1. Curriculum Vitae
Lynleigh Ann Ramsay Evans
2016
P.O. Box 150, Milsons Point, NSW 1565
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▪ Email: lynleigh.evans@gmail.com

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PROFILE
Senior Executive Manager/CEO with 15+ years’ experience repositioning healthcare organisations. An
acknowledged change agent who combines the ability to provide a long term vision with an understanding of
the operational changes required to achieve this.
Offers diverse experience in policy development, strategic planning, program implementation, and clinical
practice improvement in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. In both line management and advisory
roles, has directed successful operations in health management, public health, health information systems and
health financing.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
1995 MBA University of Sydney, Graduate School of Business.
1987 PhD University of Sydney, Dept. of Physiology.
1979 MB.BS University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine.
CAREER SNAPSHOT
Director of Medical Services, Westmead Hospital; Senior Medical Advisor, WSLHD Jul 2012 to Present
Chief Executive Officer, Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia (SCFA), Sydney 2011 to May 2012
Emerging Infectious Diseases Advisor, AusAID; Senior Health Advisor: International SOS – Jakarta Apr 2006 - Dec 2009
Executive Director, St George Hospital – Sydney; General Manager & DMS, Dubbo Base Hospital Jun 2004 – Mar 2006
Program Director: Health Sector Reform, Ministry of Health (MOH) - Tonga Jan 1999 to Jun 2003
Executive General Manager (VP) Health Services; General Manager Clinical Services, MBF Feb 1995 – Apr 1998
Deputy/Assistant Director of Medical Services, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney Jan 1990 – Jan 1995
TERTIARY AWARDS
ASX Derivatives Prize for Advanced Corporate Finance to a Part-time MBA Student, 1995.
Diploma of the Collège de Médicine des Hôpitaux de Paris, 1982.
Archie Cunningham Prize, awarded by Sydney Hospital to the student from Sydney Hospital who attains the greatest
proficiency in the fifth(final) year examination, 1978.
Commonwealth University Scholarship and Scholarship to Wesley College, University of Sydney, 1973.
Sydney University Blue in Hockey and Member of Australian Universities Hockey Team, 1973.
LANGUAGES
English, French (4), Spanish (2)

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KEY STRENGTHS
Executive Management
In the late1990s, I was appointed Executive General Manager at MBF (now BUPA), one of four executives
reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. In this role, I managed the Division responsible for contracting
with hospitals (over $600 million) and led strategic planning for the organisation. Returning from overseas in 2003,
I became the General Manager of Dubbo Base Hospital followed quickly by Executive Director of St George
Hospital. In 2010, I was appointed CEO of the Skin and Cancer Foundation, a well-known dermatological
research and education institute. More recently, I have worked as Director of Medical Services and Senior
Medical Advisor at Western Sydney Local health District (WSLHD).
Ability to find innovative solutions to difficult problems
In the late 1990s, I transformed the relationship between health funds and hospitals by changing the payment
system from a passive one to a proactive contracting model. This was introduced by MBF with the major hospital
chains and quickly spread throughout the industry and to all health suppliers. Following this, I designed and
implemented a very comprehensive health sector reform program that transformed the Ministry of Health in
Tonga. Several reviews reported this to be one of the most successful and lasting aid programs that the
Australian Government has ever funded with benefits still being visible 15 years later. More recently, I have led a
successful design process for a new organisational structure at Westmead.
Visioning, strategy and implementation
Visioning and strategic planning often fail to achieve long lasting change. While I have considerable experience
and expertise in visioning and strategic planning, it is my ability to visualise the concrete steps that need to be
taken to achieve a vision and integrating this into an effective plan that has been pivotal in achieving successful
and sustainable change. This important skill is surprisingly rare.
Sound research background
I have a very sound research background founded on practical experience completing a PhD in Physiology under
Professor John Young at Sydney University. This has given me a good understanding of the pressures and
opportunities in academia for students, emerging researchers and established academics. As the Australian
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) advisor in Indonesia, I strongly supported research through our funding
initiatives with the multilateral organisations, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
and the Australian Animal Health Laboratories, a division of CSIRO. More recently, I have maintained my interest
in research both as CEO of the Skin and Cancer Foundation and in successfully submitting abstracts on my
international work at the annual Menzies Health Policy symposium and the ISQA conference in Hong Kong.
Engagement at all levels
One of my key strengths is my ability to lead strategic change by engaging people at all levels of an organisation.
This is greatly facilitated by my strong academic record, which provides insight in the clinical, research and
management environments. At Sydney Health Partners, I was able to lead senior clinician researchers in
establishing 12 Thematic Streams and over 40 collaborative projects. I have also led several very sensitive
reviews of underperforming units involving senior clinicians. Despite the sensitivity of these reviews, I have
managed to gain the trust of the clinicians and introduce real reforms while maintaining excellent relationships
with the clinical leaders and teams involved. In the international arena, a key to my success as EID advisor was
my ability to engage effectively with executives from the Australian and Indonesian governments as well as very
senior health and agricultural researchers from Australia and from FAO, WHO, and the World Bank. In Tonga, I
worked closely with the Minister and Director General of Health to achieve major and lasting change.

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SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT
July 2012- ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES/ SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR (SMA),
Present WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT (WSLHD)
In July 2012, I was asked to assist Westmead Hospital by taking on the position of Medical Director
(0.8 FTE) for three months while they recruited to the position. I offered to extend my term for a further
six months and then agreed to remain as a Senior Medical Advisor. During my time with Westmead:
 I was one of the core members involved in writing the successful NHMRC bid for Sydney Health
Partners. My role continued once we were notified of our success. Key achievements include:
o endorsement of a governance structure and terms of reference for key committees;
o development of a strategic framework with 12 thematic streams with over 40 documented
projects;
o documentation of job descriptions for the executive director and supporting positions, and;
o preparation of policies for sponsorship and consultative practice across LHDs;
o Preparation for two workshops/fora.
 I reviewed, provided recommendations and developed plans for: Simulation (Blacktown Hospital),
Pancreatic Surgery, Lung Cancer; Plastic Surgery; Senior Medical staff workloads and
expectations; and recruitment procedures for the WSLHD for Senior Medical Staff.
 I led a process of organisational restructuring for Westmead Hospital to devolve decision making
to five major Divisions with a management structure within each Division (prior to this, over 50
people reported directly to the General Manager). The new structure was approved within six
month and recruitment to the new positions in the Divisional structure was being undertaken in
March 2013.
2010 - HEALTH ADVISOR/STRATEGIC PLANNING - PACIFIC ISLANDS
Jun 2015 Strategic Health Advisor – Tonga Health Systems Support Program
As Strategic Health Advisor I supported a new Government of Tonga (GOT) led health reform program
focussed on combatting non communicable diseases (NCDs). This very successful program utilises
specially trained NCD nurses together with outreach physicians and is specifically designed to improve
access to rural and remote populations, proactively manage diabetes and hypertension and detect the
complications of NCDs early. The program has already had marked successes with attendance at
clinics improving dramatically, early indication of reduction in admissions and amputations for diabetic
sepsis and anecdotal evidence of significant improvements in HbA1C levels.
2013 - Review of the Health Service in Nauru
Nauru is a small island Country with a population of 10,000. It has a health service which is
both funded and delivered by the Government. While some health service delivery indicators
are good, it has a major issue with the prevalence of NCDs and particularly the lack of
primary care services to identify and treat primary disease. My role was to identify the key
priorities for funding for the future and assist the Government in developing plans to address
these.
2013 Review and Revision of Terms of Reference for Hospital Master Planning Exercise in
PNG
2011 Health Systems Management/Finance Specialist, Fiji Health Systems Strengthening
36 day consulting assignment to design a 5 year, A$25 M program of ongoing support for Fiji.
April 2011 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SKIN & CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA (SCFA)
- May 2012 SCFA is a dermatology institute established 30 years ago with a mission of being a centre of
excellence in service provision, research and education in dermatology. With a budget of $12 million
annually and 100 staff, it has three business units and offers specialist clinics, a day surgery, cosmetic
dermatology and a very successful dermatopathology service.
I was appointed to the position as an agent of change tasked with reversing declining patient numbers
and improving doctor satisfaction. Over the year, I significantly strengthened management, moulded a

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strong and committed team and achieved a high level of support from the medical staff who hold a
shared vision of developing a really great medical research and education institute.
Key Achievements
 Turnaround of Darlinghurst Clinic with complete overhaul of staffing, clinic practices, quality and
safety and customer service. Commissioned and implemented the recommendations from three
audits, undertook a complete review and upgrade of all reception and administrative functions and
instituted a program of writing, reviewing and organizing policies and procedures for the unit.
 Introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR). Prior to my arrival, paper records had been
destroyed and doctors were trying to manage patients using scanned PDF files. Instituted an
urgent review of a proposed electronic medical record system and commissioned its immediate
implementation.
 Reviewed hospital contracts and identified that poor contracting and billing were costing the
Foundation up to $500,000 annually in lost revenue. Sourced a health fund specialist as an advisor
and instituted a program to reverse these issues.
 Significantly strengthened research and education with committees established, coordinators
appointed and protocols and guidelines strengthened. Two new clinical trials started and a training
supervision and infrastructure grant awarded.
July 2007- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EID) ADVISOR – AUSAID, JAKARTA
Dec 2009 As EID Advisor, my role was to manage the activities of AusAID’s emerging Infectious Diseases
Program (A$18 M), ensure that these activities were consistent with the strategic direction of the
Governments of Indonesia (GOI) and Australia; represent the Australian government in discussions
with GOI and donors; and advise on future program direction and any changes required to meet new
and emerging needs. In the last year, I led a review and design process for a new program.
In this role, I worked in partnership with the multilateral agencies WHO and FAO as well as Australian
Government Agencies (DAFF and CSIRO). With the significant political agenda related to virus
sharing, I also played a key role in providing advice to the Government of Australia in this area.
Key Achievements
 Managing the current Australian EID program in Indonesia, including over $18 million projects
implemented through WHO, FAO and Australian Government Agencies.
 Leading the design of a new $24 million EID program for 2010 – 2015.
 Engendering strong support from the Government of Indonesia at the highest levels with requests
for Australian Government Agencies to work directly with the GOI.
Apr 2006 – SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR: PANDEMIC PLANNING (International SOS)
July 2007 International SOS is a company specialising in remote site health services, medical evacuations and
international public health consulting. After 6 months working with the Avian Influenza Pandemic
Planning Team, I was asked to join the public health team in Indonesia to lead the Avian Influenza
Pandemic Preparedness Consulting. This role involved presenting to International companies on the
threat of an Avian Influenza Pandemic and assisting them develop and test pandemic plans.
June 2004 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – ST GEORGE HOSPITAL, SYDNEY
March 2006 General Manager, Dubbo Base Hospital
At the end of six months as General Manager of Dubbo Base Hospital, I was asked to apply for the
Executive Director position at St George Hospital, Kogarah.
St George Hospital is a tertiary referral teaching hospital with 600 beds, over 2,500 staff and a budget
of AUD $250 million. The organisation was facing significant difficulties at the time and it was
imperative to provide a clear sense of direction and leadership for change. I quickly articulated key
priorities for the first year: organisational structure and management; financial performance; patient
flow through the emergency department; and improving access to elective surgery. In addition, I
restructured management and oversaw the development of a corporate plan for the next two years.
After one year, significant improvement in performance was evident.

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Key Achievements
 Reduction from 45% to 25% in the number of patients waiting over 8 hrs in the ED;
 Reduction in the number of patients waiting over 12 months for surgery from 722 to 400;
 Reduction in monthly budget deficit from over $350,000 to less than $50,000;
 Completion of a corporate plan to address key future priorities for the hospital
 Restructuring of hospital management and the committee structure.
2003 - 2004 CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS
 Assisting the MOH Tonga prepare its corporate Plan for the years 2004-2006 (AusAID).
 Preparing a successful tender for a health financing project funded by the World Bank in Tonga.
 Consultant, National Strategy to Control and Prevent NCDs in Tonga (SPC)
 Health Management Advisor for a comprehensive review of the health sector in Jordan (DFID)
 Health Policy Advisor for the “Medium Term Budgeting Framework” project in Pakistan (DFID).
 Health consultant with a World Bank team designing a health information strategy for Tonga.
1998 – PROGRAM DIRECTOR, HEALTH SECTOR REFORM, MoH, TONGA
Jun 2003 Working directly with the Minister and Director of Health in Tonga, I was responsible for designing,
recruiting staff and undertaking the ongoing management of a comprehensive health sector reform
strategy for Tonga funded by the Australian Government through AusAID. With a team of up to 12 at
any time, significant reforms were achieved in the areas of policy development and strategic planning,
budgeting and financial management, health information, human resources, drug regulation, pharmacy
inventory management, facilities master planning, public health and clinical services. All activities were
underpinned by a move towards a more participative and transparent management style with an
emphasis on motivation and cultural change within the organisation.
Several independent reviews commented on the outstanding success of the reforms with the program
being cited as one of the most successful ever in the Pacific. Reviews have noted that this is
especially commendable in a country noted for the difficulty in achieving real change.
1995 -1998 EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER - MBF AUSTRALIA,
July 1996 - April 1998: Executive General Manager (VP), Health Services
Feb 1995 - June 1996: General Manager, Clinical Services
As General Manager, Clinical Services I conceived of, and initiated, formal contracting with private
hospitals and established the Corporate Provider Relations Department to oversee this process. With
the establishment of formal contracts, and particularly with the introduction of selective contracts, MBF
was able to promote both high quality and cost effective care in private hospitals. Since that time,
contracting has become the cornerstone of all negotiations between health funds and private providers
for the whole industry.
As EGM, I was one of four executives reporting directly to the Managing Director. In this role, I
established and managed the Health Management Division, which had the goal of introducing health
services aimed specifically at improving the health of MBF members. I also chaired the strategic
planning task force which had responsibility for developing a strategic plan to reposition MBF from a
transaction based insurance company to a health organisation improving the health of its members.
Key Achievements
 Established the Corporate Provider Relations Department to manage $600,000 worth of
contracts with private hospitals.
 Chaired the MBF strategic planning team which prepared the MBF strategic plan to refocus the
company as a health organisation of the future;
 Established the Health Management Division and key departments needed to fulfil its goal i.e.
Preventive Health, Coordinated Care, and Health Information;
 Established the MBF Research unit and launched of the MBF Research Awards.

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1989 - 1995 ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL, SYDNEY
Jan 1993 - Jan 1995 Deputy Director of Medical Services
Jan 1991 - Dec 1992 Assistant Director of Medical Services
Jan - Dec 1990 Clinical Superintendent
1987-1988 Prince of Wales Children’s Hospital, Sydney: Paediatric Resident and Registrar
1983-1986 Department of Physiology, University of Sydney: NHMRC PhD Scholarship
1981-1982 Hôpital Hérold, Paris (French Government Scholarship): “Médicin Résident Etranger des
Hôpitaux de Paris”. Included work in a paediatric clinic in Oron, Algeria.
1979-1980 St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney: Intern and Resident Medical Officer
LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
Invited Presentations
Australia’s Commitment to Emerging Infectious Diseases in the region. Australian Academy of
Science: Australia – Indonesia Infectious Diseases Workshop, Jakarta, (April 2008)
Avian Influenza; the Indonesian Experience: Emerging Infectious Diseases Control and Pandemic
Preparedness Conference; Melbourne (March 2008)
Is your Organization Prepared for an Influenza Pandemic? Simple Steps Towards Effective
Planning. Prodia Conference, Bandung (Feb 2007)
Can Private Health Insurance Survive the Current Pressures such as Rising Costs and Falling
Profitability
Presentation to IIR Conference - The Health Insurance Market (July 1997)
Primary Care - Policy Design and Implementation: A Health Fund Perspective
Presentation to the Conference, “Designing the Future; Strategic Directions for Primary Health Care in
Economically Advanced Countries” (March 1997)
Making Contracting Work: What are Health Insurers Really Seeking to Achieve?
Presentation to Australian Private Hospitals Association Annual Conference (October 1996)
The Private Sector; Issues Facing the Industry
Presentation to the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiologists: Biennial Conference (July
1996)
Applying Quality Measures in the Australian Environment
Presentation to the International Federation of Health Funds Conference (Boston, June 1996)
Integrated Care - Is It Really Relevant to Australia?
Presentation to IIR Conference (April 1995)
Publications
Pirani. D., Evans. L.A.R., Cook. D.I. & Young. J.A., (1987); Intracellular pH in the rat mandibular
salivary gland: the role of the Na-H and Cl-HC03 antiports in secretion. Pflugers Archiv.; 408:178-184.
Young J.A., Cook D.I., & Pirani D., (1987); Effects of ion transport inhibition on rat mandibular gland
secretion. Journal of Dental Research; 66(2):531-536.
Evans L.A.R., Pirani D.P., Cook D.I. & Young J.A., (1986); Intraepithelial current flow in rat pancreatic
secretory epithelia. Pflugers Archiv.; 407 (Supplement 2): S107-S111.
Heyman M., Boudraa G., Sarrut S., Giraud M., Evans L.A.R., Touhami M. & Desjeux J.F., (1984);
Macromolecular transport in jejunal mucosa of children with severe malnutrition: a quantitative study.
Journal of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; 3:357-363.
Grasset E., Evans L.A.R., Dumontier A.M., Heyman M., Faverge B., Beau H.P. & Desjeux J.F., (1982);
La malabsorption intestinale du glucose et du galactose. Archives Francaises de Pediatrie; 39:729-
733.