Our Board

Ann Murray

Chair

Ann Murray brings with her more than 25 years’ experience working in senior management roles with Mayne Nickless and Toll. She has extensive executive management experience in operations, finance, strategic planning and governance. As a former director of Transend Networks PL, Premium Events, TTA and Magnolia House she has a wealth of experience. She holds an MBA from UTAS, studying electives onsite in Malaysia, and completed a strategic management programme through Macquarie University. In 2008 she was announced as the Tasmanian Corporate Winner of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Nicolas Turner

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Nicolas Turner is the Executive Chairman of public relations, advertising and marketing agency Cor Comms. He has more than 30 years' experience as a journalist and public relations professional in Tasmania. A former reporter with the Mercury newspaper, Nick covered State politics, industrial relations, rural affairs and sport. He is a former national and Tasmanian president of the Communication and Public Relations Australia (CPRA) and is a Life Member of the CPRA and OHA Hockey Club in Hobart. He is also a Director of Cricket Tasmania.

Fritz Shoemaker

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Fritz Shoemaker is an entrepreneur, who currently operates a General Practice medical business and a Skin Cancer Centre.  He too owns a business consulting firm assisting several Tasmania and interstate firms and mentors many other CEO’s and business owners.

Formerly he managed a team of 37 business improvement consultants across Australian and was the CEO of a medium sized multinational company. He has been a part-time lecturer on Strategy in the University of Tasmania’s Executive MBA program.  He is a widely quoted author of a book on Business Strategy and Collectively held Emotional Intelligence and has spoken on that subject and on business improvement concepts extensively.

Prior to his role on the board of QVCare he has served on many boards with over 30 years of board directorship. Fritz holds multiple degrees including an MBA and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Josef Giedl

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Josef Giedl joined the Board in May 2018 after a career as a geologist in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania and subsequently as a senior project manager with a large private engineering consulting firm in Tasmania. Josef's diverse roles included engineering geologist, quality management auditor and Myers-Briggs assessor. Josef has a BSc Hons in Earth Sciences from Monash University and also a Graduate Diploma of Political Science from the University of Tasmania. He has had experience as a director with three NFP organisations.

Victoria Newton

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Victoria Newton, BA, MBA, GAICD.

A values-driven leader, Victoria brings a deep commitment to fostering respectful, person-centred workplaces and contributing to organisations that make a genuine difference in their communities.

With extensive experience across the resources, manufacturing, health, and utilities sectors in Australia and the Americas, Victoria is recognised for her leadership in cultural transformation, organisational design, workforce strategy, and leadership development. She has a strong record of building capability, driving engagement, and aligning people and culture initiatives with business strategy.

Passionate about the aged care and community sectors, Victoria is dedicated to creating environments where residents, families, and employees feel valued, supported, and connected. She brings a balanced perspective of care, governance and commercial acumen, ensuring organisational sustainability and meaningful social impact.

Sandy Travers

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Sandy is an experienced leader with more than 25 years across private enterprise and the not‑for‑profit sector, including healthcare, aged care and disability services.

Sandy has led business transformation and organisational growth initiatives, with a particular focus on developing quality management systems that elevate consumer voice, autonomy, and quality of life. Her healthcare background as a pharmacist includes owning a community pharmacy that supplied medications to aged care homes, and working as a consultant pharmacist advising GPs and care staff on appropriate use of medicines, delivering staff education, and contributing to multiple medication advisory committees.

Currently, Sandy is Executive Manager Corporate Services at Langford Support Services, overseeing quality, risk and compliance, policy development, and property and asset management. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has previously served as a Director of May Shaw Health Centre and Langford Support Services.

Sandy is passionate about ensuring that governance and quality systems are designed to improve outcomes for people rather than simply meet compliance.

Angela McKenzie

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Angela has more than 30 years’ experience working with people who are frail, aged and terminally ill, in both urban and remote settings. She has worked  in community and residential age care and as a dementia consultant with Dementia Support Australia. 

Angela has a formal education in nursing and primary health care and has worked in management and executive roles; she has been an active board member on both local and national boards and advisory committees. Angela has twice been awarded a fellowship from the Dementia and Training Study Centre to further her knowledge in translating evidence into practice in residential age care.