additionally, he holds several non-executive and advisory roles both in Australia and more widely.
Quality and safety in patient care, the development of academic medical organisations, patient flow and experience, and using IT as a clinical enabler are some of Andrew’s key areas of professional interest.
Eileen Keane
Chair, Procurement and Supply Chain Committee
Eileen has a procurement, supply chain and quality background across a number of industries including public health, manufacturing, logistics, not-for-profit and consultancy. She has held roles as an executive and non-executive director and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in supply strategies, procurement principles, strategic planning, project management, continuous improvement and general management.
She has a passion for using data to inform decisions and has a background in quality methods and Six Sigma to assist the effective use of continuous improvement tools.
Janet Young
Chair, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee
Janet Young is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience in professional service firms (legal, accounting, consulting). In her current role with Russell Kennedy and in recent roles as COO/CFO.
for leading law firms Herbert Smith Freehills and MinterEllison have included responsibility for Finance, Information Technology, People and Development, Business Development, Strategy and Transformation.
Ms Young is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Governance Institute and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has previous board experience with NFP boards and committees including NIDA, The Song Company and Playworks. She is currently a mentor with the Financial Executives Institute.
Craig Fraser
Board Member - South West Healthcare
Craig has been the Chief Executive of South West Healthcare since 2017, which includes a newly opened, purpose-built facility delivering a regional logistics and distribution service.
With over 25 years’ experience as an executive and senior manager in the Victorian public health sector, Craig worked in metropolitan teaching hospitals before moving into rural and regional health. Prior to these appointments, he was a prosthetist orthotist, honing his clinical skills for many years while concurrently holding management roles.
Dedicated to improving the health of rural Victorians and reducing the health disparities that exist, Craig strives to provide care closer to home whilst enhancing care, safety and optimising the patient experience.
Russell Harrison
Board Member - Western Health
Professor Russell Harrison moved from the NHS in England to join Western Health as the Executive Director of Operations in February 2013 before being appointed as the CEO in October 2017.
During this time Western Health has tripled in size both in terms of staffing and budget with the catchment population increasing to just under one million people. New services such as mental health and prison health have commenced and the voluntary amalgamation with Djerriwarah Health Services has also added more services and areas of coverage.
These service changes along with capital programs such as the development of critical care services at Sunshine, the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital in 2019, the Sunshine Emergency Department expansion project in 2022, two community hospitals and funding for two PPP projects for the new Footscray and Melton Hospitals have propelled Western to be the second largest health service in Victoria.
Professor Harrison has overseen significant investment in technology at Western Health with the development and implementation of the Electronic Medical Record, creating the biggest Oracle health footprint in Australia. Professor Harrison is committed to using the best possible technology to benefit patients and staff in the provision of care.
Professor Harrison has a strong interest in improvements to patient care and the health system to support patients accessing care in the best way for them.
Erwin Loh
Board Member - Independent
Professor Erwin Loh is President of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and National Director of Medical Services for Calvary Health Care.
He was previously Chief Medical Officer at Goulburn Valley Health and Monash Health, and Group Chief Medical Officer at St Vincent’s Health Australia.
He has qualifications in medicine, law and management. He has adjunct professorial appointments at Monash University, University of Melbourne and Macquarie University.
He received the Distinguished Fellow Award from RACMA in 2017 for “commitment to governance, research and publication”.
Eugene Arocca
Board Member - Independent
Eugene Arocca is an experienced leader with strong executive and governance skills. Eugene has over 40 years' experience in legal, community, commercial and membership-based organisations. After graduating with degrees in Jurisprudence and Law he started employment with Maurice Blackburn and was appointed partner at the firm in 1990. In 1996 he was appointed lawyer for the Collingwood Football Club where he also acted as a board member from 2002-2005.
In late 2005, Eugene retired from both Maurice Blackburn as a senior partner and as a Collingwood Board member to become Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Counsel for the Club. In 2008 Eugene was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the North Melbourne Football Club. In 2012 he took on the role of CEO of Motorsport Australia and retired from that position in late 2023. Eugene has extensive experience as a board member, committee chair and committee member over many years. Eugene retired as a Board member of Melbourne Health in June, 2025 following a nine year tenure.
Melbourne Health is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Eugene has been the Chair of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation since 2019. In 2024 Eugene was appointed to the Board of the Victorian Interpreting and Translation Service, a Victorian Government Business Enterprise that provides interpreting services in over 190 languages to the community.
Lisa Williams
Board Member - Independent
Lisa Williams is the Executive Director, Strategic Procurement and Operations at Deakin University.
Lisa is an accomplished C-suite executive and senior corporate services leader, with over 25 years' international experience across commercial and operations.
Lisa's experience spans both the private and public sector industries, including higher education, transport, management consulting, energy, health, banking and financial services and information technology. She has previously held three significant Chief Procurement Officer roles across the Victorian Government with Public Transport Victoria, The Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) and the Department of Transport. Lisa was also Executive Director, Corporate Services at V/Line and has held commercial roles at AGL, ANZ Bank and IBM UK.
Lisa brings to the HSV Board in-depth experience in strategic sourcing, complex major projects and tenders, negotiation strategy, supplier, risk and supply chain management. Lisa is also driven to maximise the impact of every dollar spent to implement measurable, continuous improvement across the expanding health care sector.
Lisa's qualifications include an MBA, Masters degree in Management Studies and a Business Studies degree. Lisa is also a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, as well as the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Sue Kirsa
Board Member - Independent
Associate Professor Sue Kirsa is the Director of Pharmacy at Monash Health, Victoria’s largest healthcare system. She is a member of the Board of the Australian Pharmacy Council, the Australian National body responsible for Pharmacy accreditation and examinations where she was the Chair for 6 years up until May 2024. She holds an adjunct position at the faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University, where she Chairs the Stakeholder Reference Group for the Vertically Integrated Master of Pharmacy degree. In 2024, she has joined the Board of Health Share Victoria.
Prior to joining Monash Health in 2015, Sue was the Director of Pharmacy at the Peter Mac Callum Cancer Centre. She has many years of experience as a Hospital and Community Pharmacist, with research interests in Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention, Quality Use of Medicines, Oncology and Pharmacy Practice improvement.
Sue has been a member of a range of professional and government organisations and committees. She was President of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) from 2010 to 2012. Sue was the recipient of the Fred J Boyd award in 2015 and was awarded a Monash University Distinguished Alumna award in 2015.
Sue’s research interests include quality use of medicines, antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacy practice. She actively supports the development of emerging researchers.
Sue graduated from the Victorian College of Pharmacy (now called Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences) in 1983 and has been a practicing pharmacist since. She is married to David, and has two adult children, Jeremy and Jessica.
Content reviewed: October 2024