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Role:
Deputy Chair

Committee memberships:
Member, Audit and Risk Committee
Member, Investment Committee

Appointed  16 October 2019

Jenny Richter is currently an independent consultant and a Non-Executive Director on a number of Boards.

Jenny’s previous executive roles include Deputy Chief Executive for SA Health, a position she held for five years and more recently as CEO of Central Adelaide Local Health Network.

Jenny’s experience in the health sector commenced as a Registered Nurse. Throughout her careers she has gained significant leadership experience as an administrator and executive in the public and private hospital sectors, within community nursing, in the private financing sector through public private partnership projects and within the SA public health system.

Before joining SA Health, Jenny was an Executive Director with the Plenary Group advising on health service planning and infrastructure projects. This included working with Plenary Group on the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.  Jenny also has significant experience in areas of hospital and health service and facility planning and health service performance, both in Australia and the UK.

Jenny is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australasian College of Heath Service Management and a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.  She has a Master of Business Administration, a Grad Dip in Health Administration and a Bachelor of Arts.

Jenny currently holds directorships with the South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network where she also chairs the Clinical Governance Board Sub-Committee.