Darren Douglass
GM Digital Strategy and Investment
Ministry of Health

Darren Douglass is Group Manager Digital Strategy and Investment at the Ministry of Health. Following his passion for enabling health outcomes through the use of technology and a strategic approach to implementing digital solutions, Darren joined the Ministry of Health in 2016.  He developed the Digital Health Strategic Framework and has most recently been the product owner for the NZ COVID Tracer app and is leading the development of the investment case for the national Health Information Platform. 
Darren has been a leader in strategic planning and IT implementation in health for close to 30 years. Following a number of industry project and general IT management roles delivering clinical and patient management systems across the UK he has worked across the New Zealand health sector in DHBs and shared service agencies, most recently HealthShare in the Midland region.

Amio Ikihele
Innovations Lead for Moana Research
PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland

Amio Matenga Ikihele (Niue | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is a registered nurse, the Innovations Lead for Moana Research, and PhD candidate with the University of Auckland.  Her current research aims to explore the intergenerational views of health, wellbeing and cardiovascular disease among Niue women living in New Zealand, in addition to the digital health literacy and digital health equity needs among Pacific communities.  Amio is a member of the New Zealand Telehealth Leadership Group and Chairs the Digital Health Equity Group.  Most recently, she led the pilot Digifale digital inclusion initiative with her Niue elderly community in South Auckland during the first lockdown of COVID-19.

Anna Elders
Clinical Lead
Just a Thought

Anna is the Clinical Lead for Just a Thought, the Wise Groups new e-CBT tool, and continues to practice clinically as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in primary care. 
Anna has worked in mental health across the life span with many groups of people that find themselves marginalised within society.  She is an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Auckland, with a special interest in supporting health practitioners to gain enhanced understanding and skills to be able to support people who have experienced trauma and adversity.

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Rebecca McBeth
HiNZ News Editor

Rebecca McBeth joined the HiNZ team as editor of eHealthNews.nz in January 2018. Rebecca was previously news editor at Digital Health Intelligence in London and prior to that, was the senior health reporter at The Christchurch Press, where she won a NZ Canon Media Award and a NZ Reporting Diversity award. Based in Auckland, she is committed to communicating news, experience and knowledge throughout New Zealand’s data and digital health sector.