Dr Gareth Goodier
Career Summary
Eighteen years as the Chief Executive of major academic hospitals in Australia and the UK:
• Melbourne Health
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
• Royal Perth Hospital
• Women’s and Children’s Hospitals, Perth
Seven years as the Regional Director/CEO of regional health structures in Australia and the UK:
• North West London Strategic Health Authority
• East Metropolitan Region of Perth (at same time as CEO RPH)
• Peninsula and Torres Strait Regional Health Authority
• Kimberley Health Region
- Project Leader of a World Bank project to design, pilot, evaluate and implement a hospital accreditation system in Lebanon
- Health Care Management Consultant for the World Bank and Arthur Andersen
- Public Health physician
- Medical Practitioner in the UK, Australia and Saudi Arabia
- University course author and course co-ordinator (Quality in Healthcare) and university lecturer on the subjects of contemporary management and leadership at Masters level
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
- Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Doctor of Health Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- Masters in Health Administration, University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Sheffield
Awards
- Bernard Nicholson Prize for ‘the most outstanding candidate’ at the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators examination in 1995
- Honorary Doctor of Health Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 2009 for ‘continuing efforts to raise standards and improve performance within the global health arena’
Additional Professional Activities
- Voted ‘Most influential hospital Chief Executive in NHS’ by Health Service Journal, December 2011
- Co -Chair (with the Minister of Health for Spain) World Executive Health Forum, Montreal, November 2011
- President of Women’s Hospitals Australasia
- President of Australasian Association of Paediatric Teaching Centers
- National Councilor and State Chairperson, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
- National Councilor and State Chairperson, Australian Quality Council
- Chair, West Australian Health Export Unit
