Board of Directors
Michael Di Rienzo
Prof Michael Di Rienzo, Former Chief Executive of Hunter New England Health, was responsible for all services across the district from small rural community health centres to major tertiary referral hospitals. With 18,000 staff and an expenditure budget in excess of $3 billion per annum, Hunter New England Health provides services to a community of around 1 million people across an area of 130,000 square kilometres.
Following a career in Finance, Supply and logistics in the manufacturing industry, Prof Di Rienzo joined Health in 1999.
Since retiring in 2023, Prof Di Rienzo has established CXDX Connected Diagnostics, a local company focusing on medical technologies and services in brain health and wellbeing.
Prof Di Rienzo also provides Health Management and leadership consulting to a range of organisations.
Prof Di Rienzo holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle.
Alan Broadfoot
Professor Alan Broadfoot has been the Executive Director of the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) at the University of Newcastle since 2010. At NIER, Alan leads an ambitious agenda linking industry and academia for transformational research in energy, resources, food, and water. Alan holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Newcastle. Trained as an Electrical Engineer, Alan joined electrical design and manufacturing company, Ampcontrol in 1991 and held senior management positions, including Managing Director and CEO from 2005–2010. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and was Chair of the Australian Industry Group Hunter Manufacturing Council from 2004 –2009. In addition to his role on of Director on the TUNRA Board, he is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of The Royal Society of NSW, Chair of the NSW Energy and Resources Knowledge Hub, Deputy Chair of the Hydrogen Taskforce, Board Director of The University of Newcastle Research Associates (TUNRA) and member of the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub Advisory Board.
Professor Rohan Walker
Professor Walker is a senior academic-researcher based at Hunter Medical Research Institute and has interests in training, cognition and performance. Currently, he is the Director of Center for Advanced Training Systems, deputy director of the Centre for Rehab Innovations and is currently the Deputy Head of School for Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy (Partnerships and Commercialization). He obtained his PhD from the University of Newcastle in the field of Neuroimmunology in 2006. He has also recently held the position as a senior fellow for the Centre for Research Excellence in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation (2016-2020). Professor Walker is currently engaged with a number of industry partners in developing bio-metrically enhanced performance training and evaluation systems. He also works with partners in the development of scalable biometric monitoring programs and their integration with dynamic analytic frameworks and is a Director on the Board at TUNRA.
Ralph Hardy
Ralph Hardy is a director and senior manager with extensive finance, commercial, and systems experience in the manufacturing and service industries. He has held senior roles with private companies which included leading multinational finance teams, providing the strategic direction, risk management, finance policies and governance framework to all companies in the business. His experience has included being responsible for provision of consolidated financial and management accounting support and reports, multinational shared service centres, treasury, finance funding, tax compliance, statutory compliance and mergers and acquisitions, together with financial management and advice to all levels of management.
Ralph has strong financial management experience in number of jurisdictions in Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe. Ralph is a member of the AICD and has experience with multiple boards. In addition to his role as a Director on the Board at TUNRA, Ralph also is a board member of the Cooperative Research Centre for High Performance Soils (Soil CRC).
Kevin Young
Kevin Young Non Executive Director and previous Managing Director with extensive experience in leadership within the water industry in Australia and overseas. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a Director with extensive experience in leadership within the water industry in Australia and overseas. He is currently the Chair TasWater and the Deputy Chancellor of the University of Newcastle. For 15 years he was Managing Director of Hunter Water and then Sydney Water. Kevin has been named four times by the Institution of Engineers Australia as one of the Top 100 most influential engineers in Australia and was also named as the 2019 NSW Water Professional of the Year by the Australian Water Association.
Belinda Grealy
Belinda Grealy is a senior executive with over 30 years’ experience leading commercial, operational, and strategic transformation across mining services, logistics, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Currently Executive General Manager at Ventia, she oversees a national portfolio delivering critical infrastructure across defence, space, utilities, and transport. Prior to Ventia, Belinda held senior leadership roles at Orica, Asciano, and OneSteel, leading global commercial transformation, major hazard risk programs, and enterprise technology upgrades. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Newcastle. Belinda joined the TUNRA Board in 2024.
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