Member Profiles

Peter Allen, Chairperson

Mr Allen is Chair of the Agency Management Committee, and has been since March 2009.

Mr Allen is Deputy Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), and Victoria’s Public Sector Standards Commissioner. He joined ANZSOG after more than 20 years in the Victorian Public Service (VPS) during which time he held several positions including Under Secretary in the Department of Human Services; Victoria’s Chief Drug Strategy Officer; Secretary of the Department of Tourism, Sport and the Commonwealth Games; Secretary of the Department of Education; Director of Schools; and Deputy Secretary, Community Services.

Between 2001 and 2003, Mr Allen was a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and prior to joining the public service, he was Director of Social Policy and Research at The Brotherhood of St Laurence.

Mr Allen’s other roles include Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine; National Vice President, and Victorian Vice-President of the Institute of Public Administration (Australia). He has previously been a member of the Councils of both the University of Melbourne and Deakin University.

Mr Allen holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma in Journalism and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.  

Professor Constantine (Con ) Michael AO

Professor Michael was appointed to the Agency Management Committee in March 2009 as a member with expertise in health, education and training.

Professor Michael is the Consultant Medical Advisor for St. John of God Health Care Inc. and Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Australia.

Professor Michael is the current President of the Medical Board of Western Australia, a Director of the Australian Medical Council, a member of various State and National Medical Committees and Chair of the St John of God National Ethics Committee and Chair of the Reproductive Technology Council of Western Australia. He is a Director and Governor of the University of Notre Dame Australia and Chair of its Advisory Board of the School of Medicine Fremantle.

Professor Michael holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (UWA), Doctor of Medicine (UWA) and Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (a past President) and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (a previous Sims Black Professor).

Among his numerous awards, Professor Michael was named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2001 for service to medicine, particularly in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, as a contributor to the administration of the profession nationally and internationally and medical education.  

Professor Genevieve Gray

Professor Gray was appointed to the Agency Management Committee in March 2009 as a member with expertise in health, or education and training.

Professor Gray is Professor of Nursing and Scholar in Residence at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Professor Emeritus University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor at James Cook University. In recent years she has been a Nurse Scholar for the World Health Organization, Geneva, and worked in Canada as a Professor of Nursing, Dean & Director, WHO Collaborating Centre in Nursing & Mental Health for the University of Alberta and the World Health Organization. She is currently Director of QUT’s Vietnam Nursing Capacity Building Program.

Professor Gray . was previously Inaugural Chair of the International Academic Nursing Alliance, a member of the Multidisciplinary Board of the International Council of Women’s Health Issues and member of the Deans Council, General Faculties Committee and Health Sciences Council of the University of Alberta.

Professor Gray has a General Nursing Certificate, Midwifery Certificate, diplomas in Nursing Education and Advanced Nursing Studies, a Master of Science (Nursing) and a Distinguished Life Fellowship from the Royal College of Nursing Australia.  

Mr Michael Gorton AM

Michael Gorton was appointed to the Agency Management Committee in March 2009 as a member with business and administrative expertise.

Mr Gorton is a commercial lawyer with considerable experience providing legal advice on medical registration, training, education and administrative practice. As a principal of Russell Kennedy Solicitors, he has significant experience in business management and administration. He is a Board member of the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission and a Chair of the Code of Conduct Committee of Medicines Australia.

Mr Gorton is a former Chair of the Infertility Treatment Authority, is a Board member of Melbourne Health, and has extensive experience in governance for a wide range of organisations including health and ethics committees.

Mr Gorton holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce.

In 2004, Mr Gorton received the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for community service, particularly to the UN Association, Greening Australia, Aboriginal reconciliation and equal opportunity.  

Professor Merrilyn Walton

Professor Walton was appointed to the Agency Management Committee in March 2009 as a member with business and administrative expertise.

Professor Walton is Professor of Medical Education ( Patient safety) in the School of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Sydney and Visiting Professor and Affiliate of the Buehler Center on Aging, Health and Society, Chicago, USA. She is a member of the University of Sydney Academic Board, the NSW Institute for Medical Education and Training and is a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee (National Health and Medical Research Council).

Previously, she was the Commissioner for the Health Care Complaints Commission NSW. (1993-2000).

Professor Walton holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, Masters of Social Work and Doctor of Philosophy.