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Chris Robertson

Chris Robertson

Healthcare Management
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Chris Robertson is Executive Director, Strategy and Policy for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). He has held senior leadership roles for over 15 years in health policy and regulatory reform, as well as workforce planning and innovation.

He is an authority in the design and application of the National Law across 14 health profession boards, which was a COAG reform initiative. It established a single national regulatory scheme for what is now over 600,000 registered health practitioners in Australia.

He holds a Graduate Certificate of Health Management from the Queensland University of Technology and a Bachelor of Commerce from Griffith University. He was previously a registered nurse with qualifications in critical care from the Alfred Hospital Melbourne. Chris is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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