Health Service Chief Executive
Adjunct Professor Frank Tracey
Adjunct Professor Frank Tracey has over 40 years’ experience working in health systems, including executive roles in large health organisations and the non-government sector.
He has a clinical background in nursing and holds advanced qualifications in health management and governance. His strong executive management and leadership skills complement his extensive experience in health commissioning and service provision in clinical and community settings.
He has an applied interest in population health planning and translational health research. While working in both government and non-government roles he has focused on delivering sustainable health strategies that serve the best interests of:
- consumers
- health professionals
- the broader health system
- the community.
Executive Director Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Alan Fletcher
Alan is a member of CPA Australia and has more than 28 years’ corporate leadership and management within the public health sector.
He is a highly experienced healthcare leader responsible for our:
- financial strategy, performance, and governance
- procurement, contracts management, and supply chain management
- digital health and data strategy, operations, governance, and cyber assurance
- capital asset and infrastructure strategy, lifecycle planning, and maintenance compliance
- climate risk and environmental sustainability strategy, planning, and response
Executive Director Medical Services
Associate Professor Steven McTaggart
Steven has been our Executive Director Medical Services since May 2021. Before this he was the Divisional Director of Medicine from 2014.
A paediatric nephrologist for 20 years, he continues with some limited clinical practice providing care to children with kidney disease and their families.
He has a passion for person-centred care, patient safety and quality, and clinical excellence.
He is also the Paediatric Medical Lead at the Queensland Health Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service.
His leadership is pivotal to supporting the workforce to deliver continuous improvement in patient care by:
- embedding best practice
- encouraging innovation in clinical care, education and research.
Executive Director Nursing Services
Adjunct Professor Callan Battley
Callan Battley has held several executive leadership roles in large health services and is a highly respected executive nurse leader. He is passionate about the healthcare and wellbeing of children and young people with a particular interest in equity.
He also has a strong track record of leading transformation to deliver improvement and high performance.
As well as being our Executive Director of Nursing Services he is also:
- working in partnership with multiple universities to develop a paediatric and young person nursing workforce for the future
- actively involved as an investigator in several research projects that seek to improve outcomes and reduce harm to children and young people
- actively involved in children’s health and wellbeing in rural and remote Queensland through volunteer work.
Executive Director Allied Health
Associate Professor Leanne Johnston
Leanne is an advanced clinical paediatric physiotherapist with more than 25 years’ experience across clinical, research, management and education roles. She was one of our founding board members from 2012 to 2019.
She is passionate about improving healthcare quality and reducing health inequality.
She has dedicated her career to providing high-quality person-centred care and support for children and their families.
She has held executive roles across multiple sectors, including:
- Head of Physiotherapy for The University of Queensland
- Allied Health and Research Manager for the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland.
Executive Director Clinical Services
Dominic Tait
Dominic has been our Executive Director Clinical Services since January 2017. Before this, he was Divisional Director of Clinical Support.
He is a highly experienced healthcare leader and manager with a passion for providing high-quality paediatric health services in partnership with patients and families.
He also served as operations manager across multiple divisions including critical care, surgery and clinical support from 2012.
He has also worked in clinical paediatric roles both in Australia and the United Kingdom and holds:
- a Bachelor of Physiotherapy
- a Master of Business Administration.
Executive Director Communications, Culture and Engagement
Belinda Taylor
Belinda has more than 20 years’ experience working in communications, corporate and public affairs across a range of industries.
She has delivered strategic communications, media and stakeholder engagement programs across:
- private sector and publicly listed companies
- political offices
- government agencies and consultancies.
She specialises in developing strategy that creates value-based stakeholder partnerships and multi-channelled communication programs.
She is responsible for our:
- internal and external communications
- media
- stakeholder engagement
- organisational culture and leadership development
- the Children's Health Queensland Arts in Health program.
Executive Director Strategy, Planning Improvement and Innovation
Adrian Clutterbuck
Adrian has extensive experience leading and delivering strategy and transformation to international health systems. A physiotherapist with a passion for developing people and teams, he has worked for us since 2017.
As a director in a top tier management consultancy company, he has worked in United Kingdom and Australian health systems.
In this role he delivered operational efficiency and large-scale reconfiguration and transformation.
He has also held clinical leadership roles in community services as well as business development roles in a multinational pharmaceutical company.
Executive Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement
Angela Young
Angela is a Kullalli/Koa woman who brings a wealth of experience to the role.
She is committed to creating a more innovative, culturally safe and engaging healthcare pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their families.
She has also worked as the General Manager, Policy and Research for the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council.
In this role, she advocated for improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
She has a passion for justice and holds a Bachelor of Laws and started her career as a government lawyer. She has also held senior roles in the areas of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, employment and education.
Executive Director People and Governance
Naomi Hebson
Naomi is an experienced health care leader with a clinical background in nursing and advanced qualifications in health management and business. Her portfolio responsibilities include:
- human resources
- quality management systems
- integrated governance
- legal services
- enterprise risk management
- legislative compliance
- internal audit.
Her career spans across health policy, strategy and reform agendas. Most recently she has worked in health commissioning as the Executive Director Contract and Performance Management within the Queensland Department of Health.
She has a keen interest in enabling the delivery of sustainable health services that deliver person-centred care.