Mr Ralph Willis BCom - Chairman

Ralph Willis is a life long resident of Melbourne's West and represented the federal seat of Gellibrand in the Federal Parliament for 26 years. For 13 of those years, he was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments, holding the portfolios of Employment and Industrial Relations, Transport and Communications, Finance and Treasurer.

Mr Willis is also a Director of Melbourne City Opera, Director of the Mietta Foundation, Director of Franklyn Scholar Pty Ltd, Director of Victoria University Foundation, Director of Melba Foundation, Trustee of the Stan Willis (Charitable) Trust and Chair of LeadWest, a regional representational body for the western suburbs of Melbourne. He was previously the Chair of the Construction and Building Industry Superannuation Fund (CBUS).

Mr Willis is a member of the Finance Committee, Governance and Remuneration Committee and Quality and Safety Committee.

Appointed July 2004

Ms Juliann Byron BCom, Postgrad Dip (Corp Mgt), FCPA, FICD, FTIA, ACIS

Juliann Byron has extensive experience as a Finance Director and Company Secretary with public and private companies and is currently a consultant in the areas of financial management, corporate governance and company secretarial matters.

Ms Byron is also the Treasurer of the Victorian Cytology Service and Director and Treasurer of the Bendigo Community Bank in Canterbury, Surrey Hills and Ashburton.

Ms Byron is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Chair of the Governance and Remuneration Committee.

Appointed July 2004

Mr Philip Moran BA(Hons), Grad Dip (Bus Admin), MAICD, MACHSE

Philip Moran has been the CEO of Moreland Community Health Service Inc since 1996. Moreland Community Health Service is a major provider of community-based health and welfare services in the northwest region of Melbourne. Mr Moran has previously held positions in the state public service and on the staff of various State Government Ministers.

Mr Moran served nine years on the Council of Box Hill Institute of TAFE including three years as Council Chair and a member of its Finance and Audit Committees. He is currently the President of the Richmond Junior Soccer Club and a Board Member of Windemere Family Services.

Mr Moran is Chair of the Primary Care and Population Health Advisory Committee and member of the Finance and Resources Committee.

Appointed July 2003

Associate Professor Afif Hadj MB BS FRACS

Associate Professor Hadj joined the Western Health Board in 2006. He is currently the Director of Surgery and Medical Training at Maroondah Hospital which is part of the Eastern Health network. He graduated in Medicine from Melbourne University in 1971 and became a surgeon in 1979. He has since specialised in Breast and Trauma surgery. He has been in private practice and a consultant surgeon at PANCH prior to moving to Eastern Health.

Associate Professor Hadj is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and is member of its General Surgery Division, Breast Section and Trauma Section.

He is the Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee and the Education, Research and Development Committee.

Appointed July 2006

Ms Vivienne Nguyen BCom MApplFin

Vivienne Nguyen is the Group Head of Diversity at ANZ, responsible for the diversity portfolio at a global level. She had many years in financial services before joining ANZ in 2004, and held a number of roles in Retail and Risk prior to her current appointment. She holds a Master of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University. Outside work, she is a keen advocate for community participation, particularly youth leadership in non-English speaking communities.

Appointed July 2009

Prof Colin Clark BBus, Dip Ed, MBA, PhD, FCPA, FCA, FIPAA

Colin Clark is Professor of Accounting at Victoria University.  He has previously served as Executive Dean and earlier as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law.  He has been active within CPA Australia having been a member of the Victorian Council including being State President; and also a member of the board of CPA Australia including serving as Vice President.  He has undertaken a number of research and consulting projects including international projects.  His area of specialisation is public sector accounting and management and corporate governance.

Appointed July 2010

Mr Robert Mitchell LLB, MPhil, Grad Dip Tax, MThSt, Grad Dip Theol

Robert (Bob) Mitchell has been a solicitor for over 20 years, and was a Tax Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 14 years. He has served on the boards of several non-for-profit organisations including BlueCare, The Timor Children's Foundation, World Relief, and The PwC Foundation.

Bob has a strong interest in international development work and justice issues, arising from projects in East Timor. Bob took on the role as Director of Legal Risk and Governance at World Vision Australia in February, 2009 where he serves on the senior executive team.   

Bob is also an ordained Uniting Church Minister, and a member of the Federal Attorney-General's International Pro Bono Advisory Group.

Bob is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and Governance and Remuneration Committee.

Appointed July 2010

Elleni Bereded-Samuel 

Elleni was born in Ethiopia and has focused her life's work on strengthening education, training and employment for Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. Currently, Elleni is the Community Engagement Advisor & Coordinator at Victoria University. Her dynamic leadership has resulted in new solutions for community to access and participate in society. For six years she served on the Board of Directors of The Women's Hospital and, chaired their Community Advisory Committee.  Elleni served as the inaugural member of the Australian Social Inclusion Board. She is a Director of the SBS Board & member of the Community Engagement Committee.  From 2005-2011 Elleni served as the first African Commissioner appointed to the Victorian Multicultural Commission. Recently, Elleni was appointed to the Western Health Board of Directors and is also chair of the Western Health Cultural Diversity and Community Advisory Committee.

Elleni was one of the recipients of the VU Vice-Chancellor's Citations and Awards for Outstanding Engagement with CALD communities in Australia.  She has also received the Victoria's Premier Award for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs - Education, and the Prime Minister International Year of Volunteers Award. Her name has been included on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. In 2006 Ellen's biography and achievements was included in the "Who is Who Australian Women", inaugural edition alongside 4000 remarkable women across a range of fields, all of whom have excelled in their endeavours and have helped shape the face of Australia.  In 2008 Elleni was selected as one of twelve significant women in Victoria as part of 100 years of women's suffrage reflection and celebration and also participated at the 20-20 Summit. In 2008 Elleni won the Diversity@Work Individual Champion Award for Diversity and Inclusion.  Elleni was presented with her award by Sir Bob Geldof.

Appointed July 2011

Patricia Carolyn VEJBY JP CMC (Trish)

Trish has previously held Board positions as a Director, Board of Management/ Life Governor Manor Court Aged Care Hostel for over 15 years and is a Commissioner to Board of the Legal Aid Commission of Victoria.

She is currently a Justice of the Peace and is a founding Chairperson of the Royal Victorian Association Honorary Justices, Wyndham Branch. Memberships include Biznet Wyndham, Women's Health Service Western Region, the Swedish Church Abroad, Melbourne and she is involved in various community activities.

Her occupations are Civil Celebrant/Commonwealth Authorised Marriage Celebrant and Legal Office Co-ordinator.

Trish enjoys travelling, particularly visiting family and friends in Sweden, reading murder mysteries and the joys of four delightful grandchildren. She is married to Nils Vejby OAM, who was Chairman of Swedish Church Melbourne for over 25 years.

Appointed July 2011