ACSA Board The ACSA Board consists of six members and a President who represent the providers of aged care services throughout Australia. The ACSA President is elected annually at the Annual General Meeting by the State Associations. Board Directors are appointed by their State Association, and their positions are renewed once a year. The ACSA Board appoints Directors to the position of Vice President.
The ACSA Board is accountable for: Setting the strategic direction for the organisation Articulating that through a strategic plan Ensuring sufficient and appropriate resources are available to implement the organisation’s business and meet the strategic objectives Establishing processes that provide for excellence in organisational governance Ensuring that Aged & Community Services Australia is effectively represented, by Board members or appointees, in significant meetings with relevant groups.
The ACSA Board values accountability, simplicity, transparency and integrity. At a practical level, this means the Board operates in a manner which involves: Mutual respect Honesty Robust debate Hard work.
Klaus Zimmermann - President Klaus Zimmermann has nearly 30 years' extensive experience in senior executive management positions with a senior management and finance background. His experience covers Australian manufacturers including one large international company exporting goods globally. For 10 years, Klaus was the Senior Executive, Accounting and Company Secretary for the Australian manufacturer where he gained extensive experience in export, Research & Development as well as being a Trustee on the company's superannuation fund. Now into his 13th year in aged care, Mr Zimmermann has also gained extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector.
Klaus has been CEO of Eldercare Incorporated since 2001, a South Australian-based aged care organisation specialising in Residential Facilities and Independent Living units for the elderly with an annual turnover of about $40 million. Prior to that he was Deputy Chief Executive officer and Executive Manager of Corporate Services for the Aged Care & Housing Group Inc.
Klaus sat on a national committee for a number of years providing assistance and input to the Federal Government agency responsible for administrative issues in the funding of nursing homes and hostels. In 2003, was appointed by the Federal Treasurer to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a part-time member for three years. The Council is responsible for the broad oversight of the accounting standard setting process for the private, public and not-for-profit sectors within Australia. Since 2002 he has also been a Director on the Aged Care Industry Body in S.A. (ACS S.A.).
Ross Smith - Vice President Ross Smith has been Chief Executive Officer of RSL Care since February 1996. RSL Care currently operates 1840 aged care beds, 1510 retirement village units and serves over 50,000 community based clients annually in Queensland and NSW.
Ross is a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives (ACHSE) and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He was awarded the prestigious 2003 ACHSE Gold Medal recognizing innovation, effectiveness and entrepreneurial leadership in the field of Aged Care. He holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Health at University of New England.
Ross is the current ACQ President, ACSA Director, Chair of the ACSA National Community Care Committee and he has been extensively involved with state and national retirement village policy issues.
Valerie Lyons Valerie Lyons is the Chief Executive Officer of Villa Maria, one of Victoria’s oldest and largest community organisations committed to providing innovative, high quality service options in the disability, education and senior services sectors. Serving more than 5,000 people across the state, Villa Maria offers over 60 programs through 40 metropolitan and regional locations, including residential aged care and community care options.
With more than a decade of leadership in the aged and community services field and 25 years experience in the health and finance industries, Valerie has proven to be a strong and committed advocate for effective policy and sector change. Valerie holds qualifications in finance and post graduate management, is studying for her MBA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors (MAICD), a Fellow of both the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (FCPA) and the Institute of Corporate Managers Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS).
Valerie is current President of Aged and Community Care Victoria, a Board Director of Aged & Community Services Australia and a Board Director of HESTA Superannuation.
Glenn Muskett Glenn is Chief Executive Officer of Braemar Presbyterian Homes. Since his appointment in 2000 he has overseen the consolidation and development of Braemar into a successful and well-positioned aged care provider. Previously he held senior management roles in banking and finance in Tasmania, South Australia and WA.
Glenn has served as a Director of ACSWA since 2002, the last 2 years as Treasurer. As a small/medium provider of high and low care, independent living units and a developing interest in community care, he will continue to promote ACSWA’s role of supporting and effectively representing members and the church and charitable sector. A particular interest of Glenn’s is to continue to lift the public perception of the aged care sector.
Glenn’s is a Member of the Australian College of Health Service Executives, Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Jill Savell Jill is the Statewide Director of Southern Cross Care (Tas.) Inc. a leading Aged Care Provider of residential and community care services which is also one of the State’s largest employers. The Community Care Division delivers a range of package care to clients living in their own homes including an in home diversional therapy service to those living with dementia.
Her career in Aged Care spans 30 years and includes experience as Nurse Educator and Director of Nursing. Jill believes the move to community care 10 years ago has been the most challenging and rewarding part of her career. Her rounded experience is soundly backed by tertiary qualifications which include a Master of Education, Health Economics, Management and Aged and Social Planning. Jill is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.
Jill is currently the Vice President of Aged and Community Services Tasmania and a member of the Aged and Community Services Australia Community Care Committee.
Chris Rigby Chris Rigby has been the Managing Director of Catholic Healthcare Limited since its inception in 1994. He is also Managing Director of Hawkesbury District Health Service Limited.
Prior to Catholic Healthcare, Chris established the John Plunkett Centre for Medical Ethics at St Vincent’s Darlinghurst and the Australian Catholic Health Care Association in Canberra.
Chris began his career in health care as a lecturer in Bioethics at the Australian Catholic University.
Rob Hankins Rob Hankins is the Chief Executive of ECH Inc, a charitable organization and one of the largest aged care service providers in South Australia.
His organisation offers older South Australians places to live and receive services that are integrated throughout the city and some regional areas. There are dozens of scattered sites where residents live in homes or units designed with older peoples’ needs in mind. ECH provides an array of services to these residents as their needs dictate. At the point at which they can no longer live independently, ECH also provides 7 locations where Low and High Care services are available in specially designed buildings.
Rob graduated with Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration. He was born and raised in South Africa, immigrating to Australia via the USA in 1979. He has been involved in acute care hospital management in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and South Africa, and in the early 1990s spent several years managing a charitable organization providing acute care, independent living units and high care on the same campus.
He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has served on several state industry association boards and committees. He is currently the chairman of ACS SA&NT.
