Regulatory Performance Committee

Mr Andrew Brown

Andrew was appointed as a Board member with expertise in business and administration in November 2023 and is the Chair of the RPC. Mr Brown is the former Health Ombudsman of Queensland, serving in the role for four years until January 2022. He also led the Independent Review of the Regulation of Medical Practitioners Who Perform Cosmetic Surgery on behalf of Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia. Mr Brown is a lawyer with extensive experience in regulation and complaints management.

Andrew is a former Queensland Government CEO with 30-years experience working within the public sector. He served as the Queensland Health Ombudsman for a period of four years, concluding his term in January 2022. Andrew has held other senior roles including the Deputy Ombudsman at the Queensland Ombudsman’s Office and the Chief Inspector of Prisons within the then Queensland Department of Corrective Services.

Andrew has extensive experience in public administration and designing and implementing effective and efficient regulatory and complaints management systems. He also has a track record of leading transformational change.

Andrew currently works as a consultant. He recently lead the Independent Review of the Regulation of Medical Practitioners Who Perform Cosmetic Surgery on behalf of Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia.

Andrew is an admitted solicitor and holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Public Administration.

Ms Gill Callister PSM

Ms Gill Callister was appointed to the Ahpra Board for a first term as new Chair and member with expertise in education and training on 04 July 2019. Ms Callister is CEO of Mind Australia, a community-based mental health organisation with a long tradition of working with people with serious mental illness. She has dedicated her career to improving public policy and service delivery, particularly for vulnerable people in the community, and was recognised with a Public Service Medal in 2019. 

Other appointments.

Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg AM, FASSA, FAAL

Emeritus Professor Freiberg is appointed to the Ahpra Board as a new member with expertise in education, regulation and law from 30 September 2020.

Emeritus Professor Freiberg previously held the position of Dean of the Law Faculty at Monash University and was a member of the Interim Advisory Board of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in Victoria. He has consulted for a number of organisations on regulatory matters, is the academic adviser to the Australia and New Zealand School of Government's National Regulators Community of Practice and is the author of the textbooks The Tools of Regulation and Regulation in Australia.

Emeritus Professor Freiberg holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Diploma of Criminology from the University of Melbourne, Master of Laws (Monash University) and Doctor of Laws (Melb). He is the Chair of the Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Councils and holds an Emeritus Professorial appointment at Monash University, an Adjunct Professorial appointment at Victoria University and is an Adjunct Faculty at the ANZ School of Government.

Adjunct Professor Veronica Casey AM

Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and Health Practitioner, Queensland

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Postgraduate Diploma, Nursing, Geriatric
• Master, Nursing Leadership
• Fellow - Australian College of Nursing

Memberships:

• Former member Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: July 2010 to September 2015
• Member Association of Queensland Nurse Leaders
• International Commissioner on Magnet ©, American Nurses Credentialing Centre
• Member Australian College of Midwives

Appointed as Chair (first term) from 2 October 2020 and reappointed as a practitioner member from Queensland for a period of 3 years (third term) from 17 August 2020

Dr Susan O'Dwyer

Chair of the Medical Board of Australia

Dr Susan O'Dwyer is Chair of the Medical Board of Australia and joined the RPC in December 2024. She was first appointed to the National Board in 2016 and prior to this was Chair of the Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia.

Dr O’Dwyer is the Executive Director, Medical Services at Metro South Health, one of Brisbane’s major providers of public health services and is a Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. She has worked in medical administration roles at various facilities across Queensland for more than 20 years with responsibilities for medical workforce, education and training.

Ms Tanya McGregor

Ms McGregor was appointed as a member with expertise in health, education and training, business and administration in November 2023. Ms McGregor is the former Chief Aboriginal Health Officer at SA Health. She was appointed as CEO of the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia in March 2024. Ms McGregor has over 15 years’ experience developing state-wide strategies and policies to improve Aboriginal health outcomes and community programs across South Australia and the Northern Territory. Ms McGregor is the Chair of the South Australian Aboriginal Cricket Advisory Committee, on the Board of Directors for the Fay Fuller Foundation and a member of the Global Indigenous Runway Advisory Committee.

Dr Cameron Phillips

Chair of the Pharmacy Board of Australia

Dr Phillips was appointed to the RPC as a member in December 2024. He is the Chair of the Pharmacy Board of Australia and a Senior Pharmacist at Flinders Medical Centre. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University, Adelaide.

Ms Rebecca Singh

Chair of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia

Ms Rebecca Singh, Chair of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, joined the RPC in February 2025.

She is a Director of Praktis Allied Health a private allied health practice in Adelaide. Prior to this she was the Director of the Integrum program at the Royal District Nursing Service in South Australia which provided support to people with complex chronic condition management at risk of hospital admission. She was also the Director Services at the Lifetime Support Authority which supports people who have sustained catastrophic injuries in vehicle accidents.

Dr Simon Shanahan

Chair of the Dental Board of Australia

Dr Shanahan was appointed to the RPC in December 2024 and is the Chair of the Dental Board of Australia. Dr Shanahan graduated as a dentist from the University of WA in 1984 and has practiced in private practice as a full-time general dentist in South Perth since 1993.

Dr Shanahan has had a long history of regulatory involvement with the Dental Board of Australia at many levels since 2010. He has served in many roles and organisations throughout his career, both in Australia and overseas

Ms Tiina-Liisa Sexton

Community member, Paramedicine Board of Australia

Tiina-Liisa is a chartered accountant with a background in risk and financial management, governance and ethics. She joined the Paramedicine Board of Australia on 22 November 2019. 

Tiina-Liisa has worked in the private, public, academic and not-for-profit sectors, and was the national Professional Standards Adviser in ethics and corporate governance at CPA Australia for 14 years until 2011.

Tiina-Liisa is a member of the Professional Standards Councils and Director of St Giles Society. She is a former director of Housing Choices Australia, Aurora Energy Pty Ltd, Hobart Water and Connect Credit Union.

Ms Rachel Phillips

Chair of the Psychology Board of Australia

Rachel Phillips works as a professional leader of allied health services in the public sector in Ipswich in Queensland. Rachel has worked as a clinician in both public sector and private practice in the areas of alcohol and drug, adult acute and chronic health, and child and youth mental health. She has contributed to the profession through supervision, involvement in professional society projects and interest groups, and representation in senior leadership roles.

Rachel was appointed to the National Psychology Examination Committee in 2010 and is currently the Chair. She was appointed to the Queensland Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia in 2014 and the National Board as the Queensland practitioner member in 2015.

Rachel was appointed as Chair of the Psychology Board of Australia in 2018.