We know that our success as an organisation depends on the skills, motivation and commitment of our staff, and we value and respect those whom we are privileged to lead. We achieve most when working as a team, which is why cooperation, information sharing and mutual support is our focus.
Jim Magee
Chief Executive
Jim Magee
BA (Hons), MBA (Otago)
Chief Executive
Jim has been in the health sector since the early 1980s and has been General Manager of Dunedin, Christchurch Women’s and Christchurch Hospitals. He is a board member of the Canterbury Community Care Trust.
Sue Sutherland
GM Marketing
Sue has a background in journalism, corporate communications and public relations, as well as governance and senior management experience across the health and not-for-profit sector.
Annette Finlay
Kaihautū Māori
Annette joined Nurse Maude as Quality and Risk Coordinator for Homecare in 2007 managing audits, complaints and privacy. She became the Māori Advisor in 2014 and joined the Senior Management Team as Kaihautū Māori in 2018.
Mark Nicklin
BMS, ACA
Chief Financial Officer
Mark has held senior commercial financial roles working in a variety of commercial service and finance leadership roles for multifaceted organisations, with business reach across multiple jurisdictions; including being the Commercial Director for Blake Dawson Waldron, one of Australia’s leading legal service firms.
Karen Jackson
PGDipSpecTchg, BDSocSc (Auckland)
Service Development Manager
Karen joined Nurse Maude in 2021. She originally trained as a specialist teacher for children with high and complex needs. She has worked in a number of leadership, advisory and governance roles in the not-for-profit and disability sectors.
Kim Rae
RGON, BA
General Manager, Human Resources
Kim joined Nurse Maude in 2015. She started her career as a Registered General and Obstetric Nurse before gaining an Arts Degree majoring in Psychology and Sociology. Kim has worked in a number of senior human resource management roles both in the public and private sector, working predominantly in health.
Margaret Koe
MBA (Canterbury), CGMA, ACA
Financial Controller & Performance Monitoring Manager
Margaret joined Nurse Maude in 2010 as the Finance Manager.She has senior financial and executive experience across commercial, health and charitable organization, including Pegasus Health and New Zealand Meat Marketing (subsidiary of ANZCO).With a background in cost management, service reviews and design, her focus is driving operational excellence and engagement from Finance and Business Intelligence.
David Lang
LLB
Chair
2008 – Present
David has been a partner in the law firm of Saunders & Co since 1989 working principally in the commercial and property law fields. He is a member of a NZ Law Society Standards Committee and a Trustee of the Champion Centre.
Jane Cartwright
BSc, PGDipSci, NZRD, MBA (Otago), CMInstD
Deputy Chair & Chair, Clinical Quality & Risk Committee
2007 – Present
Jane has held executive and senior roles in the health system and local government leading developments in community, mental and public health. She is a registered dietitian and has substantial governance and operational experience.
Gareth Brooks
BCom, CA
2019
Gareth is the COO/CFO of Eagle Protect based in Christchurch and manages the finance function of the US subsidiary. As a double Olympian Gareth enjoys working with high performing teams and understands the challenges of managing a business with nearly 20 years in commercial and management accounting roles. Gareth enjoys coaching his children’s hockey and cricket teams and loves to head outdoors with his family, enjoying all the New Zealand has to offer
Dr Cathy Andrew
RN, BA, MA(Hons), PhD
2013 – Present
Cathy has extensive experience as a nurse in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and as a nurse educator and manager at ARA. She holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Newcastle. Cathy does consultancy work for a number of nursing education providers nationally and is an Auditor for the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
Murray Compton
B.Com, F.C.A., C.M.C., F.N.Z.I.M., MinstD, Q.S.M.
Chair, Nurse Maude Foundation
1988 – Present
Murray is a chartered accountant specialising in consulting to the tourism industry. He was a partner in Ernst & Young and its merging firms for 25 years, was director of the firm’s national management consulting activities for seven years and established Ernst & Young’s tourism consulting practice. In 1995, Murray retired from Ernst & Young and set up M R Compton & Associates Limited to specialise in consulting to the international accommodation sector.
John Hudson
MB, ChB, DRCOG, FRNZCGP, Dip Trav Med
2013 – Present
Dr John Hudson recently retired as a principal at the North Avon Medical Centre and is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. John has been a director of the After Hours Surgery, and was a founding director of Pegasus Health Ltd., a leading Canterbury Primary Health organisation. John has received the Pegasus Group Award for outstanding contribution to general practice.
Mark Marshall
Grad Dip App Mgt
2010 – Present
Mark has worked for 35 years in the ICT industry and is currently the ICT Director of Ara Institute of Canterbury, the South Islands largest ITP. Mark holds a post graduate qualification in Applied Management.
