Board of Governors

David Whitbread is a Chartered Accountant, and a former Partner and Board member of Deloitte Australia.

He holds a B Ec. from Adelaide University, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and was the first SA State Chairman of the AICD on its inception.

David is a Director/Chairman/Meeting Chairman/Board Member of a number of family businesses, including Menz Corporation and Western Murray Irrigation Limited (Dareton NSW).

David Walters graduated from the University of Adelaide and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Mr Walters is a Consultant General Surgeon at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Senior Lecturer with the University of Adelaide. He works privately at St Andrews and his South Terrace rooms. Mr Walters has a subspecialty interest in Breast, Endocrine and Laparoscopic surgery and has longstanding professional affiliations with specialist societies and public hospitals. These roles have included contributing to undergraduate teaching, research, post-graduate training, national steering committees and specialist executives. Mr Walters is the Chair of the Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand-  Breast Quality Audit, which is Australasia’s largest database of surgical outcomes in the surgical management of breast cancer. Mr Walters is a founding member of the Steering Committee for the Australia New Zealand  Thyroid Cancer Registry, Past Chair of  State Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sonya Furey is an experienced non-executive director with executive level experience in finance and legal risk management, governance, stakeholder engagement and strategy.

Sonya has diverse industry experience having worked at senior levels in utilities, agribusiness, mining and professional services.

Sonya holds a BEc (Acc) from the Flinders University and LLB (Hons) and LLM (Corporate and Commercial) from the University of Adelaide.

Sonya is a non-executive director and committee chair of Tarac Australia Ltd and a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors SA/NT State Council. Sonya is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 Rev Richard Miller is a retired Uniting Church Minister who represents the Moderator of the Uniting Church on St Andrew's Hospital Board. He has had experience as a minister in both South Australia and the Northern Territory with a focus on both local congregations and community service. He also served as the General Manager of the S.A. UnitingCare Commission with responsibility for Chaplins and the Church's community service work through its mission agencies, schools and hospital. From 2006-2009 he was Chairperson of UnitingCare Australia with National responsibilities. 

Rev Miller, is the Chairperson of St Andrew's Hospital Human Research and Ethics committee.

In retirement, he lives on a small farm near Strathalbyn, is involved with a number of Uniting Church congregations on a sessional basis, participates in several community history and environment restoration groups and enjoys working on his collection of vintage and veteran trucks in his spare time.

Daniel Cehic is a Cardiologist. He completed his medical training at the University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital and John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford).

He has special expertise in CardioOncology and Electrophysiology. His practice is at GenesisCare where he is also the Chief Medical Officer for Cardiology for Australia.

Daniel has expertise in health management and regulation having completed a Master of Business Administration at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts and being a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds several board and advisory appointments relating to healthcare in the private and public sector.

Natalie is an experienced senior executive with over 20 years of experience across management, strategy and operations roles in the healthcare, banking and financials and Government sectors.

Natalie was Director of Healthcare Management and Health Partnerships at Bupa Health Insurance as well as Divisional General Manager of Provider Commercials and Operations at Medibank Private.

Prior to that, Natalie was a Senior Equities Analyst providing investment advice on ASX listed healthcare companies at CommSec and also worked in the Mergers and Asset Sales branch of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Natalie holds a Master of Commerce (Economics) from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics Honours) from Monash University. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and completed the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford.

Jani is an experienced Board member and Executive in both large public and profit-for-purpose organisations.

Jani’s expertise range across strategy development and strategic thinking, governance, customer experience, stakeholder engagement and leadership. 

With  extensive experience  in public health and aged care, Jani has a deep appreciation of the needs of vulnerable communities and has identified innovative opportunities to address equitable health outcomes for all.

Together with superior interpersonal skills, Jani has extensive experience working across organisations to ultimately influence the health outcomes of the community. Jani is currently the Director of Community at the City of Onkaparinga and was most recently the Chief Strategy Officer for the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network.  

She is on the Board of Novita, and has provided high level support to both the SALHN and CAHLN Boards over the previous 7 years. 

 

Jani is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a post graduate diploma in Communications and trained as a registered nurse in 1991. 

Wayne is a seasoned Facilities and Asset Management professional with over 25 years of experience across major organisations in South Australia, including SKYCITY Adelaide, Minda Incorporated, and Colliers. 

Wayne has managed diverse property portfolios, critical infrastructure, and large teams. At Colliers, he oversaw facilities across 75 sites for Uniting Communities, ensuring full compliance. At Minda, he led infrastructure strategy, budgeting, and governance. His earlier roles at SKYCITY included Facilities & Capital Works Manager. 

Wayne excels in strategic planning, operational management, and regulatory compliance. His expertise spans facilities and asset management, business strategy, budget oversight, project management, WHS compliance, and critical infrastructure maintenance. 

Wayne holds Diplomas in Business Management, Occupational Health and Safety, and Project Management, is a Registered Property Manager, and is certified as an “A” Class Electrician.