Mark Compton

Prof Compton has senior executive experience in healthcare services. He is currently Adjunct Professor in Management (Healthcare Leadership) at Macquarie University (Macquarie Business School), Non-executive Director of The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia and Non-executive Chairman of not-for-profit organisations St Luke Care and the Order of St John (St John Ambulance). His previous experience includes Chief Executive Officer of each of St Luke Care, Immune Systems Therapeutics Limited and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. He was also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the formerly companies SciGen Limited and Alpha Healthcare Limited. Prof Compton has also held several non-executive director roles, including as Non-executive Chairman of Next Science Limited from May 2021 (Non-executive Director from 2018) to 23 August 2023, and for formerly Independent Practitioner Network Limited (2004-2008). He was also Chairman of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Non-executive Director of Macquarie University Hospital and Chairman and Chancellor of St John Ambulance Australia (having served as a volunteer for more than 50 years). In recognition of his work in the healthcare sector and his service to the community, he was awarded the Centenary Medal of the Commonwealth of Australia, appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as a Knight in the Order of St John in 2004 and as Bailiff Grand Cross in 2017, and was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in January 2010.