Ms Wendy Zernike

Wendy is the Executive General Manager for Care, Innovation and Quality at Bolton Clarke, driving innovation, creativity and best practice in the aged care and community health services sector. Wendy has executive managerial experience, including decades of working in both public and private hospitals and in aged care. Wendy has post graduate qualifications in leadership and management, and an MBA from Griffith University, where she placed in a Global Business Challenge, a business case competition to design sustainable solutions to global problems. Wendy brings to the aged care sector extensive clinical governance and consumer engagement expertise, with a focus on developing innovative delivery models in health/aged care, both nationally and internationally. Focussed achievement in active community participation, Wendy has led overseas aid programs in the Solomon Islands. She knows first-hand the benefit education brings to developing communities, and the value it creates for individuals and their families. A passionate nurse at heart, Wendy is a Visiting Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology, and mentors the next generation of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students through the Australian College of Nursing Mentoring Program.