Our Team

The work of Adelaide PHN is achieved with the support of a dedicated staff team and Board.

The Adelaide PHN Board is a skills-based Board comprised of three Member elected Directors and up to six Board appointed Directors, each Director serves a three-year term via a staggered, rotational system.

Our Board

Mr Tom Symonds

Chair - Board Appointed Chair/Second Member Elected Board Director

Currently Lot Fourteen Project Manager with the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). Previous Associate Director, Strategic Research Support at Flinders University. Worked in health services management in the UK and SA for 20 years. Extensive experience and knowledge of the complexities and challenges of delivering today’s healthcare. Strong interest in innovative service development such as maximising the beneﬁ ts of digital health. Passionate about strong public involvement in the planning and delivery of health services, as an integral part of good clinical governance to ensure the highest quality care possible. Other roles include responsibilities for supporting the delivery of high quality health and medical teaching and research programs within the tertiary sector. With a passion and keen interest in health workforce development, he was a previous establishing member of the Adelaide PHN Central Community Advisory Council and serves as a Community Member of the South Australian Board of the Medical Board of Australia, the South Australian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and the Australian Medical Council.

Mr Rick Albertini

Finance Chair – Managing Partner at Brentnalls SA Chartered Accountants & Advisors

Extensive and sound Financial Accounting, Strategic and Business Management Experience. Previous Board Member of Northern Adelaide Medicare Local (NAML) and has strong links and associations with the Health Sector on many levels. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; Member of the Institute of Company Directors; extensive Board experience.

Mr Wayne Oldfield

Aboriginal Community Health Advocate (First Member Elected Board Director)

Extensive Board experience within SA Health sector. Has been employed by Community Support Incorporated SA, The Country Homes Advocacy Programme and Intellectual Disability Services Council. A member of the Health Consumer’s Alliance of SA, The Aboriginal Health Council of SA Inc, Country Health SA Local Health Network Board Health Advisory Council Inc (Ministerial appointment) and a member of the SA Minister’s Disability Advisory Council. The Aboriginal Consumer Representative to the National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum and a member of the Consumer Reference Group involved in creating a ‘Peak’ Mental Health Consumer Organisation. Wayne is also a Board Director on the SA Country PHN Board.

Dr Vikas Jasoria

General Practitioner in Adelaide

Extensive professional medical practice experience as a GP in the Adelaide region for over 10 years. BSc. in Management and extensive Board and strategic governance experience. Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Previously worked at Headspace and in Aboriginal Health Care. Previous Board Director of the Northern Health Network, Northern Adelaide Medicare Local and former member of The Northern Region GP Council. Currently working as General Practitioner and Director at Arkaba Medical Centre and Craigmore Family Practice.

Ms Fiona Raschella

Qualified Solicitor (Third Member Elected Board Director)

Qualified Solicitor with 13 years' experience in the private legal sector in the health, employment and insurance law arenas Most recently, worked as a self-employed Solicitor and part time as TalentCode HR Senior Employment Relations Advisor. Previous corporate governance experience and financial account management through Basketball SA Finance Sub Committee. Member of the Law Society of Australia and previous member of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) Consumer and Community Reference Group (dissolved in 2020). Consumer rep on the CALHN Human Research and Ethics Committee (HREC) and a number of CALHN Priority Care Committees and TQEH Redevelopment Groups. Previous APHN Disability Health Priority Group (HPG) member, establishing member of the Central Adelaide Community Advisory Council (CACAC) and CACAC Membership Advisory Council (MAC) representative.

Mr Scott Williams

Chief Executive Officer, Police Health Group

CEO at Police Health Group, operating both the Police Health and Emergency Services Health private health funds. Actively involved in representing the business in industry forums, public events and interactions with critical strategic partners. Previous role as CEO of over 4 years at the North Eastern Community Hospital, a not-for-profit hospital acute care and aged care organisation. Has worked for 30 years in health in both community and hospital settings in Australia and the United Kingdom holding a variety of senior executive roles including at the tertiary provider of health services for children, young people and women in South Australia. Successfully led and delivered several large scale capital and service redesign projects through cultural reform.

Dr Melanie Smith

General Practitioner in Southern Adelaide

Associate contractor GP at Chandlers Hill Surgery, with a particular interest in palliative care, paediatrics, mental health, diagnostic reasoning and evidence-based practice. Extensive experience in the GP training sector both as a participant and as an advocate. Registrar Advisor and previous Board Member and President of the General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA), a not-for-profit member-based advocacy organisation (Melbourne). Previous Public Health Program Manager in Seattle, USA. Completed Certified Health Information Australasia qualification, incorporating the key elements of IT strategy/governance and change management in health care settings. Former software engineer who successfully transitioned into medicine.

Ms Michelle McKay

Secretary - CEO, Adelaide PHN

Clinical background in emergency nursing, for over 20 years. Has held a range of executive roles in the health sector across Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA) and the Northern Territory (NT), in both public and not-for-profit sectors and in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. Most recently was Chief Operating Officer of the Top End Health Service within NT Health. Previously held executive roles in Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK, Uniting Care QLD and Executive Director of Planning and Performance at SA Health, in addition to roles at QLD Health.