Elizabeth Curran

Liz is a senior healthcare executive with more than 20 years' experience in health system strategy, large-scale clinical and corporate operations, performance improvement and transformation across the private and public sectors. She is passionate about creating a connected, person-centred healthcare system. She is particularly passionate about improving children's health services, following her experience of having two premature babies — now healthy, active and thriving kids thanks to the extraordinary staff of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. Liz joined the Foundation Board in 2022.

Liz currently provides strategic advisory services to organisations across the health and government services sectors. She was most recently Managing Director, Health Services at Bupa, leading a national portfolio of some 4,000 people including primary care, mental health, dental, optical and hearing services, and healthcare for the Australian Defence Force and veterans.

Within NSW Health, Liz held Executive Director Operations roles in South Eastern Sydney and Northern Sydney Local Health Districts, with responsibility for all acute hospitals in those districts as well as mental health and population and community health services, and served as Incident Controller during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was also Executive General Manager, Health and Education at Downer Group, leading a portfolio of services to major hospitals, tertiary institutions and schools across Australia and New Zealand. Liz holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW.