The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro), whose objectives include providing strong, credible and effective national representation for New Zealand’s network of General Practice and Urgent Care business owners, has confirmed the appointment of its inaugural, substantive Board of Directors.

The announcement comes after an on-line election with a 98% response rate which the interim chief executive of GenPro, Philip Grant, says, “is indicative of the significant engagement between GenPro members and the Association, as well as the strength of feeling which underpins GenPro’s objectives.”

The newly elected board members (more details attached) are:

  • Dr Angus Chambers – GP and co-owner, Riccarton Clinic, Christchurch
  • Dr Geoff Cunningham – GP and co-owner, Bush Road Medical Centre, Whangarei
  • Dr Kawshi De Silva - GP, medical director and owner, Te Atatu South Medical Centre, Auckland
  • Dr Tony Edwards – GP, co-owner and managing director, The Doctors Napier
  • Dr Tim Malloy – GP and co-owner, Coast to Coast Health Care, Wellsford
  • Ash Revell - General manager, Green Cross Health
  • Dr Gerald Young - GP and director, White Cross CityMed

The newly elected Board will take over the governance of GenPro at the Association’s first Annual General Meeting being held on 5 November 2020 – that AGM will cover the part-year ending 30 June 2020 which was effectively the establishment phase of GenPro.

In the meantime, the interim Board will continue its responsibilities under the leadership of the interim chair, Dr Tim Malloy.

Immediately following the AGM the new Board will meet in closed session with an initial agenda including:

  • the election of the chair
  • consideration of the need to co-opt additional capacity and/or capability to the Board in order to appropriately represent GenPro’s membership and oversee the achievement of its objectives
  • finalising GenPro’s Strategic Plan in light of feedback from the Association’s members.

GenPro’s interim chair, Dr Tim Malloy, says, “GenPro’s launch and early growth has been incredibly successful. As a continuation of that early development, we are now able to move forward with a substantive board directly elected and mandated by the members of the Association. It is on their behalf that GenPro operates to ensure the viability and sustainability of high-quality general practice and urgent care services across New Zealand.”