Ms Helen Darch OAM

Board Chair, Mackay Hospital and Health Service

Helen is Managing Director of Nedhurst Consulting, a Queensland based consultancy that focuses on strategic planning, facilitation, and mentoring.

She has over sixteen years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director on large Not-for-Profit and Government boards, primarily in the Health, Disability and Philanthropy sectors.  She has held a range of leadership roles from Board Chair to Chair of Board Nominations, Executive Appraisal, and Fundraising and Marketing Committees, and has also been a Director on Board Finance, Quality and Risk, as well as Research Committees.

In addition to her Mackay Hospital and Health Board Chair role, she is currently an Ordinary Commissioner of the Crime and Corruption Commission, Chair of Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s Research Advisory Committee, and an advisor for McCarthy Mentoring.

In 2022 she was awarded an order of Australia for service to community health.

Helen’s professional qualifications include:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Library Sciences
• Masters of Education (Training and Development)
• Fellow – Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Member – Australian Institute of Company Director