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Financial Leader Appointed as new Chairperson (10 May 2010)

Wellington Free Ambulance is pleased to advise that top level financial management expert, Rose Anne Macleod has been elected the new chairperson of Wellington Free Ambulance..

Effective immediately, Rose Anne succeeds outgoing Chairman Shaan Stevens.

Rose Anne has extensive financial skills gained in both the public and private sectors in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Rose Anne graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) from Auckland University in 1980, has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Massey (1993) and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2001. She is a Chartered Accountant, Fellow Certified Practising Accountant of Australia and an alumni of the Harvard Business School.

After working in the New Zealand Treasury, Rose Anne was recruited to work in financial management reform for the State Government of Victoria and was later appointed Chief Financial Officer for Medibank Private, Australia’s largest health insurer. In 2002 she returned to New Zealand to take up her appointment as Chief Financial Officer for the Ministry of Education.

In 2006 Rose Anne joined Victoria University as a Senior Fellow and was recently appointed the Assistant Vice Chancellor (Finance, Strategy and Information Technology) at Massey University.

Rose Anne grew up in Katikati in the Bay of Plenty and has two teenage sons.  Ms MacLeod said she is looking forward to helping Wellington Free Ambulance build a strong and financially sustainable future.  “Wellington Free Ambulance delivers an essential emergency service to the people of Wellington.  It’s an iconic organization and I’m looking forward to being part of it”.

Wellington Free Ambulance Chief Executive Alan O’Beirne said, “Rose Anne brings an extensive understanding of public and private sector governance and finance to Wellington Free Ambulance and we welcome her aboard.”

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