New Chairman and Board members appointed to GV Health

Noel Maughan has been appointed to the position of Chair of the Goulburn Valley Health Board of Directors.

Barry Smith, William Parsons and Peter Ryan have also been appointed as members of the Board for a three-year term to 30 June 2014. Roslyn Knaggs has been re-apppointed to the Board for a second term to 30 June 2014.

Noel Maughan has served on the Board for the last four years as Vice Chair. He was a member of the Victorian Parliament for more than 17 years and has been the recipient of a number of awards, including an ABC Leadership Award, a P&O Scholarship and a Churchill Fellowship.

He has served as Chair of the Pakenham Fruitgrowers and Producers Cooperative, President of the Pakenham Agricultural Society, a Director of Murray Goulburn Cooperative Co Ltd, a member of Swinburne University Council and a board member of St Luke's Anglicare. Noel is currently the non-GP Chair of the Murray Plains Division of General Practice.

Peter Ryan has served as Principal of Dookie College and CEO of the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE. He previously served on the Board of GV Health from 1997 to 2000 and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, he was appointed Director and Chair of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Authority.

Roslyn Knaggs previously worked with the education department and as Principal of the Gowrie Street Primary School. She was appointed to the GV Health Board in February 2010.

Barry Smith is the Managing Director of MailWorks. He is also a Board member of the Greater Shepparton City Council Show Me Committee.

William Parsons worked as a manufacturing engineer from 1978 to 1992 and as a furniture retailer from 1993 to 2008, when he retired. He has served as the Chair of the Mooroopna Cemetery Trust since 1985.

GV Health CEO Kerryn Healy said we are fortunate to have a board with diverse talents and significant experience.

"While we are sad to lose Clem Furphy, Pam Dalgliesh and Rebecca Woolstencroft from our Board, we look forward to working with the new Board Directors to continue the successful operation and strategic development of GV Health," she said.