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Meet our executive team
Adjunct Professor Colmán O’Driscoll
Chief Executive Officer
Colmán commenced as CEO in October 2023, following unanimous Board endorsement in July. With over 25 years’ experience across health and related systems, Colmán is both a Forensic Mental Health Clinician, and health systems executive, having held senior leadership roles within government, corporate, not-for-profit and private sectors, most recently serving as CEO of Burwood and Richmond hospitals, and Group Lead, Mental Health Strategy (NSW) with St John of God Health Care. Previous senior roles have been held in the NSW Justice and Forensic Mental Health Network, including Service Director, Statewide Forensic Mental Health. Colmán is active in forensic mental health research, with original papers published in peer reviewed journals as well as book chapters. Colmán has a current posting as an Adjunct Associate Professor with Swinburne University of Technology.
Cayte Hoppner
Chief Operating Officer
Cayte commenced at Forensicare in August 2021. She is a mental health nurse with more than 25 years’ experience in operational, clinical and leadership roles in public mental health services across Australia. Prior to commencing with Forensicare, Cayte was the Executive Director of Mental Health and Chief Mental Health Nurse at Latrobe Regional Hospital. Cayte is passionate about delivering person centred care for all consumers, families and carers accessing the mental health service system. Her key interests include mental health clinical practice models, advanced practice roles for nurses, education, research, psychological safety, clinical supervision and reducing restrictive interventions.
Stewart Waters
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Stewart joined Forensicare in July 2024 and is responsible for the financial stewardship of the organisation, including procurement and property services.
Stewart is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and General Manager, having experience in correctional health care services and across the energy sector including Shell, BP, AEMO and Toll. He has held senior finance roles covering business partnering, financial control and shared services. Stewart enjoys leading finance teams that work to support business objectives as well as delivering the reporting and governance obligations. Stewart is CPA qualified and a member of the AICD.
Nadia Baillie
Chief Legal Officer
Nadia joined Forensicare in September 2017 as General Counsel and was appointed as Executive Director of Governance and Risk in July 2020. She is an experienced commercial lawyer having worked for over 16 years in top tier legal firms in Australia and the UK, as well as in-house in the university and health sectors. Prior to joining Forensicare Nadia worked at MinterEllison and Melbourne Health. She brings a breadth of commercial and government experience along with a passion for delivering positive consumer outcomes in mental health.
Nadia leads the provision of legal advice on a broad range of complex legal issues, including the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997, the Mental Health Act 2014, recent Royal Commissions. She also oversees privacy and information sharing, contracts, statutory interpretation and coronial matters. Her expertise in governance and risk sees her playing an instrumental role in transforming Forensicare’s risk management culture, leading the internal audit program and the delivery of governance services to Forensicare’s board and subcommittees.
Kate Douglas
Executive Director People and Corporate Services
Kate joined Forensicare in January 2023. Kate has worked in both global organisations and government agencies and brings to Forensicare over 20 years’ experience in human resources, organisational development and change management. Kate is passionate about designing and leading strategy and delivering results-oriented programs that make a genuine difference to the employee experience. She believes that we achieve more when we work together, and that individuals and teams perform at their best when they are inspired and enabled to realise their potential.
Dr Tobias Mackinnon
Executive Director Forensic Mental Health
Dr Tobias Mackinnon has spent the past ten years in Sydney where he was the Co-Director Forensic Mental Health with Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, NSW. Tobias has extensive experience in forensic mental health in the UK and NSW, having completed his medical training in Australia and his specialist training in the UK, where he obtained a Master of Sciences in forensic mental health research. He has also held numerous senior leadership positions over the years including as the founder and outgoing chair of the Australian Council of Forensic Mental Health Service Leaders. He is very excited about working in Victoria with Forensicare and is committed to contributing to ongoing clinical and service excellence.
Dr Shelley Turner
Executive Director Inpatient Services
Shelley commenced as Executive Director, Hospital Operations for Thomas Embling Hospital in January 2024, having joined Forensicare in February 2021 as Chief Social Worker. She brings to Forensicare extensive clinical leadership and operational management experience in forensic settings, enhanced by significant academic teaching and research experience, and an established national and emerging international reputation for scholarly work focused on ethical and effective forensic practice. Shelley has expertise in youth justice and alcohol and other drugs, and was the clinical manager of Australia’s first youth drug and alcohol court program. She has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary practice and working collaboratively with staff, consumers, families and carers.
Terry Runciman
Executive Director Prison Services
Terry commenced his role as Executive Director of Prison Services in August 2020. Terry is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience within public mental health services, including public community mental health services, homeless mental health teams, emergency mental health, consultation liaison, and commissioning mental health and police response teams (MHaPR). Prior to commencing with Forensicare, Terry was the Area Manager of Mid West Area Mental Health, one of Victoria’s 21 area based public mental health services. He brings a strong desire to deliver mental health service equivalency for people within Prisons and to strengthen the transition from Prisons services back to the community.
Anthea Lemphers
Executive Director Community Operations
Anthea was appointed as the Executive Director of Community Operations in September 2020. Anthea is a clinical and forensic psychologist with more than 22 years experience in forensic mental health in both operational and discipline leadership roles. Prior to her appointment, Anthea was the Director of Psychological Services at Forensicare. She is passionate about leading a service where staff feel valued and are empowered to achieve the best outcome for Forensicare’s consumers and contribute to community safety. Anthea is committed to improving services in the community by enhancing Forensicare’s role in creating and supporting linkages between the justice and mental health systems.
Liam Barry
Executive Director Redevelopment & Asset Management
Liam joined the Forensicare Executive in January 2021 and is responsible for Forensicare’s leadership of the Thomas Embling Hospital redevelopment project, as well as Forensicare’s broader capital works program and asset management activities.
Prior to joining Forensicare Liam spend most of his career in the Justice sector delivering a range of significant capital and business transformation projects within the Courts and Justice sector, including at Court Services Victoria, The Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal and the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Liam is a qualified Australian Lawyer and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) and Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. He is also currently studying an Executive Masters of Public Administration with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and holds a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
Matthew Hercus
Executive Director Strategy, Policy and Planning
Matthew commenced as Executive Director Strategy, Policy and Planning in June 2022. Most recently Matthew was Executive Director Mental Health and AOD System Management in the Victorian Department of Health, having commenced as a nurse, working across metropolitan, regional and remote settings. Matthew has gained an extensive understanding of Victoria’s Health and Mental Health Systems, reform directions, including experience with and across government. With a clinical and systems background, Matthew is keen to support the important growth and development period that Forensicare is facing, working closely with teams, consumers and clinicians.
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