Executive Managers

Jenni is a highly experienced executive and leader in public health services with more than 20 years’ experience in senior roles in New Zealand.

With a background in nursing, trained in New Zealand, Jenni has experience across a variety of areas and roles in the health sector including national leadership roles and in the NGO and rural sectors.

Jenni is committed to the development of values-based organisations that deliver high quality services that best meet the health needs of the community and provide equitable health outcomes. She has a strong interest in creating a positive work environment where staff feel engaged and motivated to deliver excellent care.

With excellent stakeholder engagement and change management skills, Jenni is known for improving healthcare service delivery, valuing the voice of staff and community.

In her free time, Jenni enjoys travel and learning about new cultures and their histories.

Glenn first arrived in the Wimmera from Ballarat in 1999 and quickly established a career in the manufactory industry for over 12 years. In this time span of more than 12 years, Glenn studied physical metallurgy, Quality & Human Resources management while leading various teams within the Horsham based company. From there Glenn went on to manage Human Resources, Quality, Accreditation and Safety in senior leadership roles within the community services sector for approximately 8 years. This led him to join the Wimmera Health Care Group (Grampians Health) as the Human Resources Manager in mid-2019 before joining Rural Northwest Health. Glenn is passionate about contemporary leadership and strategic workforce planning, continual quality improvement, team wellbeing and positive organisational change.

Hennie has an extensive background in accounting in multiple countries, having worked in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. His experience was obtained in numerous industries that include chartered accounting, human resources, central banking, labour union, mine consulting and web-based information, not for profit organisations, central government – social housing, mining (FIFO and residential), local government, a power station, as well as a smelter and crushing facility.

In the past he also taught accounting and management part time in South Africa and New Zealand. Hennie has also worked in Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne, and Tasmania and has spent time in Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra.

Hennie loves travelling and believes that working for an organisation should be like being in a family unit, internally may have differences between members of the family, but against the outside world they stand together as one.

Joseph comes to RNH from Grampians Health Edenhope as the previous Director of Nursing. With a strong background in clinical leadership, Joseph is highly experienced having had oversight of all clinical care within his previous roles, as well as being part of the Executive Management team contributing to leadership, strategic and operational planning.

Joseph understands the value of small rural communities and will be a huge asset to RNH and to our region.

Paula is a Registered Nurse of 25 years and started her career in Community Mental Health and in Alcohol and Other Drugs Treatment Services. She moved into Primary Care and Community Health 12 years ago where she has worked as a Community Health Nurse, Manager and Executive Manager for Rural and Regional Health Services. Paula demonstrates strong leadership skills and encourages a supportive, fun and innovative workplace for all her staff.

Living and being a small business owner in a small regional town, Paula has personal experience with the challenges of living rurally and this drives her passion for advocacy for equitable and accessible health services for all. Paula values the consumer experience feedback and uses this information and partnership with key community members to shape the health service into the future.