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The Selwyn Foundation Executive team

Garry Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Garry has over twenty years’ experience of the health sector, having held senior positions with healthcare organisations throughout New Zealand. Prior to his appointment to the Foundation, he had been CEO of the country's largest health board, Auckland District Health Board, for nine years. A qualified accountant, Garry has expertise in management, planning, accounting and finance, as well as experience of the banking industry. As CEO of the Foundation, Garry is passionate about providing ethical and values-based services for older people and ensuring that services are delivered with integrity, warmth and respect for the individual at all times.

Fred Pau, Chief Financial Officer
Born in Malaysia, Fred came to New Zealand to study at Canterbury University in 1976. He worked mostly in the commercial sector in Christchurch until 1993, when he and his family moved to Bangkok for three years, where he worked on a greenfield textile project for Caurtaulds Textile UK and later managed six ceramic factories. On return to Auckland, he undertook a number of commercial roles, including with Carter Holt Harvey, prior to joining The Selwyn Foundation in 1999. As one of the longer serving executives in the team, Fred provides analytical, accounting and financial management oversight for the group. 

Hilda Johnson-Bogaerts, General Manager, Residential Care Services (MHSc (Hons) Advanced Nursing, Grad Dip Bus Health Management, Grad Dip Nursing, Grad Dip Teaching). Hilda is a registered general nurse and has extensive experience in the aged care sector, having run her own local community nursing practice in her native Belgium for 15 years. As the Foundation’s General Manager for Residential Care Services, Hilda led the project team that developed and trialled the ‘At Home at Selwyn’ new model of aged care, which won the New Zealand Aged Care Association’s overall ‘Excellence in Care Award’ in 2010 and has since been implemented throughout Selwyn’s eleven aged care facilities in the upper North Island.

Colin Bowring, General Manager, Property Development
Colin is responsible for the delivery of property development and property management services to the Foundation, including strategic asset management, redevelopment of existing villages and the acquisition and development of new sites. Colin has over twenty years' experience in the building industry in the UK and New Zealand, covering project management, design management and facilities management from both a client and consultant perspective. 

 
Bart Nuysink, General Manager, Medical Services
Bart was drawn into aged care early in his GP career. As a GP, he became more and more involved in residential care, obtaining a Diploma in Geriatric Medicine prior to joining The Selwyn Foundation. From a medical centre (based at Selwyn Village), Bart sees patients on a daily basis while being part of the on-call medical team.

Rod Perkins PhD, General Manager, Research and Planning
Rod has a long experience in both academic and management practice in healthcare. He has worked in the public health sector and has a particular interest in quality improvement and leadership. He is an Hon. Senior Lecturer in Health Management in the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Science's School of Population Health. His publishing has focused on clinical governance and leadership in healthcare. Rod took up his role at The Selwyn Foundation to help the organisation prepare more effectively for the future. 
 
Dr Chris Perkins, Director, The Selwyn Centre for Ageing and Spirituality (MB ChB (Otago) FRANZCP, Diploma of Professional Ethics (Auckland)). Chris is a psychiatrist, with particular expertise in mental health issues affecting older people and in intellectual disability psychiatry. She has many years’ experience working in the aged care sector throughout New Zealand and the UK and is author of Dementia: a New Zealand Guide (Random House, 2006). She is a member of the Scientific Committee of Alzheimers NZ and the National Executive Committee of the New Zealand Association of Gerontology, and is also a leading commentator on matters relating to the spiritual needs of older people. As Director of The Selwyn Centre for Ageing and Spirituality, Chris’ specific interest is in ensuring that such needs are addressed as part of the holistic care of frail elders, and she is at the forefront of facilitating education, research and advocacy in all areas pertaining to ageing and spirituality in New Zealand.