Board Members
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Dr Bruce CameronChairmanBSc(Hons) MBBS FACRRM DRANZCOG First appointed 24 July 2008
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Dr Richard KeyesDirectorMBBS First Appointed 22 May 2008
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Leonie DaveyDirectorBBus First appointed 28 March 2009 |
| Dr Bruce Cameron has been a rural medical practitioner on the Atherton Tablelands for more than 30 years. From 1978 until 1997 he was Medical Superintendent of the Atherton Hospital and has been subsequently in private practice in Atherton and Malanda. Dr Cameron is a Foundation Member of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, has been the Queensland State Director on the ACRRM board and is a Past President of the Rural Doctors' Association of Queensland. In 2008 he was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor School of Medicine James Cook University. | Dr Richard Keyes is currently a full-time GP in Townsville. He served in the Royal Australian Airforce until 1982 and then in the Specialist Reserve until 2008. He has memberships in the Society of Aerospace of Medicine, Sports Medicine, Skin Cancer Society of Australia and Cosmetics Physicians Society of Australia. He has served on the board of the Townsville Division of General Practice, was a former executive member of the Australian Medical Association of Queensland, and has been on the medical advisory board of the then Wesley Park Haven and the Mater Hospital. He has also been involved in teaching medical students from JCU as an adjunct Senior Lecturer and a GP Supervisor. | Community and Project Development Consultant Leonie Davey has experience in senior management and the administration of government funding. For the past 15 years she has worked with a variety of not-for-profit boards and has gained a comprehensive knowledge of how they operate. Leonie assists TMT in delivering training, administration and support throughout North and North West Queensland. As Executive Officer of the North Queensland Area Consultative Committee, Leonie saw a total of $60 million worth of projects approved and $17 million of Regional Partnership (Federal) funding sourced for the region over three years. |
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Dr Amanda TorkingtonDirectorBSc, MBBS First appointed 28 March 2009 |
Barry CombenDirectorFirst appointed 6 November 2010 |
Dr Alan McMahonDirectorMBBS FACRRM GAICD First appointed 18 October 2010 |
| TMT GP Registrar Dr Amanda Torkington has worked in hospitals in Nambour and Darwin. Her General Practice experience includes a prevocational GP placement in Jabiru in the Northern Territory, working in an Aboriginal Medical Service. Dr Torkington’s current employment as an Academic GP Registrar at the JCU School of Medicine and Dentistry has given her an appreciation for the bigger picture of the role of medicine and medical education within the wider community. Dr Torkington also undertakes part-time clinical practice as a GP Registrar at Gold City Medical Centre in Charters Towers. | Barry Comben brings to the board a general commercial experience, having over 20 years in the real estate industry, with 14 years of this as partner of Mackay firm, Hugh Reilly Real Estate. The business is one of Mackay’s oldest, employing a staff of 16 in both sales and property management. Barry’s experience in this sector has been enhanced by a term as branch President of the REIQ, as well as his current position as director of the publishing companies, Mackay Real Estate Weekly and National Press Group. Barry has also served as a committee member of the Mackay branch of the Leukaemia Foundation since its creation in 1986. | Currently a GP in Cairns, Dr Alan McMahon has previously served in Papua New Guinea as a Major in the Army, worked as a Surgical Registrar at Repatriation Hospital Greenslopes and Cairns Base Hospital, Medical Superintendent in Babinda District Hospital in addition to 20 years as solo GP in Babinda, with visiting rights. Dr McMahon has considerable board experience having served on the GP Cairns, Far North Queensland Rural Division of General Practice (FNQRDGP), GP Queensland, and Health Workforce Queensland Boards with a cumulative experience of 39 years. He has served on the FNQRDGP Board since 1995 and held positions as Secretary, Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee, Chair of Governance Committee, and 8 years as Chairman of the Board. |