Meet Our Board

Mr Monish Paul, MAICD 

Chair of the Board

Elected Chair - 28 October 2025

Mr Paul is a Non-Executive Director and Advisor with proven experience in organisational strategy and performance. He has worked in senior executive roles with FTI Consulting, IBM, Deloitte, Arthur Andersen and the Australian Federal and State Public Service. Mr Paul has deep expertise in corporate strategy, operations improvement, transformation, complex technology implementation, and regulatory compliance across a range of sectors including Utilities, Government, Health & Financial Services. He also serves as a Non Executive Director on the Boards of Western Power Corporation and Police & Nurses Limited.

Committed to community engagement, Mr Paul co-founded and governs an Indian Performing Arts School in Perth, amongst other purposeful activities he supports. His academic credentials include an MBA from the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University of Technology, complemented by Executive Education in Digital Strategy from Harvard Business School. Mr Paul is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Mr Jeffrey Williams, KStJ, GAICD

Non-Executive Director

Chairperson of Clinical Performance Committee

Appointed - 27 October 2020

Mr Williams has been a volunteer with St John WA since he was 11 years old. He has contributed to a wide range of reforms in volunteering and event health services for St John WA at a state and national level. He is a Knight of the Order of St John. In his professional career, Mr Williams is a Registered Nurse with wide ranging experience in Health Service Management having held senior leadership roles in public and private health care.

He is currently the Executive Director of Women’s & Newborn Health Service, North Metropolitan Health Services and Chair of the Edith Cowan University School of Nursing & Midwifery Course Consultative Commitee. Jeffrey is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management

Ms Elisa Fear, GAICD

Non-executive Director

Chairperson of the Health, Safety and Culture Committee

Appointed - 25 August 2022

Ms Fear has extensive financial executive experience from roles in investment banking including equity capital markets, debt, advisory, and venture capital. This is overlaid with solid commercial experience from owning and running businesses.

As well as serving on the board of St John WA, she also is the Chair of Yourtoolkit.com Limited and is a member of the Council of Curtin University. Ms Fear is also committed to providing support for women and children facing domestic violence and financial abuse and has a keen interest in organisational work health and safety. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds an MBA (Finance)

Ms Amanda Healy, MAICD

Non-Executive Director

Appointed - 16 March 2023

Ms Healy is an experienced professional with more than 35 years in mining and heavy industry, working in Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Safety Management, Training, and Camp Management. For 20 years, Ms Healy has developed and run several small to medium businesses in maintenance and asset management, one of which provides employment and development opportunities for Aboriginal people in Western Australia’s Pilbara.

As an Aboriginal woman from the Wonnarua Nation (Hunter Valley NSW), part of the Koori language group, Ms Healy has also created a social enterprise for sustainable income for remote Aboriginal artists. She is on the boards of Save the Children Fund, WA Social Enterprise Council, and is the Chair of Enterprise Learning Projects and Director of the Waalitj (Wirrapanda) Foundation.

Mr Craig Heatley, GAICD

Non-Executive Director

Chairperson of Audit & Investment Committee

Appointed - 16 March 2023

Mr Heatley has more than 25 years of experience in providing external audit services along with improving financial systems and controls and solving complex financial reporting challenges for companies, much of it as a partner with PwC. Working as a chartered accountant led to trotting the globe from Canada to the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and a number of countries in Africa, as well as being stationed predominantly in the United States and Australia.

As a family man who played hockey all his life, Mr Heatley’s passion to help others and give back to the community led to joining not-for-profit organisations which help children often in a sporting or parenting support capacity. In addition to St John WA, he is also the President of Netball WA and West Coast Fever previously being the Chair of Red Nose Australia and NED of The Fathering Project. Mr Heatley tackles life challenges with the motto: ‘The standard you walk past is the standard you accept’.

Mr Matt Mueller, GAICD

Non-Executive Director

Chairperson of Risk and Compliance Committee

Appointed - 1 February 2024

Mr Mueller’s career is characterised by substantial contributions in risk, governance, technology, and AI across various sectors. Matt has held senior roles at Origin Energy and Western Power, founded a technology business in the USA, provided technology and risk management expertise to Boards and Executives in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, and lectured at Curtin University. At Iluka Resources he established the AI and Automation team to enhance digital and automation capabilities and held the dual role as Chief Information Officer and Group Risk Manager which underscored his strategic influence on the company’s technology and risk management frameworks.

His non-executive roles include serving on the Curtin University Council as a co-opted member of the Audit Risk and Compliance Committee and the Digital and Data Governance Committee, demonstrating his commitment to excellence and strong governance while contributing to the university’s digital ambitions. Mr Mueller is also a member of the Fremantle Press Board and active in supporting youth leadership including coaching local AFL teams and volunteering. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science with Magna Cum Laude Honours, a Master of Commerce with Honours completed as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Governance Institute of Australia Fellow.

Ms Melanie Gates, GAICD

Non-Executive Director

Appointed - 28 October 2025

Ms Gates is an experienced professional with a national career in health care and extensive experience in strategy, business transformation and governance.

Currently serving as CEO of a state-wide community health organisation and Chair of WA’s Health Consumers’ Council, Ms Gates provides strategic leadership across complex service systems, strengthens cross-sector partnerships, and drives innovation to improve quality, safety and health outcomes for people across Western Australia. Her work includes championing contemporary, technology-enabled models of care and leading system-level transformation to deliver more integrated, scalable and sustainable care.

Ms Gates’ professional background spans health leadership roles across Australia, supported by earlier experience in management consulting and underpinned by a Master of Professional Education and Training, Executive Education from INSEAD Business School (Singapore), and a broad program of ongoing professional development across leadership, governance and the health sector.

Melanie is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.