Contact us

How to find us

Our staff

Chief Executive's office

• Professor Sunny Collings Tāhuhu Rangapū - Chief Executive 
• Mel Phillips Pou-Taituarā - Executive Assistant to Chief Executive

Communications

For website, media, and other communications-related enquiries:

• Aileen Coombe Communications Manager
• Suzy Botica Senior Communications Advisor

Finance and Corporate Services

• Lynne Bjarnesen Chief Financial Officer
• Joy Capuno Management Accountant
• Ai Lan Pau Accounts Payable Assistant

Knowledge Management and Information Systems

• Esther Viljoen Senior Advisor Business Operations Optimisation
• Andilee McCallaghan Risk Manager
• Peter Adams IT Systems Administrator
• Jason Cleaver Senior Web Applications Developer 
• James Hastings Data Administrator

Ethics

For enquiries related to legal and ethics matters, please contact:

• Lana Lon Project Manager, Ethics

Investment Processes

• Ellen Campbell Director, Investments
• Dr Katie Palastanga Research Investment Manager - Biomedical 
• Dr Miguel Jo-Avila Research Investment Manager - Biomedical
• Luke Garland Senior Research Investment Manager
• Fiona Kenning Senior Research Investment Manager
• Scott Aitken Senior Research Investment Manager
• Lea Narciso Senior Research Investment Manager
• Melanie Duncan Investments Portfolio Coordinator
• Toni Liu Research Investment Manager
• Orin Robb Research Investment Manager
• Vlatka Matich Administrative Assistant
• Marian O'Brien Contracts Coordinator (secondment)

Māori Health Research

• Stacey Pene Director of Equity, Māori and Pacific Health Research
• Le-Shan Pomana-Wesley Manager, Māori Health Research
• Natasha Hall Health Equity Policy Advisor
• Mia Loheni-Brown Health Equity Policy Analyst
• Malia Tonga Administrator (fixed-term)

Pacific Health Research

• Tolotea Lanumata Manager of Pacific Research Investment
• Annie Baiteke Research Investment Coordinator (parental leave cover)

Research Partnerships

For enquiries about the HRC's Connecting for Impact Fund, please contact:

• Scott Aitken Senior Research Investment Manager
• Lea Narciso Senior Research Investment Manager

Strategy and Policy

• Dr Tania Pocock Director of Strategy and Policy
• Megan Willmott Senior Evaluation Analyst
• Jessica Glen System Design Lead
• Alexandra Boyle Senior Policy Analyst 

For general enquiries

For all general enquiries, including feedback on the HRC's use of plain language, please contact us at info@hrc.govt.nz