Park was previously Executive Director of Monash Medical Centre at Southern Health and Executive Director of Jessie McPherson Private Hospital. She has also held senior management positions at prominent New Zealand hospitals.
“For the past eight years Shelly has been the Chief Executive of Monash Health (previously Southern Health), a health service which provides a comprehensive range of primary, secondary and tertiary health care services to a population of over one million people in the south-east of Melbourne across 40 care locations,” Dr Hamill said.
“Shelly is recognised for her strong leadership, business transformation capabilities, delivery of financial results and the ability to grow businesses to meet strategic objectives.”
Dr Hamill also thanked outgoing CEO Jennifer Williams who held the position of Chief Executive for seven years.
“During this time Jennifer has transformed the operations of the Blood Service, provided strong leadership and direction and the organisation is now positioned as one of the top performing Blood Services internationally,” he said.