Dr Colin Tukuitonga
Chief Executive,
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Dr Colin Tukuitonga is the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs (MPIA) where he provides strategic leadership for the Ministry, building effective bridges between government, agencies and Pacific communities.
Dr Tukuitonga came to MPIA from a position as Associate Professor of Public Health (Pacific and International Health) at the University of Auckland, where he played a key role in establishing the Department of Māori and Pacific Health and Pacific Health Research Centre. Dr Tukuitonga was Head of Surveillance and Prevention of Chronic Diseases for the WHO in Geneva and has held advisory posts with other international agencies.
Dr Jim Primrose
Chief Advisor Primary Health Care
Dr Jim Primrose is the Chief Advisor Primary Health Care (PHC) within the New Zealand Ministry of Health. This is a key leadership role that’s focused on ensuring PHC fully contributes to improving the health of New Zealanders, particularly those with greatest need.
Since moving from general practice in 1993 Dr Primrose has worked in a variety of senior roles in the public and private health sectors. He has broad experience and knowledge of working to a wider agenda including the development of national PHC policy and the establishment of primary care organisations. He has also operated within an international perspective including recently advising on PHC developments in British Columbia and in Dubai.
Assoc Prof Noel Hayman
Clinical Director, Inala Indigenous Health Service
Assoc Professor Noel Hayman was one of the first two Indigenous medical students to graduate from the University of Queensland in 1990. His current position is Clinical Director of the Inala Indigenous Health Service in Brisbane. Assoc Prof Hayman has been instrumental in demonstrating how mainstream primary health care services can be made appropriate to the needs of urban Aboriginal populations through the development of the Inala Indigenous Health Service.
His interests include improving Indigenous access to mainstream health services and medical education in the context of Indigenous health.
Dr Stephen Campbell Senior Research Fellow, Health Science Primary Care Research Group, University of Manchester
Dr Stephen Campbell is a senior research fellow at the Health Sciences Primary Care Research Group at the University of Manchester (and formally National Primary Care Research and Development Centre [NPCRDC]). He holds a joint appointment (20%) at the Department of General Practice, at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and an honorary contract at University of Nijmegan in the Netherlands. He is an advisor to the German AQUA Institute QISA, which develops quality indicators for Ambulatory Care in Germany.
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