Our Team

OUR
TEAM

Senior Management Team

Barbara is our Chief Executive Officer and joined the PHO in August 2004.

Reporting to the Board, Barbara's portfolios include executive oversight, governance and strategy, and public/key stakeholder relations.

Contact Barbara

Barbara Stevens

+6421 669 533

CEO

Dr Charlotte is our Clinical Director and joined the PHO in September 2012.

Dr Charlotte Harris

Clinical Director

Contact Dr Charlotte

+6421 430 610

barbara@aucklandpho.co.nz

Julia Burgess-Shaw

Julia is our Manager of Planning and Performance and joined the PHO in July 2021.

Julia's portfolios include practice engagement operations, contract management, reporting and strategic development.

Manager of Planning and Performance

Contact Julia

+6421 149 6444

Tanya Clark

Tanya is our Manager of Mental Health and Wellbeing and joined the PHO in August 2020.

Tanya's portfolios include the M2M and Integrated Primary Mental Health Programmes

Manager of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Contact Tanya

+6421 311 387

Ashley Hulme

Ashley is our Chief of Operations and joined the PHO in May 2022.

Ashley's portfolios include General Operations, Data and Digital, Health and Safety, and Finance.

Contact Barbara

Contact Ashley

Chief Operations Officer

+6421 024 20904

Practice Engagement Team

RN Aaron Piano

Clinical Advisor: IPC, Vaccinator and Cold Chain Competency Assessor

Aaron is our Clinical Advisor for IPC, Vaccinator, and Cold Chain Competency Assessments and joined the PHO in July 2021.

Aaron's role is to assess practice staff for Vaccinator and Cold Chain compliance, and provide IPC advisory services.

Contact Aaron

+6421 221 5798

Shanaz Khan

Shanaz is our Immunisation Services Coordinator and joined Auckland PHO in December 2020.

Shanaz's portfolios include Childhood Immunisation, Healthy Mamā Healthy Pepī, and the Best Start programme

Shanaz works Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Immunisation Services Coordinator

Contact Shanaz

+6421 246 6510

Siobhan Matich

Clinical and Quality Manager

Siobhan started at the PHO in August 2023. Her role involves supporting general pracice teams within the Auckland PHO network with the implementation, socialisation and monitoring of PHO and associated Te Whatu Ora initiatives, contracts and programmes in order to deliver evidenced-based best practice.

Contact Siobhan

021 242 6177

Emma Pickles

Emma joined Auckland PHO at the beginning of February 2022 to support our clinics during the COVID-19 surge as the Covid Navigator.

Emma's role is to oversee PHO lead projects and provide non-clinical support.

Contact Emma

Project Manager

+6421 599 029

Erin Thompson

PHO Primary Care Support

Erin started with Auckland PHO in March 2024. Prior to this, she was a practice manager for two practices in the Auckland PHO network.

She provides non-clinical support for our practice network.

Contact Erin

093794022

Alexa Cunningham

Practice Support and Improvement Assistant

Contact Alexa

Alexa joined Auckland PHO in January 2023

Alexa’s role is to support and assist our practices in their achievement for Health Improvement System targets

+64212811564

Komal Rana

Komal is our Population Health Coordinator and joined the PHO in July 2022.

Komal's portfolios include practice communications, network HR support, refugee health, youth health, contracted reporting coordination and PHO administration

Population Health Coordinator

Contact Komal

+6421 507 310

Charley Peace

Self Management Services

Co-ordinator & Health Coach Lead

Charley started with Auckland PHO as a Health Coach in March 2022, and now serves a dual role as our Lead Health Coach and Self-Management Services Coordinator. Charley will initially focus on diabetes self-management education, with a view to develop additional programmes for other long-term conditions.

Contact Charley

+6421901296