Liz Curran

Liz’s background is in hospital and health system strategy, clinical and non-clinical operational management, performance improvement and transformation. She is passionate about creating a connected ‘patient and student centric’ healthcare and education systems to improve the quality, efficiency, effectiveness and thus sustainability of these critical services into the future.

Liz has held Executive Director Operations / COO roles in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and Northern Sydney Local Health District within NSW Health over the past 5 years which included responsibility for all acute hospitals in those areas, mental health and population and community health. This role also included pandemic response management responsibility for COVID-19 in 2020/21. Liz previously worked as a Healthcare strategy and operations consultant in Deloitte, Booz & Company (Strategy &) and AT Kearney and has also held roles with the United Nations World Food Programme in Zambia, Africa and Bill Clinton’s Foundation for HIV in Latin America.

Liz was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation in August 2022. The Foundation is one of the largest and most trusted kids' health charities in the country raising funds for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network which includes Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick and Children’s Hospital at Westmead plus Bear Cottage Palliative Care and the Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS).

Liz is currently Executive General Manager for Health and Education (H&E) in Downer Group and is responsible for a portfolio including some of Australia’s largest and highest profile hospitals, tertiary institutions and schools, including the sustainable delivery of 12 Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as well as other long term facility management contracts. Major facilities managed include:

• Royal Adelaide Hospital

• Bendigo Hospital

• Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital

• Sunshine Coast University Hospital

• the Alfred Hospital

• Orange, Bathurst and Bloomfield Hospitals

• Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide

• Australian National University

• University of Melbourne

• Schools in NSW, VIC, SA and WA

H&E delivers a full range of services in these industries including Asset Management and Engineering, Security and Soft Services including cleaning and patient support services.