Our leaders

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since January 2022 and Chairman since January 2024
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Chair of the Nomination Committee, Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Risk Committees
• Other Bupa appointments: Non-executive Director of the Bupa Global Board (UK) since 2026 and member of the Bupa Global (UK) Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees

Mr Johnson is a Director and Adviser. Current roles include Director of Allianz Australia (Audit Committee Chair), Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited, Kieser Australia, E&P Financial Group, member of the Melbourne Cricket Club Committee, Board of Management of the Melbourne Theatre Company, member of the Council of Monash University and Trustee of the Collier Charitable Fund.

Prior to his current roles Mr Johnson was a Partner and CEO of global professional services firm EY in Oceania, and was a member of EY Asia Pacific and global leadership teams. Over 34 years he combined senior firm leadership roles with client work at large Australian and global organisations, predominately in the financial services sector.

Mr Johnson was formerly a member of Champions of Change Coalition, Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity, Business Council of Australia Committees, Business Advisory Board of Monash Business School, Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation and the Board of Australian Business Community Network (ABCN).

Mr Johnson has a Bachelor of Economics, Master of Business Administration (Executive), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment, Graduate and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award from Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since April 2019 and Deputy Chairman since June 2019
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Member of the Audit, Risk, Technology and Nomination Committees
• Other Bupa appointments: Non-executive Director of the Bupa Global Board (UK) since 2019 and member of the Bupa Global (UK) Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees

Mr Hawker has gained extensive knowledge and experience of financial services over a long career in the banking and insurance industries in both executive and non-executive roles in Europe, Asia and Australia.

He is currently a Non-executive Director of Allianz Australia Group, Liberty Financial Group and an advisor with Conquer AI.

Mr Hawker was formerly Lead Independent Director of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited, a Non-executive Director of Westpac Banking Corporation and Vicinity Centres, Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Risk Committee of Aviva plc., Macquarie Group, Macquarie Bank, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Insurance Australia Group (insurance), Group Chief Executive of business and consumer banking at Westpac Banking Corporation (banking) and Chairman of The George Institute for Global Health (medical research institution) and Chairman of the Insurance Council of Australia (insurance representative body).

Mr Hawker is a Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division for service to the community.

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since April 2024
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Risk and Nomination Committees

Mr Buggle is an experienced executive leader with more than 35 years’ leadership and experience across banking, insurance, and consulting.

He also has extensive international experience that compliments a strong career in Australia.

After a 25-year career with the ANZ Banking Group, Mr Buggle retired in November 2021 from the role of Group Chief Financial Officer. Over his time at ANZ, Mr Buggle held a wide variety of roles, including Group General Manager - Internal Audit, Deputy CFO, CFO Institutional Banking, CFO Retail & Business and CFO Consumer Finance Business. Prior to that he held the role of CFO of CPA Australia and has also held senior roles at Zurich Financial Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr Buggle was a member of the Council of Monash University from 2007 to 2018 and chaired the University’s Resources and Finance Committee from 2008 to 2018. He was a Deputy Chancellor of Monash University from 2015 to 2018 and served as the inaugural chair of the University’s Investment Advisory Committee.

Mr Buggle is currently a Board member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and a Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of Heartland Bank Australia Limited.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a postgraduate diploma in professional accounting from the University College Dublin, is a Fellow of each of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was awarded a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Monash University in 2021.

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since December 2023
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Chair of the Risk Committee and Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Technology Committees

Ms Gray is an accomplished Non-executive Director and CEO of businesses across private and public sectors, and brings over 30 years' experience in leading and transforming large, distributed customer businesses across banking, investment management, superannuation, insurance and wealth management.

Ms Gray is a Non-executive Director of Challenger Limited (ASX:CGF). She is also an Associate of Melbourne Business School.

She was the CEO, VFMC from 2016 to September 2021. Prior to working with Government, Ms Gray held senior executive roles at NAB including Group Executive, Enterprise Services and Transformation and Group Executive, Personal Banking. Before joining NAB, Ms Gray was CEO, MLC Insurance and Managing Director, Plum Financial Services.

Ms Gray’s qualifications include an Advanced Management Program from INSEAD, MBA from University of Melbourne and Columbia University (NY), Graduate Diploma in Management from RMIT, and a Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning (Hons) from University of Melbourne.

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since April 2026
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Member of the Risk and Nomination Committees

Dr Michael Walsh is a senior health executive with more than three decades' leadership and clinical experience across Australia and the Middle East, spanning major hospital operations, clinical practice and health system reform.

Most recently, he returned to Australia after completing five years as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia, a joint venture between Johns Hopkins International and Aramco. Prior to this, he served as CEO of Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne for 11 years and previously led Alfred Health as CEO for seven years.

Dr Walsh has held executive roles with the Western Australian Department of Health, including Medical Director at Fremantle Hospital, and senior leadership positions within Victoria's Department of Health supporting the introduction of case mix funding. Internationally, he has held leadership roles with the UK National Health Service in the South East London Strategic Health Authority and also worked in Qatar. He undertook a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University.

Dr Walsh is a Non-executive Director of Northern Health.

• Appointment: Non-executive Director since February 2022
• Bupa ANZ Board Committees: Chair of the Remuneration and Technology Committees and member of the Nomination and Risk Committees

Ms Wenn has over 30 years’ experience in technology with roles including CIO at Tabcorp, Vice President R&D of Quest Software, an independent software vendor, and General Manager, Technology at Amcor.

Ms Wenn is currently a Non-executive Director at Cogstate (ASX: CGS) and was previously a Non-executive Director of Volt Bank (where she was also Chair of the Board Technology Committee). She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing from Monash University, is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

• Appointment: Executive Director since April 2019

Nick was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer Bupa Asia Pacific in April 2023, before being permanently appointed in July 2023. He had previously served as Bupa APAC’s Chief Financial Officer and Bupa ANZ’s Group Financial Controller.

Prior to joining Bupa, Nick was CFO at Marlin Brands and General Manager Commercial Finance at Medibank Private Limited. This role included managing Medibank’s privatisation process following the Australian Government selling 100% of its interest in Medibank onto the Australian Securities Exchange via an Initial Public Offering in 2014.

Nick spent 10 years at Energy Australia in various roles, including CFO, COO – Retail and Financial Controller. He previously spent several years overseas working in senior roles in the UK and Kazakhstan, predominantly in the oil and gas sector.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Business – Majoring in Accounting and Law. He is also an Associate of Chartered Accountants – Australia and New Zealand.

• Appointment: Executive Director of BHI since March

Kate has been leading Bupa's Private Health Insurance business since November 2024 and was appointed Managing Director in March 2025. She brings to the role a proven track record of driving growth and innovation within the healthcare landscape.

Kate is a seasoned customer and commercial leader, and a true customer advocate, with more than 15 years' experience in the health insurance and financial services sectors. Kate joined Bupa in June 2021 as General Manager, Customer Strategy and Go-to-Market, and in June 2022 was appointed Director, Domestic Retail Portfolio, Health Insurance. Previously, Kate held senior roles at ahm Health Insurance, Medibank and ANZ.

Kate holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and dual degrees in Commerce and Arts from Monash University.

Nick was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer Bupa Asia Pacific in April 2023, before being permanently appointed in July 2023. He had previously served as Bupa APAC’s Chief Financial Officer and Bupa ANZ’s Group Financial Controller.

Prior to joining Bupa, Nick was CFO at Marlin Brands and General Manager Commercial Finance at Medibank Private Limited. This role included managing Medibank’s privatisation process following the Australian Government selling 100% of its interest in Medibank onto the Australian Securities Exchange via an Initial Public Offering in 2014.

Nick spent 10 years at Energy Australia in various roles, including CFO, COO – Retail and Financial Controller. He previously spent several years overseas working in senior roles in the UK and Kazakhstan, predominantly in the oil and gas sector.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Business – Majoring in Accounting and Law. He is also an Associate of Chartered Accountants – Australia and New Zealand.

Kate has been leading Bupa's Private Health Insurance business since November 2024 and was appointed Managing Director in March 2025. She brings to the role a proven track record of driving growth and innovation within the healthcare landscape.

Kate is a seasoned customer and commercial leader, and a true customer advocate, with more than 15 years' experience in the health insurance and financial services sectors. Kate joined Bupa in June 2021 as General Manager, Customer Strategy and Go To Market, and in June 2022 was appointed Director, Domestic Retail Portfolio, Health Insurance. Previously, Kate held senior roles at ahm Health Insurance, Medibank and ANZ.

Kate holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and dual degrees in Commerce and Arts from Monash University.

Andrew supports our dedicated 6,000 aged care team members across Australia.

He is passionate about the opportunities to continually improve the way healthcare is delivered with new technology and applying insights from other sectors.

Andrew previously led our Dental business. Before joining Bupa in 2021, he held senior executive roles in other healthcare organisations and worked in consulting, investment banking and private equity in Australia and Europe.

Andrew studied Business and Law and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Andrew and his wife have three young children, so weekends are centred around sport and the outdoors. He also plays soccer and enjoys the beach.

Guneet leads Bupa’s Health Services portfolio, including Dental, Optical & Hearing, Medical Centres and Mindplace mental health clinics.

Guneet is a purpose-driven executive known for building high-performing teams, scaling complex healthcare businesses, and delivering sustainable growth with patient, clinician, and employee experience at the core.

He brings a human-centred, values-led leadership style and is passionate about advancing integrated healthcare and retail models across Australia to improve access, quality, and outcomes for customers.

Since joining Bupa in 2015, Guneet has held senior leadership and transformation roles across the organisation, delivering award-winning outcomes and strengthening enterprise capability. Prior to joining Bupa, he held leadership roles at General Electric and ME Bank.

Guneet holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management and a Master of Applied Sciences, has completed multiple global leadership programs, and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Outside of work, he is a proud father of two, enjoys cricket and tennis, and is actively involved in community initiatives.

Glenn McPhee joined Bupa in July 2025 as Director, Government Partnerships and Bupa Medical Visa Services, and now leads Government Services.

Glenn’s professional journey began with 15 years’ service as an Army officer in the Australian Defence Force, including operational service in the Middle East with the United Nations.

Glenn joined Bupa from Electro Optic Systems, Australia’s second-largest Defence exporter, where he served as Vice President of International Programs, overseeing all aspects of customer delivery. Prior to this, Glenn was Chief Operating Officer at ManpowerGroup, leading operations across three businesses, including sales and strategic change programs, and prior to that role as Director of Defence Force Recruiting, guiding a large and complex public-private collaboration in both Australia and the Middle East.

Passionate about people leadership and purpose-driven work, Glenn is especially committed to supporting veterans. This is reflected in previous roles as Chair and non-executive director for The Right Direction, delivering communications and social skills training in juvenile detention centres and schools, and as a non-executive director for Defence in Business Pty Ltd, helping veterans transition to the business world.

Glenn holds a Bachelor’s Degree, a Master of International Relations, and is an alumnus of both the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Based in Canberra with his wife and two young adult daughters, Glenn enjoys reading, travelling, and discovering new experiences.

Nic is responsible for shaping Bupa’s healthcare strategy, collaborating closely with the clinical community, and championing health system transformation.

Nic is passionate about evidence-based preventive healthcare and wellness and supporting a thriving clinical workforce.

Nic joined Bupa in June 2025 and is a well-recognised digital health and healthcare leader, with clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent and primary care. He’s built a career specialising in digital health spanning multiple countries, implementing clinical technologies and innovations in complex health care environments.

Most recently Nic led Calvary Care’s digital and technology team. He has held board non-executive director roles, including at home care provider, Five Good Friends, and Calvary’s JV Virtual Hospital. He has also been a mentor and advisor to several digital health and biomedical startups.

Nic underwent his medical education at Otago University and gained a post graduate certificate in Community of Emergency Medicine at the University of Auckland. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Following nine years living in London, Nic moved to Melbourne with his Australian wife and is a super-proud dad of identical twin daughters. His greatest distractions, amongst attempts at becoming more fit, are Formula 1 racing, rugby and perfecting the art of Kansas City slow cooked BBQ.

Rebecca Donaldson joined Bupa in January 2026 as Chief People Officer, bringing extensive experience across Human Resources, employment and safety law. Prior to joining Bupa, Rebecca held senior people leadership roles at Ramsay Health, Qantas and the ABC. Her expertise spans all facets of HR with an emphasis on industrial relations, organisational transformation, executive development and workplace change management.

Rebecca is deeply motivated by making people’s working lives better, believing that happy and supported teams are the foundation of exceptional customer experiences and organisational success. She is passionate about fairness, equity and inclusion, and is committed to fostering environments where all individuals are treated with respect. As a leader, Rebecca values authenticity, transparency, and compassion, always striving to balance working hard with enjoyment, and remaining endlessly curious.

Rebecca holds a Masters of Law, is admitted as a solicitor, and has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Industrial Relations and Political Science. She is also an AICD Graduate.

Outside of work, Rebecca is a proud mum to two adult sons. She’s a food and wine enthusiast, an avid reader and passionate home cook. She finds joy in the company of her sons and close friends, and regularly spends time at the beach. Rebecca volunteers each Saturday at her local Vinnies store and values giving back to her community. A proud New Zealander by birth, she lived in Papua New Guinea before settling in Australia.

Roger has been responsible for developing and leading the implementation of Bupa’s sustainability, communications and stakeholder engagement strategies since 2019. He is a strong believer in driving progressive change while ensuring care for our people, planet and communities.

This is Roger’s second period at Bupa, having previously held the position of General Manager, Corporate Affairs, APAC, where he was instrumental in the launch of the Bupa brand in Australia and New Zealand. He has also held senior leadership roles with the Victorian Government's Department of Health and Human Services, Treasury Wine Estates and Cadbury. Roger’s considerable international experience includes roles for Telefonica Europe and for the British Government as Special Adviser to both the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State of Culture, Media & Sport.

Roger holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Studies and a Master of Political Studies (Hons.) from the University of Auckland. In 2022, Sustainability Magazine named him one of the world’s Top 100 Sustainability Leaders.

Roger is the proud father of two children. He is a passionate supporter of both Manchester City FC and the New Zealand All Blacks. He enjoys film and music – and once played bass guitar in a punk rock band!

In her role as General Counsel for the APAC market unit, Maria advises and supports Bupa’s Board, CEO and executive team on legal matters.

She has a keen interest in transforming businesses to grow in disruptive times and is passionate about harnessing technology to enable better healthcare for Bupa’s customers and the community. She believes in the power of harnessing relationships in the health sector to achieve a greater purpose beyond the specific transaction at hand.

Maria joined Bupa in 2014, working in senior legal roles across Health Insurance, Technology and Transformation before being General Counsel, APAC in 2020. She was previously a partner at global law firm, Ashurst, specialising in IT and telecommunications law. She has significant experience advising on complex contracting arrangements and regulatory matters across the telecommunications, information technology, media, banking, gaming, health and energy sectors.

Maria holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Political Science) from the University of Melbourne.

Maria is a proud mum and taxi driver to two teenagers and also a “mum” to two cats who live charmed and pampered lives. She describes herself as a disgrace to the Italo-Australian community because she neither drinks coffee nor eats pasta.

Simon is accountable for delivering Bupa’s technology agenda across the market unit.

He is passionate about creating high performing teams and modernising ways of working to bring the best experiences to customers and colleagues.

Simon joined Bupa in August 2023 after nearly 30 years of experience in technology companies and banking, ranging from small start up organisations to some of the world’s largest and most complex financial services organisations, including Barclays, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank. Most recently he was the Executive General Manager of Payments at The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Group Chief Technology Officer.

Simon holds a Bachelor degree in Politics and Economics from the University of Northumbria and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Sunderland. He was most recently on the board of Australia Payments Plus and the Australian Payments Council.

Married and with two children early in their secondary school journey, Simon loves supporting school activities and sports, watching cricket and rugby and being out on his bike or near water. He and his family are loving being based in Sydney after coming originally from the UK.

Tara joined Bupa as the Chief Risk Officer APAC on 29 January 2024. She is responsible for ensuring the effective governance and management of all risk types across Bupa APAC.

Tara is focused on building and embedding a strong risk culture, frameworks and capabilities to help Bupa deliver its strategic ambitions safely, securely and sustainably. She is a strong believer in applying individual strengths to maximise team outcomes.

Tara has more than 25 years of consulting and banking experience across the UK, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. She was previously Executive General Manager for Technology, Operations and Enterprise Risk at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Prior to her tenure at CBA, she held various senior Risk leadership roles within the Westpac Group and worked in KPMG Consulting's strategy and transformation teams in the Netherlands and Australia.

Tara holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies, and an MBA from Imperial College (University of London). She is Prince 2 qualified and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Tara is a member of ASIC's Cyber Consultative Panel, an independent senior group advising on cyber resilience across the financial services and markets. She is a former Board Member of the Risk Management Association of Australia and IBM's Global Financial Services Council.

Tara lives in Sydney and spends her precious downtime playing tennis, skiing, hiking and travelling with her husband, her grown up children and their partners, and Winston, her 6-year-old Cavoodle.

Sharyn has been overseeing Bupa’s corporate governance best practice and looking after the Bupa ANZ Board and its subsidiary boards since 2020. She loves being the conduit between board and management to help deliver the best outcomes possible. Her guardrails are integrity and staying true to her values. She believes it is important to be yourself at work, including being willing to have the brave conversation and speak up if something doesn’t seem right.

Prior to joining Bupa, Sharyn held Company Secretary roles at Virgin Australia, the SKILLED Group and Spotless. Her three decades of experience as a company secretary and corporate lawyer include work for listed entities across the financial services, facilities management, mining and aviation sectors.

She has a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Art from Macquarie University and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute.

Pedro was appointed Managing Director on 8 June 2023. In this role, Pedro is responsible for the delivery of strategy and leadership of Bupa’s Village and Aged Care business in New Zealand.

Pedro joined Bupa Sanitas Mayores SL – Bupa’s residences and aged care business in Spain – in 2006 as Operations Director. He later became General Manager of Sanitas Mayores in January 2021, growing the care home business to a portfolio of 43 care homes and 15 day care centres for the elderly.

Alongside a passion for aged care, and a strong customer focus, Pedro has a degree in chemistry from the University of Barcelona, and an MBA from Esade Business School. Prior to aged care, Pedro previously held management positions in industrial and chemical consumer industries.

Antonio Cantó joined Bupa Hong Kong as Managing Director in January 2026, bringing more than 30 years of experience to lead the integration of healthcare services and health insurance businesses.

Prior to this role, Antonio served as General Manager for Bupa Chile. He moved to Chile in 2021 after nearly 12 years with Sanitas Seguros. During his tenure, he championed the development of innovative Private Medical Insurance (PMI) products and drove substantial progress in expanding Connected Care across Chile.

Guided by Antonio’s belief that “health is a key element that can change paradigms in people’s lives through technology, innovation and health management, for both prevention and treatment”, he brings this vision to life through his leadership and approach.

Antonio holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and an MBA from IE Business School.