Torres & Cape health service welcomes interim Chief Exec

Long-time Torres & Cape health service Chief Executive Beverley Hamerton has resigned.

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) Board Chair

Ella Kris said Ms Hamerton had advised she was resigning for personal reasons, effective from last Friday.

“The Board and I have accepted her resignation and respect her desire for privacy at this time,” Ms Kris said.

She said Ms Hamerton had a long and distinguished career serving our Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area, and Cape York communities.

“She and I have developed a strong personal connection since my appointment as Board Chair in 2019,” she said.

“I will miss her strong leadership, and her commitment and dedication to our communities, our staff, our health service and to our Board.

“I am sure our staff and our communities will join me and the Board in wishing Ms Hamerton all the best for her future.

“We will now begin the process of recruitment for a new chief executive, in the interim, our Executive Director Strategy and Investment, Mr Dean Davidson, has agreed to act as Interim Chief Executive.

“Mr Davidson has been with us since 2016 in a variety of senior managerial and executive positions and is very familiar with our health service, our communities, and our challenges.

“He will be able to provide strong continuity of leadership for our health service and our communities and I and the Board welcome him to the position of Interim Chief Executive.”