Mr Paul Butler has been appointed to the position of Executive Director Strategy, Capital and Digital with Peninsula Health. In this position, Paul will continue to oversee the development of strategies and business plans, monitor strategic initiatives, and drive population health and service planning, having held the Interim Executive Director Strategy, Capital and Digital position since September 2024.
Paul has had an extensive career in the Victorian public health system, including executive and senior management roles at Peninsula Health, Monash Health, Alfred Health, in the Victorian Department of Health (and formerly Health and Human Services) in regional and program management, and in disability services. His interests include health system and service planning and management and, particularly, the intersection of primary health care and acute hospital services. Paul has been a Board director on a variety of non-government organisations in the health and human services fields and is currently a Victorian Councillor for the Australian College of health Service Management. Paul held the position of inaugural ED of the South East Metro HSP involved leading system-wide improvement projects and pandemic response across south east Melbourne in a partnership of the major Public Health Services (Alfred, Monash and Peninsula), Better Health Network and the Primary Health Network.
Paul’s most recent role at Peninsula Health sees him responsible for strategy and planning, transformation, capital, the Frankston Hospital Redevelopment project and digital health.
