Dr Simon Lockwood
In 2020 Country SA PHN Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kim Hosking, notified the Board that he would be retiring toward the end of his current term of office. Since that time, the Board has worked with Kim toward identifying: the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experience for a new CEO; the individual to best lead our team into the future; and the ideal succession process.
I am very pleased to announce that Mark Hartigan has been offered and accepted the role of Country SA PHN’s CEO, effective 1 July 2022.
Mark has been Deputy CEO of Country SA PHN and Country North SA Medicare Local for the past eight years. Mark has had previous CEO experience of another organisation, and very importantly wide experience in business management and other activities across country South Australia.
After an extensive review of our service needs, the necessary capacity of the new CEO to meet the demands of our region and our vision for the ongoing CEO role, the Board is very confident that Mark will well manage ongoing operations and provide dynamic and positive leadership and vision.
To ensure a seamless leadership transition, Kim will share his vast organisational knowledge and experience by providing a consultative role to Country SA PHN through until the 2022 AGM in November.
The Board would like to acknowledge the outstanding contribution Kim has made to Country SA PHN since its inception. We appreciate the work Kim has done to manage our operations as we have evolved from our early beginnings in the world of Divisions of General Practice, through our period as a Medicare Local and as the CEO of Country SA PHN.
More broadly, the impact Kim has had on the primary health care system in country South Australia has been significant. Kim’s passion for bridging the gap in health inequity for country South Australians has improved the patient journey.
We wish Kim well into his retirement and thank him for all his considerable efforts over time.
I encourage everyone to engage with Mark as our incoming CEO and to continue engaging with Kim as he transitions to his well-deserved retirement.
