OUR PEOPLE
National Executive, Branch Officers and Office Staff
For information about our democratic structure refer to the ASMS constitution
National Executive
ASMS has a democratic structure with branches whose boundaries usually coincide with those of each hospital. The top decision and policy making body is the Annual Conference.
Most branches are managed by an elected local committee who also select delegates to attend Annual Conference. Between conferences, management of the Association lies with an elected National Executive of ten members. They are elected every three years.
The President and Vice President are elected by national ballot. The other eight members of the National Executive are regional representatives elected by members within their region. The National Executive elects one of its members to be National Secretary.
Dr Julian Vyas
President
Specialty: Paediatrics
DHB: Auckland
Region: One
Dr Andrew Ewens
Vice President
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Waitemata
Region: One
Dr Nathalie de Vries
Secretary
Specialty: Paediatrics
DHB: MidCentral
Region: Three
Dr Julian Fuller
Specialty: Anaesthetist
DHB: Waitemata
Region: One
Dr Sylvia Boys
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
DHB: Counties Manukau
Region: One
Dr Mark Lawrence
Specialty: Psychiatry
DHB: Bay of Plenty
Region: Two
Dr Andrew Robinson
Specialty: Anaesthesia
DHB: Lakes
Region: Two
Dr Kai Haidekker
Specialty: Radiology
DHB: Hawke’s Bay
Region: Three
Dr Seton Henderson
Specialty: Intensive Care
DHB: Canterbury
Region: Four
Dr Catherine (Katie) Ben
Specialty: Anaesthesia
DHB: Nelson Marlborough
Region: Four
ASMS Staff
Sarah Dalton
Executive Director
Industrial Officers
Steve Hurring
Director, Industrial
Tanja Bristow
Industrial Officer
Northern Team
Jenny Chapman
Industrial Officer
Northern Team
Chan Dixon
Industrial Officer
Northern Team
Adam Craigie
Industrial Officer
Northern Team
Ian Weir-Smith
Senior Industrial Officer
Southern Team Lead
Kris Smith
Senior Industrial Officer
Southern Team
Greg Lloyd
Industrial Officer
Southern Team
David Kettley
Industrial Officer
Southern Team
Kirsty Macnab
Industrial Officer
Southern Team
Policy & Research
Harriet Wild
Policy & Research Director
Lyndon Keene
Policy & Research Advisor
Virginia Mills
Principal Policy Advisor
Communications
Andrew Chick
Senior Communications/Campaigns Advisor
Matt Shand
Journalist/Communications Advisor
Support
Sharlene Lawrence
Manager Support Services
Vanessa Wratt
Finance & Technical Support
Danni Mackay
Support Services Administrator
Saasha Manson
Membership Officer
Find your Industrial Officer
Southern Team
Ian Weir-Smith
Kris Smith
David Kettley
Greg Lloyd
Kirsty Macnab
Adam Craigie
Tanja Bristow
Tanja Bristow
Chan Dixon
Jenny Chapman
Ian Weir-Smith
Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast
Kris Smith
Kirsty Macnab
Greg Lloyd
David Kettley
David Kettley
Steve Hurring
ASMS Branch Representatives
| BRANCH | PRESIDENT | VICE PRESIDENT |
| Northland | Erna Meyer | Anand Gangji |
| Waitematā | Keat Lee | Andrew Turbott |
| Auckland | Elspeth Frascatore | Arend Merrie, Deralie Flower (women’s health) |
| Counties Manukau | Vacant | Marnie Cox |
| Waikato | Dara de las Heras | Marlize Alberts |
| Tauranga | Deborah Moore | Vacant |
| Whakatane | Sumeshni Jairam | Nigel Giles |
| Rotorua & Taupō | Frances Colquhoun (Co President) | Waheedah Athaullah (Co President) |
| Tairāwhiti | William Weiderman | Carol Chan |
| Taranaki | Ed Leung | Dirken Krahn |
| Hawke’s Bay | Mark Barlow | Vacant |
| Whanganui | Bernd Kraus | Mark Van de Vyver |
| Palmerston North | Thomas Carter | John Bourke |
| Wairarapa | Norman Gray | Clare French |
| Hutt Valley | Tanya Wilton | Brent Waldron |
| Wellington | Alain Marcuse | Amanda Tristram |
| Nelson | Sean Chan | Katie Ben |
| Marlborough | Jeremy Stevens | Prieur du Plessis |
| West Coast | Ceri Hutchinson (Co-President) | Reuben Hoyte (Co-President) |
| Canterbury | Geoff Shaw | Siobhan Cross |
| South Canterbury | Peter Doran | Matthew Hills |
| Otago | Chris Wisely | Liza Edmonds |
| Southland | Roger Wandless | Martin Watts |