Dr Zoran Bolevich
Dr Bolevich was appointed the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 2024.
Prior to his appointment as CEO of the AIHW, Dr Bolevich was the Chief Executive of eHealth NSW and the Chief Information Officer for NSW Health, responsible for planning, implementing and supporting a digitally enabled, integrated and patient-centric health information environment. During his prior 25-year career, Dr Bolevich worked in a range of senior health management, information and communication technology (ICT) leadership roles in Australia and New Zealand.
Before joining eHealth NSW, Dr Bolevich worked at NSW Health as executive director for health system information and performance reporting and as acting deputy secretary for system purchasing and performance.
Dr Bolevich served as a member of the AIHW Board from 11 February 2016 to 9 May 2024. He is a Doctor of Medicine and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Distinction.
Louise Gates
Louise is the Executive Director of the Health Insights Division at the AIHW.
Louise leads the Health Insights Division and provides broad oversight of the Primary & Community Care & Information Standards Group, Health Systems & Performance and Population Health Group.
Louise has extensive experience across several federal and state organisations including the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the NSW Ministry of Health. She has a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours, a Masters of Statistics and Masters of Global Health/ Infectious Diseases.
Richard Juckes
Richard is the Executive Director of the Corporate Strategy & Performance Division at the AIHW.
Richard leads the Corporate Strategy & Performance Division and provides broad oversight of the Data Governance and Integration Group, Information & Communication Technology Group and the Business, Communications & Publishing Services Group, He also oversees the General Counsel’s Office, Statistical Leadership Office, Strategic Implementation Office, and Advisory & Evaluation Services.
Mr Juckes has been working in health policy and health data roles for over 25 years, primarily at the Commonwealth Department of Health.
Alistair Beasley
Alistair is the Executive Director of the Community and First Nations Insights Division. The division comprises of the Housing and Specialised Services, Community Services, and First Nations Health and Welfare Groups.
Alistair has extensive senior executive experience across a range of policy and program areas, with a particular interest in the use of data, evaluation, and economics to inform policy design and program management. Alistair is also Chair of the Miracle Babies Foundation. Alistair is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Master of Economics from the University of Melbourne.
Michael Frost
Michael is responsible for the Primary & Community Care & Information Standards Group.
This Group provides expert assistance on national health and welfare metadata and manages METEOR, our online national metadata repository. Michael is also the Head of the WHO Family of International Classifications Australian Collaborating Centre supported by staff in the group and other agencies in the development of international health classifications. This Group also manages primary care data and PIPQI, perinatal and sexual and reproductive health data, Medicare and pharmaceutical analytics, and the My Health Record data for research and public health purposes.
Mr Frost’s experience spans over 20 years in federal and state government agencies, in policy advice, performance reporting and administrative roles in the COAG Reform Council, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the National Health Performance Authority, the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Office of Community Housing. Mr Frost has a Bachelor of Economics (first class honours in political science) and a Graduate Diploma in Public Administration (with Merit).
Bernice Cropper
Bernice is responsible for the Health Systems & Performance Group.
This Group focuses on the activity, performance and financing of the Australian health system. This includes maintaining the national hospitals data collections, producing the annual record on health spending in Australia, monitoring the performance and safety of the health system and reporting on activity in the medical, dental and pharmaceutical sectors.
Amy Young
Amy is the acting Group Head for the Population Health Group.
The Population Health Group collects data and reports on the health of Australians, covering population health and disease monitoring. This includes health risk factors, mortality, environmental health, screening & monitoring, the burden of disease, and specific chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, cancer, dementia, musculoskeletal conditions and respiratory conditions.
Adrian Webster
Adrian is responsible for the Data Governance & Integration Group.
The Data Governance and Integration Group’s core functions include leading the development of the institute's strategies for acquiring, managing, and integrating major data assets (linkage), managing key relationships across government in support of the public sector data agenda, managing central data governance functions of the Institute including privacy and secretariat of the AIHW Ethics Committee.
Adrian has worked in various roles at the AIHW since 2009 spanning disease monitoring, primary health care data, health and welfare workforce, expenditure monitoring. He spent 5 years leading work on the national hospitals data collections, producing the annual record on health spending in Australia, monitoring the performance and safety of the health system and reporting on activity in the medical, dental and pharmaceutical sectors. Adrian is a sociologist with more than 25 years' experience studying and working in the health and welfare sectors in Australia and overseas. This has included heading the monitoring, evaluation and research department in an international aid organisation, providing consulting services to government agencies in Australia such as Medicare Australia and reporting on hospital performance at ACT Health. Before commencing at the AIHW, Dr Webster was working in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation in remote Australia providing drug and alcohol and community development services.
Andrew Kettle
Andrew is responsible for the Business Communications & Publishing Services Group.
The Business, Communications & Publishing Services Group works closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver value-for-money corporate services that support organisational objectives. The Group is also responsible for AIHW’s work on strategic communications, media, stakeholder engagement, parliamentary, web content, website design and development, graphic design and data visualisations.
Mr Kettle qualified as a chartered accountant in the United Kingdom and worked for Coopers & Lybrand in Canada and Australia. He was Chief Financial Officer at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority before joining the institute in 2006 as a senior executive. During his time at the institute, Mr Kettle has at various times held senior executive responsibility for finance, human resources, governance, information and communications technology, office accommodation, websites, publications and media. Mr Kettle has a degree in engineering with management studies from the University of Cambridge, England, and a diploma in computer science.
Kim Riley
Kim is the Chief Information Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at the institute. Kim is responsible for the delivery of strategic ICT capability and delivery of services at AIHW.
Anne-Marie Rushby
Anne-Marie is the Group Head for the Housing & Specialised Services Group.
This Group leads the institute's data collections, reports and analysis on housing, homelessness, justice, education, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.
Anne-Marie has previously worked in a number of Commonwealth, State and local government roles related to housing, income support and family assistance policy, education and early childhood evidence and analysis roles.
Louise York
Louise is responsible for the Community Services Group.
This Group develops, maintains and analyses national data to support reporting on the health and welfare of key population groups including children and youth, older Australians and people with disability; and on the use of services within a range of health and welfare sectors including child protection, youth justice, aged care and disability services. The Group has also established programs of work on family, domestic and sexual violence and on using income support (Centrelink) data to better understand experiences and outcomes for key population groups.
Ms York has more than 20 years’ experience at the institute, including in leadership positions in both health and welfare areas, and one year at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Ms York holds postgraduate qualifications in population health and bachelors’ degrees in economics and science.
Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman (PSM)
Fadwa is responsible for the First Nations Health & Welfare Group.
This Group leads the institute's data collection, development, reporting activities and stakeholder relationships in the area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Dr Al-Yaman has wide-ranging experience in statistical analyses and reporting, demographic techniques, data development, data quality assessment and improvement activities, and in building collaborative stakeholder relationships. She has a strong research background in health, and a keen interest in knowledge translation and the link between research, policy and practice. Dr Al-Yaman holds a PhD in Immunology from the John Curtin School of Medical Research and a Masters of Population Studies from the ANU. Dr Al-Yaman was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1990 and the Australian Public Service Medal in 2008.