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 |