The Sonic Healthcare Board of Directors is comprised of individuals experienced in public company management and stewardship.  As a group, they bring to the company a broad skill base encompassing medical, financial, legal, management and corporate areas.  In view of the fact that Sonic Healthcare specialises in providing medical diagnostic services, the Board is committed to ensuring that its membership includes pathologists and radiologists.  

The current Board of Directors consists of 7 members, with an additional independent, non-executive director expected to be appointed by 30 June 2009.

   

Barry Patterson
Chairman
ASMM,MIMM,FAICD.

Mr Patterson is a qualified engineer and has a corporate mining background, but in more recent years has held directorial positions in a number of both public and private companies.  Mr Patterson joined the Sonic board in 1993 and is considered to be an independent, non-executive director.  He is the Chairman of both the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee, and is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr Patterson is currently Chairman and a non-executive director of Silex Systems Limited (since 1992).

 

 

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Dr Colin Goldschmidt
CEO and Managing Director
MB, BCh, FRCPA, FAICD
(Pathologist)

Dr Goldschmidt was the Medical Director of Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology before he became the Managing Director of Sonic Healthcare Limited and its subsidiaries in 1993. He joined the company after completing his Australian Pathology Fellowship training in Sydney in 1986. Dr Goldschmidt is a member of the Risk Management Committee and the Nominations Committee. Dr Goldschmidt is currently a non-executive director of Silex Systems Limited (since 1992). 

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Mr Christopher Wilks
Finance Director
B.Comm. (Univ Melb), A.S.A., F.C.I.S., F.A.I.C.D.

Mr Wilks has a background in chartered accounting and investment banking. He was previously a partner in a private investment bank and has held directorships for a number of public companies. Mr Wilks has been a director of Sonic since 1989 and is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. He is an executive director of Silex Systems Limited (since 1988).

 

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Mr Peter Campbell 
FCA, FTIA, FAICD

Mr Campbell is a Chartered Accountant with his own practice based in Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Taxation Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a Registered Company Auditor. Mr Campbell joined the Sonic board in 1993 and is considered to be an independent non-executive director.   He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of both the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. Mr Campbell is currently a non-executive director of Silex Systems Limited (since 1996), Admerex Limited (since January 2007) and also of QRxPharma Limited (since April 2007).

 

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Dr Philip Dubois
MB, BS, FRCR, FRANZCR, FAICD
(Radiologist)

Dr Dubois is Chairman of the Sonic Imaging Executive Committee and is Chairman and CEO of Queensland X-Ray. A neuroradiologist and nuclear imaging specialist, he is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology at University of Queensland Medical School. He has served on numerous government and craft group bodies. He is currently Vice-President of the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association (ADIA), and a Councillor and the Radiology Craft Group Representative of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). Dr Dubois joined the Sonic board as an executive director in 2001 and is a member of Sonic’s Risk Management Committee. Dr Dubois is a non-executive director of Magnetica Limited (since December 2004).

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Mr Colin Jackson
OAM, FCPA, FCA, FTIA, FAICD

Mr Jackson is a senior executive director of Sonic Healthcare (since 1999), with a background in professional accounting practice and laboratory management. He plays an active role at Sonic corporate level and, as Vice-President of the Australian Association of Pathology Practices, represents Sonic at national industry level. Mr Jackson was the Chief Executive Officer of Diagnostic Services Pty Limited (Sonic’s Tasmanian practice) for 11 years to 2006. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Mr Jackson is a Director and Treasurer of the Guide Dog Association of Victoria and a member of the Winston Churchill Fellowship Trust selection committee in Tasmania. He has until recently been a director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and is now chairman of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Foundation Limited. Mr Jackson was appointed as Chairman and non-executive director of Independent Practitioner Network Limited in August 2004.

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Mr Lou Panaccio 
BEc, CA, MAICD

Mr Panaccio is a chartered accountant with strong management experience in business and healthcare services. He is currently Managing Director of the Monash IVF Group, non-executive Chairman of Health Networks Australia, non-executive Chairman of CPW Group and a non-executive director of the Inner Eastern Community Health Service in Victoria. He was formerly a non-executive director of Primelife Corporation Limited from 2001 until November 2005. Mr Panaccio was the Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of Melbourne Pathology for ten years to 2001. Mr Panaccio joined the Sonic board in 2005 and is considered to be an independent, non-executive director.   He is a member of the Audit Committee.