National Blood Authority Board

Ms Gayle Ginnane was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council until her retirement in May 2008.  Gayle has spent 29 years working in the public sector, including the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and Departments of Defence, Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Health and Ageing.

Ms Ginnane has served on the Management Committee of the Muscular Dystrophy Association ACT Branch, the Council of the Institute of Public Administration and was Chair of the St Jude's Family Service Management Committee.  Ms Ginnane is a member of the Institute of Public Administration and the Australian Institute of Management, a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an affiliate member of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Ms Ginnane was appointed to the Board of the National Childcare Accreditation Council in June 2008, is a member of the Board of the ACT Division of General Practice and is in a similar position on the Police Health Fund.