St Vincent's Clinic Board includes seven directors appointed by St Vincent's Health Australia and six directors appointed by the accredited doctors. The Medical Council is comprised of the six directors appointed by the accredited doctors. It is responsible for advising the Board on medical matters. In particular, the Medical Council is responsible for overseeing and maintaining clinical standards in all areas of the Clinic, making recommendations on accreditation, supervising research and education, conducting clinical reviews and promoting cooperation between the Clinic and other entities operating on St Vincent's Campus, other hospitals, teaching institutions, health care and professional organisations.
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Ms Gail Hambly AM
Chair
Ms Hambly is an experienced executive and non-executive director of not for profit, listed and unlisted companies. Her professional training is as a commercial and media lawyer with extensive experience in intellectual property, business sales and acquisitions and initial public offerings. She has combined her legal skills with executive and Board experience in the integration of digital technology, cultural change and new business models. Ms Hambly’s previous directorships include Australian Associated Press Ltd, Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership (a partnership between Monash University, the Myer Foundation and the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship), Vend Limited; Domain Holdings Limited; Trade Me Limited; Stan Entertainment Pty Ltd; Belvoir Theatre Company, Copyco Pty Ltd and The Story Factory.
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Ms Suzanne Holden
Board Member
Ms Holden is a highly regarded executive and non-executive director with over 30 years' experience operating in highly complex and highly regulated industries. With significant experience of managing and leading diverse teams at British Airways, Qantas and Link Group Superannuation - to name a few, Ms Holden has built a reputation for driving success, leading customer centric change and delivering productivity and performance improvements in complex businesses. Most recently, Ms Holden was Chief Executive and Chief Customer Officer at Sydney Trains where she was responsible for providing train services throughout the Sydney CBD and metropolitan area and increasing the agency’s focus on customer satisfaction, operational performance and safety. Suzanne is now a non-executive director of EQT Superannuation Ltd, Newcastle Airport and the Greater Newcastle Aerotropolis.
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Mr Matt Wall
Board Member
Matt Wall is a dynamic, results-oriented healthcare executive with 12 years of progressive experience leading for-profit and not-for-profit private hospitals. He demonstrates operational excellence, drives financial growth, and delivers exceptional patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. Matt currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the St Vincent's Clinic Board (appointed March 2025) and on the Advisory & Management Committee for the St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Research Centre. His extensive professional experience includes leadership roles as General Manager and Director of Clinical Services at St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, where he delivered positive EBITDAR results for the past 3 FY. He also held Director of Clinical Services positions at St George Private Hospital, Westmead Private Hospital, and Kareena Private Hospital. Among Matt's key achievements 3 successful Hospital Accreditations with no recommendations. Demonstrating exceptional leadership, he also guided St Vincent Private Hospital Sydney to a remarkable Net Promoter Score (NPS) rolling score of 89.
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Mr Joe Portelli
Board Member
Mr Portelli is an experienced executive with a strong background in health funding, pricing policy, and performance analytics. He is committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of healthcare, and driving the delivery of world-class patient outcomes, through his in-depth knowledge of the evolving landscape of the health system. Mr Portelli is currently the Chief Financial Officer for St Vincent's Health Network Sydney.
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Ms Jocelyne Mansour
Board Member
Jocelyne Mansour is a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of experience across diverse industries including health and aged care, agriculture, infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications. As Group Treasurer at St Vincent’s Health Australia since 2016, Jocelyne oversees the organisation’s complex debt and investment portfolios, while also leading strategic initiatives in insurance and property across its national footprint. Jocelyne has successfully led major refinancing efforts, investment manager transitions, and insurance broker tenders, all while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder engagement, including with board committees and international entities. Past experience includes senior treasury positions at Ruralco Holdings, Downer EDI, Caltex Australia, Sydney Airports Corporation, and Hutchison Telecommunications. She brings deep expertise in financial risk management, capital markets, and strategic property reviews, making her a valuable contributor to board-level decision-making. Jocelyne is known for her ability to challenge the status quo, build trust across complex stakeholder environments, and deliver results that align with mission-driven values.
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A/Prof Winnie Tong
Medical Council Chair
A/Prof Tong is a consultant immunologist, allergist and immunopathologist with a specialist interest in allergy, autoimmunity and immunodeficiency. She is appointed as a Senior Staff Specialist at St Vincent’s Hospital, and consults at St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Clinic. A/Prof Tong has a PhD in T-cell responses to human papillomavirus (HPV) in men with anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. She is a Postgraduate Co-ordinator at the School of Clinical Medicine, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW. Her research has been supported by grants from the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE), St Vincent’s Clinic Research and Curran Foundations. A/Prof Tong is dedicated to leading clinically relevant research that improves patient care, and educating students and patients about the implications of basic and clinical immunology on human health.
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Dr Linda Borella
Medical Council Member
Dr Borella is a Consultant Radiologist who has been accredited at St Vincent’s Clinic and St Vincent’s Private Hospital since 2010. She is the CEO and Clinical Director of Sydney Imaging Specialists. Dr Borella works as a general radiologist with a particular interest in Breast Imaging, having completed dual Fellowship training in Breast Imaging and Paediatric Imaging. Dr Borella has been a member of the St Vincent’s Clinic Medical Council and St Vincent’s Clinic Board since 2023 as well as member of the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Medical Advisory Council since 2021. She holds an accredited VMO position with BreastScreen NSW at Royal North Shore Hospital and has held appointments as Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Conjoint at the University of Notre Dame and Honorary Scientist at the Garvan Institute through her contributions to Breast Cancer research at St Vincent’s.
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Dr Jennifer Dew
Medical Council Member
Dr Jennifer Dew graduated from the university of New South Wales undertaking her internship and residency at Gosford and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Dr Dew’s obstetrics and gynaecology training was undertaken in the United Kingdom and the Royal hospital for Women, Paddington NSW, obtaining her Fellowship in 1995. She then did a postgraduate doctorate, MD, through UNSW and undertook post-graduate training in advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Toronto, Canada. Dr Dew works at St Vincent’s Clinic and Private Hospital as a Gynaecologist having being appointed in 1998. She has interests in advanced laparoscopic surgery, vaginal surgery, endometriosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, colposcopy and menopause. Dr Dew has been involved in St Vincent’s Clinic and St Vincent’s Private Hospital being on the Patient Care and Review Committee since 2011. She has been Chairman and Head of the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Clinic and Private Hospital since 2011.
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Dr Hamish Urquhart
Medical Council Member
Dr Urquhart is a specialist colorectal surgeon based at St Vincent’s Clinic, St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Public Hospital. Dr Urquhart has a subspecialty focus on treatment of colon, rectal, and anal cancer. He also provides treatment for high grade anal lesions with radiofrequency ablation, being one of two surgeons in Australia providing this treatment. Dr Urquhart also has a subspecialty interest in diverticulitis and abdominal wall hernia surgery. Dr Urquhart is the director of surgical training at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and is also the network director for the St Vincent’s General Surgery formal training programme. Dr Urquhart completed his general surgery training in 2015, for which he subsequently completed four subspecialty colorectal fellowship years with the last two of these being in the highly regarded Colorectal Society of Australia and New Zealand, where he completed advanced colorectal surgical training techniques. Dr Urquhart completed his postgraduate medical degree at the University of Sydney, and is also a qualified mechanical and biomedical engineer, achieving first class honours for both degrees. Dr Urquhart has been the recipient of the highly regarded Engineers Australia Excellence Award for Innovation after developing several patents for biomedical devices in both Australia and the United States. Dr Urquhart established the Sydney Colorectal Clinic at St Vincent’s Clinic to facilitate a combined approach for colon, rectal, and anal cancer treatment, with the intent of providing a holistic approach for medical oncology, radiation oncology, gastroenterology, colorectal surgeon, and specialist allied health, aiming to deliver a seamless approach to cancer and surgical care.
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Dr Camilla Wainwright
Medical Council Member
Dr Camilla Wainwright is a Cardiologist working at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney.
Aside from completing her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Camilla has also completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and member of the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
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A/Prof Andrew Roy
Medical Council Member
Associate Professor Andrew Roy is a senior interventional cardiologist with interest in general cardiology, heart disease prevention, coronary interventions and Percutaneous Valvular Interventions. He is also a leading TAVI operator in Australia. A/Prof Roy’s extensive education and training includes graduating with honours from RCSI Dublin in 2002, before completing his MRCPI award through the Royal College of Physicians Ireland in 2005. After clinical Cardiology Specialist training in the Mater Misericordiae and St Vincents University Hospitals in Dublin, he took research posts in the Sudden Cardiac Death Family Screening Clinic and Pulmonary Hypertension Units, where he was awarded his postgraduate research Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in Cardiorenal biomarkers through University College Dublin. A/Prof Roy then undertook 2 years of subspecialty interventional cardiology training in one of Europe’s leading interventional centres, the Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (Massy, France), focusing on complex coronary interventions, transcatheter valve replacements, and peripheral artery disease therapies. He then completed further Fellowship training in Valvular Heart Disease Interventions and Cardiac CT in St Thomas’ Hospital London (UK), before working as a specialist in the Mater Private and University Hospitals Dublin. He was awarded his Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology through the scientific excellence pathway in 2016, and also holds Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of both Ireland (FRCPI) and Australia (FRACP).