Our executives

Renee Hayden birthed the idea of APMHA in 2015 and led the founding members in the initial Company design and redesign to a Not-for-Profit. As the CEO of APMHA, she comes from a diverse executive, management and clinical background firmly cemented in mental health, AOD and primary care. She has an extensive history working with and leading management and executive teams.

Renee’s Board experience and training has led to various Board positions, overseeing governance, operational and strategic matters. Renee has transitioned with the primary care sector from its initial roots in Divisions of General Practice, then Medicare Locals and now working alongside primary health networks and other national funders to deliver commissioned services. Renee has steered APMHA to truly resemble the National Mental Health Commission’s vision of stepped mental health care and reform for Australia’s most vulnerable. She is passionate about care that is excellent, high quality, accessible and equitable.

Donal McGoldrick is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse with over 20 years’ experience in senior Mental Health Nurse and management roles in addiction, clinical mental health, forensic, community mental health and primary mental health. He has worked at a senior management level within the Department of Health and Human Services, specialist State-wide services and NGO’s.

Donal has applied his experience of business operations, as well as business and clinical governance to his role as General Manager Business Operations. As one of the founding members, he has led compliance across contracting, reporting, quality & safety, recruitment, HR, and risk management. Donal is an experienced Board member, and fulfils the Deputy CEO role throughout the year. Donal chairs APMHA’s Finance Risk and Audit Board Committee.

Tung Le is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse and Cultural Consultant with over 23 years of experience in mental health and AOD across a diverse range of environments. Fluent in both Vietnamese and English and with a strong, ongoing interest in working with the Vietnamese and culturally diverse communities.

Tung was one of the original founding members of APMHA, and has held various Board and Executive roles within the Company as it has rapidly grown. Tung brings with him energy and professionalism to all aspects of his work as the General Manager Service Delivery at APMHA. His expertise and passion continue to support our frontline triage team and external clinicians working across clinical services available through APMHA HealthCare. Tung sits on various Clinical Councils and oversees APMHA’s Clinical Governance Board Committee.

Sian Pritchard is a Nurse Practitioner, CMHN with a Dip AOD. Sian has 39 years of experience in the healthcare sector. Sian founded Pritchard Health in 2015 and formed the Pritchard Health Alliance, delivering commissioned services in the Geelong/Otway region for eight years.

Sian has attained numerous positions of influence to drive change in the Australian Health Care system and has represented the ACMHN, Mental Health Australia and the ACNP’s on Government committees. These include the APS Workforce Transition Support Project, Improved Models of Care Working Group in Canberra, and Psychiatry MBS Review Committee. Sian was a member of Western Victoria PHN Regional Clinical Council for six years and has been recognized with awards for mental health nursing leadership, innovation in business and women’s community health.

Transforming the nursing profession by challenging the norm, and believing in equitable access to mental health services, Sian believes that working with the APMHA team will further develop service excellence through partnerships in Primary Care.