Will Reedy
CEO
Spark Health

As Spark Health CEO I work in the Business and Consumer Clusters (exec team) to focus on Health and Life Sciences (Health, Disability, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Health Insurance). Health and Life Sciences is the first true industry vertical capability established in Spark.

In this role I am responsible for:

• Leading New Zealand's largest digital health services provider
• Delivering Spark Health and Wellness Vision and Strategy
• Leading the Spark Health Squad in providing input into health and life science industry solutions across Spark Group
• Supporting key customers on their digital transformation journey to deliver better health outcomes
• Maintaining and developing key relationships with customers and partners
• Providing strategic advice to key customers
• Working with the Leadership Squad to consider acquisition and investment opportunities

I also continue to work as a doctor one day a week at Counties Manukau District Health Board.

Sarah Auva'a
Lead Digital Trust Partner
Spark Health

Sarah Auva’a is the Lead Digital Trust Partner at Spark New Zealand where she is responsible for designing privacy, legal compliance and governance strategies and frameworks that enable customer trust. Experience in telecommunications, digital services, data analytics, banking and regulatory sectors has shaped Sarah’s interest in unlocking the value of data in an ethical way.

Sarah is an International Council Member for InfoGovANZ. Sarah was also a member of the New Zealand Law Foundation’s Information Law and Policy Project’s independent specialist Advisory Review Committee. The Committee assisted the Law Foundation to select and refine research projects for Foundation funding in areas such as global information, cyber-security, data exploitation, and technology-driven social change.

Sarah has previously worked at ANZ Banking Group and the New Zealand Commerce Commission. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University, Wellington, and is a Certified Compliance Professional.

Karl Cole (MBChB FRNZCGP FHiNZ PGDip HEALINFO)
Chief Clinical Information Officer
healthAlliance

Karl currently works as the Chief Clinical Information Officer at healthAlliance, as well as being a GP. He has worked in various clinical, informatics, strategic and operational roles, over the last 10 years. Karl serves as a board member on several regional and commercial clinical advisory boards. Karl served in the NZ Defence Force as a Medical Officer for 15 years, involving deployments to UN missions, and was clinical director for the NZDF fully integrated EHR. He gained fellowship with the Royal NZ College GPs in 2004.

Karl believes gaining HINZ fellowship helps validate Health Informatics as a discrete profession within the health ecosystem. Workforce development of these essential skills and competencies is vital for the future of healthcare. A transformed and patient centred healthcare system will not be possible without a strong and fit for purpose Health Informatician workforce.

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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.