Chief Executive Officer, Dental Health Services Victoria
RN, BSC (HMS), MBA, GAICD
Susan is a forward-thinking CEO and non-executive director on a mission to make quality healthcare more accessible, safe and patient-centred. Since starting her career as a Registered Nurse, Susan has spent over 40 years working to improve healthcare systems across the public, not-for-profit and private sectors. Susan holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement Studies, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Susan’s strategic and values-driven approach inspires creative thinking, bold innovation and a collaborative workplace culture. Susan is also a highly respected thought leader and expert advisor in the delivery of value-based health care. In her current role as CEO of Dental Health Services Victoria, Susan is leading the transformational change required to shift the provision of oral health care from outputs to outcomes and volume to value across the Victorian public health system.
Never one to pull the ladder up behind her, Susan mentors aspiring healthcare leaders and strongly advocates for gender equity, cultural diversity and social justice for all.
She lives by the motto, ‘If not now, when? If not you, Who?’.
