Kath Skinner (CEMD; M.H.Sc.; M.Cl.N.; B.N.; Dip.Appl.Sc.(Nursing); RN; GAICD)
- Chief Executive Officer
Kath Skinner relocated from the Blue Mountains in NSW and take up Chief Executive Officer role with The Hobart Clinic in July 2023.
Kath is an experienced CEO, Executive Management and Non-Executive Board Director, with extensive experience in health service management including leading services for people impacted by trauma. She has significant experience in clinical and corporate governance, and has worked in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote settings, in acute and community-based services, clinical trials research and primary health care. She has executive-level experience in commissioning a broad portfolio of innovative co-designed services including: mental health services, Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing services, suicide prevention and alcohol and other drugs addiction services and also telehealth services.
Alongside her various executive roles, in 2017 Kath was appointed by the NSW Minister for Health to the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Board, where she served as an Appointed Board Member for a five-year term through to December 2021, and actively contributed to the following Board Committees: Aboriginal Health Governance (Co-Chair); Finance and Performance; Healthcare Quality and Clinical Governance.
On a personal level, Kath describes herself a life-long learner. She is passionate about equality and advocating for the rights of vulnerable people. Since moving to Tasmania, Kath has been appointed to the Board of the Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service. Her interests outside of work include growing tulips and mountain bike riding.
When asked about what motivated her to apply for the CEO role, Kath’s answer was:
“I think what attracted me most to this role with The Hobart Clinic is the level of impact that this work will have on so many people’s lives. We all know that our mental health and wellbeing impacts all of us, not only at an individual level, but also our families, friends, loved-ones, work-colleagues and the broader community. Rarely do opportunities come along to be involved at this level in leading life-changing mental health and wellbeing services”.