National Executive & Staff

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE

The ASMS has a democratic structure with branches whose boundaries usually coincide with those of each DHB. The top decision and policy making body is the Annual Conference.

Most branches are managed by an elected local committee who also select delegates to attend Annual Conference. Between conferences, management of the Association lies with an elected National Executive of ten members. They are elected every three years.

The President and Vice President are elected by national postal ballot. The other eight members of the National Executive are regional representatives elected by members within their region. The National Executive elects one of its members to be National Secretary.

National Executive	Specialty	District Health Board	Region
Prof Murray Barclay President	Gastroenterologist	Canterbury	South Island
Dr Julian Fuller Vice President	Anaesthetist	Waitemata	Auckland – North
Dr Hein Stander Immediate Past President	Paediatrician	Tairawhiti	Gisborne – Wellington
Dr Julian Vyas	Paediatrics	Auckland	Auckland – North
Dr Andrew Ewens	Emergency Medicine	Waitemata	Auckland – North
Dr Paul Wilson National Secretary	Anaesthetist	Bay of Plenty	Hamilton – Whakatane
Dr Annette van Zeist-Jongman	Psychiatry	Waikato	Hamilton – Whakatane
Dr Tim Frendin	Geriatric Medicine	Hawke's Bay	Gisborne – Wellington
Dr Angela Freschini	Anaesthesia	Tairawhiti	Gisborne – Wellington
Dr Seton Henderson	Intensive Care	Canterbury	South Island
Dr Catherine (Katie) Ben	Anaesthesia	Nelson Marlborough	South Island

NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF

At our National Office we employ 17 staff members:

National Office Staff
Ian Powell	Executive Director
Angela Belich	Deputy Executive Director
Cushla Managh	Communications Director
Eileen Goodwin	Senior Communications Advisor
Lydia Schumacher	Communications Advisor
Henry Stubbs	Senior Industrial Officer
Lloyd Woods	Senior Industrial Officer
Steve Hurring	Industrial Officer
Sarah Dalton	Industrial Officer
Ian Weir-Smith	Industrial Officer
Dianne Vogel	Industrial Officer
Phil Dyhrberg	Industrial Officer
Sharlene Lawrence	Manager Support Services
Maria Cordalis	Senior Support Officer
Saasha Everiss	Membership Officer
Angela Randall	Support Services Administrator
Lyndon Keene	Director of Policy and Research
Charlotte Chambers	Principal Analyst (Policy & Research)

ASMS organisational chart

Below are short videos of each of the staff members explaining either the aims/objectives of ASMS or their roles within the organisation:

Ian Powell – Executive Director

Angela Belich – Deputy Executive Director

Henry Stubbs – Senior Industrial Officer

Lloyd Woods – Industrial Officer

ASMS BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES

BRANCH	PRESIDENT	VICE PRESIDENT
Northland	Jenny Henry	Ian Page
Waitemata	Jonathan Casement	Keat Lee
Auckland	Helen Pilmore	Susan Farrelly
Counties Manukau	Sylvia Boys	Russell Smart
Waikato	Dara de las Heras	Alison Stearn
Rotorua	Andrew Robinson	Philip Gartland
Tauranga	Rod Gouldson	William MCauley
Whakatane	Richard Forster	Kathy Sutton
Taranaki	Allister Williams	Allan Binnie
Tairawhiti	Mary Stonehouse	William Weiderman
Hawke’s Bay	Kai Haidekker	Debra Chalmers
Whanganui	Bernd Kraus	Mark Van de Vyver
Palmerston North	Andy Spiers	John Bourke
Wairarapa	Norman Gray	Nicholas Pascoe
Hutt Valley	Neil Stephen	Tanya Wilton
Wellington	Justin Barry-Walsh	Alain Marcuse
Nelson	Katie Ben	Gareth Harris
Marlborough	Jeremy Stevens	Graeme French
West Coast	Stuart Mologne	Graham Roper
Canterbury	Geoff Shaw	Siobahn Cross
South Canterbury	Matthew Hills	Peter Doran
Otago	Chris Wisely	John Chambers
Southland	Roger Wandless	Leonard Chia

National Executive & Staff