OUR PEOPLE
National Executive, Branch Officers and Office Staff
For information about our democratic structure refer to the ASMS constitution
National Executive
Term: 1 April 2024 – 30 March 2027
Dr Catherine (Katie) Ben
National President
Specialty: Anaesthesia
DHB: Nelson Marlborough
Region: Four
Dr Sylvia Boys
National Vice-President
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Counties Manukau
Region: One
Dr Julian Vyas
Immediate Past President
Specialty: Paediatrics
DHB: Auckland
Region: One
Dr Mark Lawrence
Māori Representative
Specialty: Psychiatry
DHB: Bay of Plenty
Region: Two
Dr Rudi Johnson
Māori Representative
Specialty: Dentist
DHB: Bay of Plenty
Region: Two
Dr Andrew Ewens
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Waitemata
Region: One
Dr Keat Lee
Specialty: Anaesthesia
DHB: Waitemata
Region: One
Dr Felicity Dumble
Specialty: Public Health
DHB: Waikato
Region: Two
Dr Andrew Robinson
Specialty: Anaesthesia
DHB: Lakes
Region: Two
Dr Tanya Wilton
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Hutt
Region: Three
Dr Kai Haidekker
Specialty: Radiology
DHB: Hawke’s Bay
Region: Three
Dr Tom Morton
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Nerlson Marlborough
Region: Four
Dr Geoff Shaw
Specialty: Intensive Care
DHB: Canterbury
Region: Four
ASMS Staff
Sarah Dalton
Executive Director
Industrial Officers
Steve Hurring
Director, Industrial
Ian Weir-Smith
Senior Industrial Officer
Team Lead
Kris Smith
Senior Industrial Officer
Chan Dixon
Industrial Officer
David Kettley
Industrial Officer
Jenny Chapman
Industrial Officer
Kirsty Macnab
Industrial Officer
Adam Craigie
Industrial Officer
Sarah Thompson
Industrial Officer
Policy & Research
Harriet Wild
Policy & Research Director
Lyndon Keene
Policy & Research Advisor
Virginia Mills
Principal Policy Advisor
Communications
Andrew Chick
Senior Communications/Campaigns Advisor
Matt Shand
Journalist/Communications Advisor
Support
Sharlene Lawrence
Manager Support Services
Vanessa Wratt
Finance & Technical Support
Danni Mackay
Support Services Administrator
Saasha Manson
Membership Officer
ASMS Branch Representatives
Term: 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2024
| BRANCH | PRESIDENT | VICE PRESIDENT |
| Northland | Erna Meyer | Anand Gangji |
| Waitematā | Keat Lee | Andrew Turbott |
| Auckland | Elspeth Frascatore | Arend Merrie, Deralie Flower (women’s health) |
| Counties Manukau | Vacant | Marnie Cox |
| Waikato | Dara de las Heras | Marlize Alberts |
| Tauranga | Deborah Moore | Vacant |
| Whakatane | Sumeshni Jairam | Nigel Giles |
| Rotorua & Taupō | Frances Colquhoun (Co President) | Waheedah Athaullah (Co President) |
| Tairāwhiti | William Weiderman | Carol Chan |
| Taranaki | Ed Leung | Dirken Krahn |
| Hawke’s Bay | Mark Barlow | Vacant |
| Whanganui | Bernd Kraus | Mark Van de Vyver |
| Palmerston North | Thomas Carter | John Bourke |
| Wairarapa | Norman Gray | Clare French |
| Hutt Valley | Tanya Wilton | Brent Waldron |
| Wellington | Alain Marcuse | Amanda Tristram |
| Nelson | Sean Chan | Katie Ben |
| Marlborough | Jeremy Stevens | Prieur du Plessis |
| West Coast | Ceri Hutchinson (Co-President) | Reuben Hoyte (Co-President) |
| Canterbury | Geoff Shaw | Siobhan Cross |
| South Canterbury | Peter Doran | Matthew Hills |
| Otago | Chris Wisely | Vacant |
| Southland | Roger Wandless | Martin Watts |