[dbaust] Re: Announcement of new Vision Australia CEO
- From: "Janne Bidenko" <janneb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:11:31 +1100
Great news, we all hope that this will bring forth the changes and solidarity
needed.
Janne
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From: Erika Webb
To: Erika Webb
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:24 PM
Subject: [dbaust] Announcement of new Vision Australia CEO
From: Julie Hodson <Julie.Hodson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Announcement of new Vision Australia CEO
Received: Wednesday, 31 October, 2012, 8:02 AM
Please see e-mail below from Kevin Murfitt, Vision Australia Board
Chair, announcing the appointment of Vision Australiaâs new CEO.
Dear everyone,
I know most of you are looking forward to hearing about our new CEO.
It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the Board has confirmed
the appointment of Mr Ron Hooton to the position. Ron currently heads a New
Zealand healthcare service provider, ProCare Health Limited.
He will move to Melbourne to take up his appointment early in the New
Year. David Speyer, General Manager Corporate Services, will continue as Acting
CEO until Ron fills the permanent position.
We have chosen Ron from a strong field of candidates because we
believe he brings excellent leadership and collaborative wisdom to our
organisation at a critical point in its development.
We (my Board colleagues and I) believe he has got the capacity to
understand the organisation from the perspective of staff, clients and our
volunteers. We highly value this collective knowledge and professionalism you
have and see these qualities as significant factors in our future success.
It is clear that Ronâs record is one of having excellent people
skills. We found him to be warm and inclusive. His leadership approach is based
around empowering individuals and leading by example.
In our search for a new CEO, we were seeking three critical features:
 Ensuring that our clients are at the centre of the
organisationâs focus;
 Creating an open and transparent organisation and;
 Creating a cohesive and engaged leadership team.
His skill set, career and professional history made him an excellent
fit for those critical features, and for positioning Vision Australia for a
strong future, which includes our preparation for the National Disability
Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Ron has been the CEO of ProCare Health Limited (New Zealandâs largest
Primary Healthcare Organisation) for the past seven years. ProCare employs 750
doctors who provide care for 800,000 patients across the greater Auckland area.
He presided over unprecedented growth, built financial sustainability, and
managed the development of information and communications technologies that
supported patient care.
Ron is also a director and former Chair of Childfund NZ, an
international non-government organisation that distributes $12 million a year
to development projects in third-world countries.
Ron is married and has two adult sons. We are looking forward to him
joining us here at Vision Australia.
Warm regards,
Kevin Murfitt
Chair, Vision Australia
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