Our Board
Susan Milos is an experienced health leader. As an expert in health regulation, governance, compliance, safety and quality, her skills are utilised throughout Australia and internationally by organisations, boards, and governments. She has held executive leadership positions with the Department of Health, private and not-for-profit health care providers, the Pharmacy Guild, the Royal College of Nursing, and the Australian Nursing Federation. Currently, she is an elected councillor for a leading health insurer, Hospital Benefit Fund (HBF), providing governance input to the Board. Susan holds a master’s degree in Health Service Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Service Administration, and a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. She also is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Susan interim Chair of the Richmond Wellbeing Board.
Helen Reid is a Human resource and organisational development professional with over 25 years’ experience across Australia, Europe & Asia both as a senior executive and consultant to the energy and mining industries. She brings with her expertise in people strategy development, leadership effectiveness, change management, organisational health, and workplace culture. And she has leveraged this expertise in supporting CEOs and executive teams through major organisational transformations. Underlying her approach is a deeply held belief in the direct link between workplace culture and organisational performance. She holds a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW, a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). She is also an accredited executive coach. Helen is the Chair of the Richmond Wellbeing Governance Committee.
John O’Connor is a Chartered Accountant and former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). John spent 34 years at PwC, including 24 years as an audit partner, before retiring in 2013. John’s leadership roles at PwC in Perth included being managing partner and head of the assurance practice. John has extensive experience in finance, risk, audit, and strategy. John holds several non-executive director roles and is an experienced Audit and Risk Management Committee Chair. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand; the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. John is Chair of the Richmond Wellbeing Finance Committee.
James Curtis is an experienced senior executive, board member and advisor across commercial, government, and not-for-profit sectors with a focus on strategy, innovation, and external affairs. James is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Element, and a member of the University of Western Australia’s Sports Advisory Board, SportsGrid Advisory Board and Football Futures Foundation. James was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Football West and Executive Director – Community Development within the WA State Government. James holds a Graduate Diploma in Commercial Resource Law from the University of Western Australia and Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Social Sciences from Curtin University. James is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AIDC). He is a member of the Richmond Wellbeing Finance Committee.
Tim Marney has 31 years’ experience in economics, health, and human services. Tim was the head of the Western Australian Treasury and Chair of the Western Australian Treasury Corporation for almost ten years. This was followed by over five years as the Western Australian Mental Health Commissioner. In parallel to both these roles, he served on the board of Beyond Blue for 11 years, nine of which as Deputy Chair. Tim is also the Chair of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Advisory Board (8 years). He has been open about his own experience of mental health issues and as a carer.
Matthew O’Shea is a retired Defence Force Officer and business professional with over 20 years’ experience in both government and private sector roles. Whilst in Defence Matthew has undertaken clinical governance and education and training responsibilities for Australian Special Forces Command and assisted in the development of educational doctrine around moral injury and ethical conflict in pre-hospital care. In private industry Matthew has run his own consultancy and Registered Training Organisation as well as working at executive level in health and emergency management organisations. Matthew’s extracurricular roles have included work as a mentor for SPARK Col Lab, an accelerator program for graduates supporting health innovation and entrepreneurship, and work as a member of the Ambulance and Paramedic Industry Review Committee (IRC). Matthew holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), he continues to maintain his clinical skills and knowledge as an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) registered Paramedic. Matthew also currently sits on the Richmond Wellbeing Governance Committee.
