Our board members

Chairperson of the Heart Foundation Board and a member of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. He is currently a director of the Appliance Network Society, Vintage Harvest Holdings (Acacia Cove Retirement Village), Liberty Funding Ltd, and Food First Ltd. Mike was a partner in Ernst and Young for 30 years and served a wide range of clients during this time. Currently, he is a director of several companies as well as maintaining an accounting and advisory practice.

Chief Executive Officer of HealthWEST Limited. She is a chartered accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration. Aroha holds other governance positions at various organisations including Auckland PHO and Te Hononga O Tāmaki Me Hoturoa.

Deputy Chair of the Heart Foundation Board, a member of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, and Chair of the Heart Health Trust. She is a former Chief Executive Officer for the Medical Technology Association of New Zealand, a role she held for 21 years. Faye is a trustee of the University of Auckland Medical and Health Sciences Foundation and a director of Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd. In 2018, Faye was appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for her services to the medical technology sector.

Member of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee and is a chartered member of the Institute of Directors. He was a co-founder and director of AA Smartfuel and now has interests in a number of start-up businesses, along with being a mentor under the Business Mentors NZ programme. He has previously held directorships and trustee positions with McDonald’s Restaurants (NZ), Ronald McDonald House Charities, Sir Peter Blake Trust (alternate trustee), and Home of Cycling Charitable Trust. Ian was part of the executive teams for both McDonald’s and Westpac in New Zealand.

Chairs the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee and has held governance roles in both New Zealand and overseas companies. He is currently Director of AMACO Professional Services Ltd, and he was formerly the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at Bauer Media Group. Wayne also held chief operating officer and executive director positions at British multinational advertising and public relations company WPP for several years, as well as Alzheimers NZ. Wayne’s background includes senior leadership in financial management, digital strategy, and information technology.

Professor of Medicine at the University of Otago and a trustee of the Otago-Southland Diabetes Research Trust. He is Director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre at the University of Otago, and the New Zealand-China Non-Communicable Diseases Research Collaboration Centre. In 2022, Jim was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health. Jim was made a Life Member of the Heart Foundation in 2025, in recognition of his remarkable service and enduring contribution to the Heart Foundation.

Director of AWPT Limited. He was previously Managing Director of Foodstuffs New Zealand, Chief Executive Officer of Foodstuffs South Island and General Manager of Sales at Mainland Products. Steve has held senior roles with Shell Chemicals in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom, contributing to his background in international business administration.

A dedicated advocate for Māori health, Matire is an accomplished researcher and leading academic in her role as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. Matire is also a primary care GP; in July 2022, she was awarded the prestigious Community Service Medal from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for her services to Māori hauora during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was appointed to the Government’s Public Health Advisory Committee in 2025, which provides independent advice on public health issues and the promotion of public health.

Experienced clinical cardiologist with a special interest in heart failure, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, coronary disease and hypertension. She is the former Director of Cardiology at Waikato Hospital and has led the Waikato Heart Failure Service. After 25 years at Health Waikato, she moved to new cardiology challenges, working in Te Tai Tokerau and developing cardiology services across Northland, where she is now based.