Governance

The GICS Governance Group comprises health professionals, service managers and leaders, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and people affected by cancer. The group is responsible for strategic decision making, implementation and monitoring of strategies to achieve:

• Our Mission
• The Victorian Cancer Plan 2016-2020
• Victorian Integrated Cancer Services Strategic Objectives

The Governance Group maintains a sustainable model for collaboration of cancer service providers in our region.

Our collaboration model:

Alex Demidov (Chair)	Chief Executive Officer	St John of God Ballarat Hospital
Ben Kelly	Executive Director Acute Operations	Ballarat Health Services
Andrew Freeman	Chief Executive Officer	East Grampians Health Service
Anne Scott	Consumer	GICS Consumer Advisory Group
Carmel O'Kane	Manager - Wimmera Cancer Centre	Wimmera Health Care Group
Ian Kemp	Consumer	GICS Consumer Advisory Group
Diane Sartori	Regional Manager (Ballarat)	Western Victoria PHN
Prof George Kannourakis	Medical Oncologist & Haematologist	Ballarat Oncology & Haematology
Dr Simone Reeves	Radiation Oncologist	BAROC
Dr Stephen Brown	Medical Oncologist	BRICC
Dr Swe Htet	Haematologist	Ballarat Cancer Care
Steven Medwell	Operational Director	BRICC
Phil Catterson	Chief Operating Officer	Hepburn Health Services
Judith Perkins	Manager Performance Quality and Gov	DHHS Regional Office
Kate Pryde	Chief Executive Officer	Stawell Regional Health
Joanne Gell	Strategic Director	GICS
David Deutscher	Clinical Director	GICS