Board

Mr Craig Emery

CAA Chair

Commissioner 

Queensland Ambulance Service

Craig commenced his ambulance career in January 1990 and brings over 35 years of experience across a broad range of frontline operational and senior roles. Craig was appointed as the Commissioner, Queensland Ambulance Service in February 2022.

Mr Rob Elliott

CAA Deputy Chair

Chief Executive Officer 

SA Ambulance Service

Rob Elliott is the Chief Executive Officer for SA Ambulance Service. Rob’s career spans over 35 years in the ambulance sector resulting in receiving the Ambulance Service Medal in 2014 and his CEO appointment in 2022. Rob is a registered intensive care paramedic and has worked in many senior leadership roles at SAAS, including clinical development, patient safety and quality, clinical education and emergency and non-emergency ambulance operations. Now, as CEO of the service, Rob has consolidated his experience and passion to lead SAAS to expand its emergency healthcare capability, preparedness and ambulance response for South Australians. He leads an organisation that employs over 2500 people and manages 1200 volunteers. With over 120 locations across the state, answering almost 800 Triple Zero (000) calls daily, and an integral part of the health system, Rob has his work cut out for him!

Mr David Dutton

Chief Officer

ACT Ambulance Service

David Dutton is the Chief Officer of the ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS), bringing more than three decades of operational, clinical, and executive leadership experience to the role. His appointment marks a return to where his career began—as a student paramedic with ACTAS.

After qualifying as an Intensive Care Paramedic, David gained extensive experience across road and aeromedical operations, clinical education, emergency operations, and operational support. His leadership journey within ACTAS included senior executive roles such as Deputy Chief Officer and Acting Chief Officer.

In 2013, David joined NSW Ambulance as Executive Director Service Delivery and later served as Executive Director Clinical Operations. In these roles, he led significant cultural and operational reform while overseeing a workforce responsible for answering more than 1.2 million triple-zero calls annually.

David is deeply committed to clinical excellence, innovation in service delivery, and fostering strong, values-based leadership. His return to ACTAS as Chief Officer reflects his dedication to serving the Canberra community and shaping the future of pre-hospital care.

Michelle Baxter

Interim Chief Executive

Ambulance Tasmania

Michelle joined New South Wales Ambulance in 1994 and worked around the Western Sydney suburbs until moving to the Queensland Ambulance Service - Central Queensland in 2001. After working on road in Blackwater for a year she was appointed Officer in Charge remaining there until 2005. 

Early 2005 saw Michelle moving her young family into Rockhampton to take up a project in central office involving rosters and mines. Later that same year Michelle decided to return to road duties at Rockhampton station but this did not last long and she was acting in the role of Officer in Charge/Group Coordinator on and off for four years. This role involved leading and managing 40 staff on station and 11 other stations coordinating relief.

In 2009 Michelle was appointed Area Director Port Curtis/ Callide and was awarded Not for Profit Manager of the year in 2011. Appointed Regional Director of Operations in 2012 Michelle received Ambulance Service medal on the lawns of Government house eating cucumber sandwiches – quite a career highlight and very proud moment.

2012 and 2021 saw QAS go through restructures and Michelle led two regions though this. She stayed there until February 2015 when she was requested to go to Townsville and act as Assistant Commissioner for one month which lasted ten months. This was a significant ten months with loads of change and realignment for the staff. It was during this acting period that two Assistant Commissioner Positions became available and Michelle applied not knowing where she may go if successful. Cairns was the winner in November 2015. In 2023 Michelle Transferred to Darling Downs and Southwest region.

In 2024 Michelle become the Executive Director of Operations for Ambulance Tasmania and in July of that year she acted as Chief Executive Ambulance Tasmania for 6 weeks. One of Michelle’s growing numbers of being the first woman ever in that role.

Michelle has two boys 24 and 21. Michelle walked Kokoda in October 2015 to raise funds for Mates4Mates. High personal achievement for Michelle.

2017 and 2019 Telstra business women’s wards state finalist.

Mr Jordan Emery

Chief Executive Officer

Ambulance Victoria

A widely respected healthcare leader and clinician, Jordan was previously the Chief Executive of Ambulance Tasmania having worked in various clinical, operational and leadership roles at NSW Ambulance and working in global mental health in New York and East Africa.

With a distinguished background of leadership across Australian ambulance services, Jordan has led sustained culture change and reform, as well as contributing to the advancement of paramedicine through his teaching roles and with the Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA). His work on culture transformation, diversity and inclusion saw him awarded the Ambulance Service Medal in 2024.

Jordan is a registered paramedic with AHPRA and completed his Intensive Care Paramedic training with NSW Ambulance. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania, Board Director of CAA and Chair of the CAA Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Forum. He holds a Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) with Distinction from Charles Sturt University, as well as a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Management from the University of NSW.

Mr Peter Bradley

Chief Executive Officer

Hato Hone St John

Peter Bradley’s career in the emergency ambulance sector spans over 35 years. He became Chief Executive of St John New Zealand in 2012, following 12 years as Chief executive for the London Ambulance Service (LAS).

Dr Dominic Morgan

Commissioner

NSW Ambulance

Dominic has over 30 years of ambulance experience across a broad range of roles in the areas of operations, clinical practice and leadership with Ambulance. After commencing his career with NSW Ambulance, he was appointed as CEO of Ambulance Tasmania in 2009 and returned to NSW Ambulance in 2016 as Commissioner.

Mr Andrew Tombs

Chief Executive Officer

St John Ambulance (NT) 

Andrew Tombs, newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc, St John Holdings Pty Ltd, and St John Endowment Trust Pty Ltd, hails from Alpine Energy Limited, New Zealand, where he was Group Chief Executive Officer for 13 years. Andrew holds significant governance experience as director having served on several boards, including the role of Chair. He was also Vice President of the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, NZ.

Most of Andrew’s career has been associated with the energy sector of New Zealand having gained invaluable experience across all aspects of the value chain from generation, transmission, distribution, and retailing. He served in his first executive role by the age of 28 working his way to CEO level just over a decade later. Andrew has also managed gas and telecommunication operations.

Andrew’s natural affinity and strong desire to serve communities through a charitable entity while also putting his commercial/entrepreneurial skills and experience to good use, lured him to St John NT in 2023. He also has a long association with St John, starting from a young age as a cadet in New Zealand and he has also served as a volunteer fireman.

Andrew is alumni of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, Stanford University (Business) in the USA, and the Institute of Strategic Leadership in New Zealand. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand and has recently joined the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In his spare time Andrew is an enthusiastic novice golfer, an avid reader, theatre and movie goer, participates in social sports and activities, and can regularly be seen in camping sites in his self-contained off-grid 22 foot caravan – particularly near good freshwater fishing spots.

Arabella Koliwan

Interim Chief Executive | Commissioner

The National St John Ambulance Service of Papua New Guinea

Mr Brendon Brodie-Hall

Chief Emergency Officer 

St John WA

Brendon is a values-based leader, placing culture and Work Health Safety at the forefront of everything he does.

He has a proven track record of delivering complex logistical operations with large, geographically dispersed workforces and over 15 years of experience in 24/7 environments.

Brendon brings with him a wealth of expertise: He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration and joins us from a senior leadership role at one of the world's biggest mining companies, Rio Tinto.

Coming Soon

Chief Executive (Interim)

Wellington Free Ambulance