Jacqueline Kirkman has a clinical background as an optometrist but in more recent years her main roles have involved conducting research into workforce maldistributions and health service improvement through optometry student placements. Her passion to improve access to healthcare for regional and rural Australians led her to complete her PhD at Deakin University. However, her life’s path was abruptly altered following the birth of her son in 2019 when she experienced severe postnatal psychosis. She has subsequently experienced a number of episodes of psychosis and had multiple inpatient public admissions both involuntary and voluntary. She feels very fortunate to have been able to receive care for an acute psychotic episode in 2022 through Barwon Health’s Mental Health Hospital in the Home service. Since these experiences, she has become passionate about mental health service reform. She has spoken publicly about her experience to raise awareness, reduce stigma and improve health services, a highlight of which was being interviewed for the podcast Pregnancy Uncut and writing an article for the ABC. Professionally, she now uses her knowledge as a service user in a project management role at a large public hospital where she is involved in the development of new mental health capital works as well as a range of other lived experience initiatives.

Aaron Le Saux is the Calvary Health Care Manager of ICT Architecture and Integration responsible for the development of enterprise architecture frameworks, methodology and business capability mapping. He is Chair of the Architecture Advisory Council, which promotes the sharing of knowledge of ICT system design, standards and strategy within the information technology function. Aaron has more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare information technology, with a background in Identity and Access management, unified hospital communications, capital developments, and most recently in the Calvary Digital strategy. He was a technology lead for the commissioning of Midland Public & Private Hospitals (WA) and Berwick Private Hospital (VIC), as well as various healthcare mergers and acquisitions across NSW. Most recently Aaron was the architecture lead for Calvary’s private hospital consumer facing app ‘CalvaryCare’ and the employee app ‘MyCalvary’ to provide consolidated access to rosters, payslips and communications. Aaron also was architect for the Calvary Medibank Joint Venture (CMJV), which delivers My Home Hospital(MHH) on behalf of the South Australian Government.