Louise is a values-driven, strategic and compassionate executive leader, with a reputation for driving quality and safety across large and complex health systems and health services. She is a registered nurse with twenty-five-plus years of experience working across the health sector in both the UK and Australia.
Louise's expertise in teaching, policy, clinical governance, quality improvement, and patient safety led to her being appointed as one of the 8 inaugural directors that created Safer Care Victoria. Louise's extensive experience in clinical governance and strategic quality and safety systems management has resulted in significant policy and practice reforms across Victoria.
For the last 2 years, Louise has held a senior executive role in the Department of Health, with responsibility for a wide range of policy and program areas including workforce and spanning aged care, acute care and community health. Louise is very focused on consumer and clinician engagement to drive improvement and well versed in co-design and co-production.