Executive Managers

An accomplished CEO and senior leader, Ashley brings more than 20 years of experience across health, aged care, and community services in both the public and private sectors.

His career also includes senior hospital and aged care leadership roles across regional and remote Australia, giving him a strong understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing rural health services.

With a background in strategic leadership, operations and stakeholder engagement, Ashley has successfully led large and complex organisations. He holds a master’s degrees in public health and research and is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy in business management.

Having grown up in a dairy farming community in southern New South Wales, Ashley has a deep and lasting connection to regional communities. He is passionate about supporting high-quality, accessible health care for the people of the Wimmera Mallee.

Ashley looks forward to working closely with the RNH Board, staff, volunteers and community members to understand local health priorities and ensure RNH continues to respond to the needs of the communities it serves.

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.

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.

As a Registered Nurse and Clinical Leader with over 20 years of experience, Abraham Mahachi is dedicated to quality and safety in healthcare.

His extensive background includes clinical risk and incident management, clinical audit, and quality improvement and consumer feedback.

Having held key leadership roles at Epworth Healthcare, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the Clinical Excellence Commission in NSW, Abraham has frontline nursing experience in emergency, aged care, and anaesthetic settings.

Achieving a Master of Health Leadership and Management, he is committed to embedding a quality improvement approach to patient care.

Abraham joins Rural Northwest Health after serving as Clinical Incident Manager for Healthcare Australia’s Primary Health Division, where he oversaw incident reporting, investigation, and resolution across immigration detention health facilities nationwide.

Deanne Radcliffe is an experienced Corporate Services and Governance executive with a strong background supporting health and community organisations to operate with sound financial stewardship, effective systems and clear governance oversight. A Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Deanne began her career in public accounting and advisory, providing financial leadership, audit and governance support to businesses and community organisations.

Prior to joining Rural Northwest Health, Deanne served as General Manager Corporate Services at Northern District Community Health where she led a broad portfolio including finance, people and culture, ICT, risk, infrastructure and corporate governance across a multi-site rural health service. During this time, she worked alongside leadership teams and staff to support the organisation through a period of operational and cultural change while strengthening financial oversight, governance assurance, and organisational systems.

Deanne also brings extensive governance experience, having served as Chair of the Board at Cohuna District Hospital and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Gannawarra Shire Council. She is passionate about supporting strong regional communities and values building capable teams, trusted governance and resilient systems that enable rural health services to deliver safe, sustainable and compassionate care.

Rafiq has been the Director of Medical Services at Rural Northwest Health since February 2025.

Recently finishing his tenure with Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton as the Director of Research, a position he had held since 2015, Rafiq previously served as a Board Member of Shepparton Villages and currently holds an Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor position with the Rural Health School, La Trobe University.

Very passionate about improving the quality and safety of healthcare delivery for everyone including the rural, regional, ATSI, CALD, LGBTIQ and less privileged population, Rafiq is committed to advancing his clinical, clinical and public health research, and medical management skills in completing a Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA).