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HETI is a registered higher education provider. As a provider, HETI must comply with the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2015 that sit under the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011. Learn more about our Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) accreditation.
There are two principal governance committees for HETI Higher Education which entitles it to oversee higher education delivery. These are:
The academic board is responsible for ensuring the organisation’s higher education objectives are met. It takes responsibility for academic policy making; academic management; and oversight of best practice in teaching and learning.
The Higher Education Academic Board reports to the Higher Education Governing Council.
The governing council exercises overall responsibility for pursuing the mission and goals of higher education listed in the Higher Education Strategic Plan.
View the Higher Education Governance Model.
The members of governing committees are listed below:
Position
Member
Role Title
Chair and External Academic
Professor Lynne Madden
Inaugural Professor of Population and Planetary Health at the School of Medicine, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia
External Academic
Dr Meg Smith
APS, Fellow Australia Psychological Society (FAPS)
HETI Attendee
Ms Gail Forrest
Director Leadership, Management Development and Educational Design
Dr Susan Grimes
Director, HETI Higher Education
Dr Roderick McKay
Director Psychiatry & Mental Health Programs
Secretariat
Mr Andrew Bigg
Secretariat Academic Board
Chair
Professor Kay Wilhelm
Professor and Head of Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame Sydney
Senior Clinical Advisor, Child and Youth Mental Health/Senior Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
External Attendee
Mr Adam Hennessy
Consumer Representative
Dr Kieran Allen
Ms Keryl de Haan
Graduate Representative
Mr David Sabanayagam
Finance Representative
Ms Kim Pezzano
Secretariat / Executive Officer to Director, HETI Higher Education
The governing body meets Australian residency membership requirements. All members have been established as fit and proper persons.
The corporate operations of HETI are defined by the legislative provisions under which it is established, the Health Services Act 1997 (NSW), and the role and functions delegated to HETI by the Secretary of the NSW Ministry of Health.
HETI was established as a Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation. In lieu of a board the Chief Executive operates under Sections 52B, 52C and 52E of the Act.
The Chief Executive has equivalent authority to a Board and answers to the NSW Health Secretary who reports to the Premier of NSW Government. Learn more about HETI’s governance.
For more details regarding the governance and operations of HETI Higher Education, including the location of governance and management please contact us.
