Our Project Staff
Thank you to all the Australian and New Zealand professionals who worked in MSF’s medical-humanitarian projects overseas in 2023. This includes 116 Australians and 16 New Zealanders who departed in 2023, working across 34 countries and contributing to a global workforce of more than 46,000 full time, project-based staff.
This list comprises only staff recruited by MSF Australia, who also gave their consent for their name to be printed. We also wish to recognise other Australians and New Zealanders who have contributed to MSF programs worldwide but are not listed here because they joined the organisation directly overseas.
Afghanistan
Brigid Brown, Anaesthetist
Lucy Butler, HR Coordinator
Prue Coakley, Head of Mission
Louisa Cormack, Head of Mission/Project Coordinator
Katie Dabbs, Nursing Activity Manager
Catherine Day, Finance and HR Manager
Catherine Flanigan, Head Nurse
Eileen Goersdorf, Nursing Activity Manager
Khairil Musa, Specialised Doctor
Gail Page, HR Manager
Sunil Satyavrata, Logistics Manager
Emily Young, Nursing Activity Manager
Armenia
Adam Mangal, Logistics Manager
Bangladesh
Scott Abbinga, Doctor
Maia Blenkinsop, Infection Prevention and Control Manager
Eileen Goersdorf, Nursing Activity Manager
Jane Hancock, Nursing Activity Manager
Arunn Jegan, Head of Mission
Jairam Kamala Ramakrishnan, Psychiatrist
Eloise Liddy, Communications Manager
Carmen Macdonald, Paediatrician
Trudy Rosenwald, Mental Health Activity Manager
Kaylene Tomkins, Hospital Director
Andrew Wallace, Paediatrician
Priyali Wijeratne, Paediatrician
Belarus
Catherine Flanigan, Medical Referent
Burkina Faso
Suzel Wiegert, Nursing Team Supervisor
Central African Republic
Isaline Goemaere, Doctor
Alec Kelly, Project Coordinator
Suzel Wiegert, Nursing Team Supervisor
Chad
Isaac Chesters, Finance and HR Manager
Emma Roney, Epidemiology Activity Manager
Democratic Republic of Congo
David Adams, Finance and HR Manager
Ian Hayes, Surgeon
Claire Manera, Project Coordinator
Brian Moller, Project Coordinator
Stella Smith, Deputy Head of Mission
Ethiopia
Patrick Baffoun, Finance and HR Manager
Prue Coakley, Project Coordinator
Louisa Cormack, Project Coordinator
Ann Hood, Mental Health Activity Manager
Louise Timbs, Head Nurse
Noni Winkler, Epidemiology Activity Manager
Emily Young, Medical Referent
Greece
Amy-Louise Curtis, Nursing Activity Manager
Guinea
Patrick Baffoun, Finance and HR Manager
Haiti
Lisa Searle, Mission Specialised Activity Manager
India
Prem Chopra, Mental Health Activity Manager
Kelly Wilcox, Project Coordinator
Iraq
Natasha Davies, Nursing Activity Manager
Tecwyn Davies, Doctor
Andrew Dimitri, Medical Coordinator
Thienminh Dinh, ER Doctor
Douglas Kerr, Mental Health Activity Manager
Adam Mangal, Energy Manager
Helmut Schoengen, Anaesthetist
Jordan
Luke Morris, Regional Technical Referent
Kenya
Prem Chopra, Psychiatrist
Sunil Satyavrata, Logistics Manager
Kiribati
Susan Bucknell, Project Coordinator
Ivan Cerrafon, Logistics Team Leader
Joanne Clarke, Paediatrician
Malaika El Amrani, Nursing Activity Manager
Josephine Goodyer, Paediatrician
Shelley Harris-Studdart, Midwife Supervisor
Rhianon Hutcheson, Nurse Specialist Supervisor
Michael Hoey, Finance and HR Manager
Anthony Jacobson, Finance and HR Manager
Lenore Maitland, Nurse Specialist Supervisor
Scott Murcko, Doctor
Darren Pezzack, Doctor
Rebecca Smith, Nursing Activity Manager
Rachel Sun, Mission Pharmacy Manager
Suzel Wiegert, Nursing Activity Manager
Scarlett Wong, Mental Health Activity Manager
Grace Yoo, Mission Pharmacy Manager
Lebanon
Eric Boon, Logistics Manager
Donna Collins, Midwife Activity Manager
Natasha Davies, Nursing Activity Manager
Sarah Graham, Mental Health Supervisor
Adam Mangal, Energy Manager
Kiera Sargeant, Medical Coordinator
Libya
Brian Moller, Deputy Head of Mission
Malawi
Eric Boon, Logistics Manager
Lindsay Croghan, Logistics Manager
Mozambique
Meg Dalmau, Epidemiology Activity Manager
Niger
Jessica Crawford, Nurse
Isaline Goemaere, ER Doctor
Nigeria
Eithandee Aung, Epidemiology Activity Manager
Thomas Hing, Supply Chain Coordinator
Sophie Phelan, Epidemiology Activity Manager
Palestine
Shelley Cook, Nursing Activity Manager
Justin Dalby, Medical Activity Manager
Anna Jenkins, Psychiatrist
Siobhan Lockie, Psychologist
Carol Nagy, Medical Coordinator
Gail Page, Personnel Development Manager
Mauricia Taylor, Head of Mission
Natalie Thurtle, Deputy Medical Coordinator
Pakistan
Kathrine Charlton, Medical Referent
Tara Pollock, Project Coordinator
The Philippines
Virginia Lee, Deputy Medical Coordinator
Jessa Pontevedra, Medical Coordinator
Sierra Leone
Frederick Cutts, Logistics Team Leader
Gloria Leung, Finance Coordinator
Candice Lynch, Laboratory Manager
Linley Taylor, Midwife Supervisor
Jared Watts, Obstetrician Gynaecologist
South Sudan
Florence Bascombe, Hospital Nursing Manager
Katie Dabbs, Nursing Activity Manager
Rhys Evans, Communications Manager
Janine Evans, Nursing Activity Manager
Mok Fong, Paediatrician
Verity Kowal, Regional Communications Coordinator
Kirk Langley, Doctor Anaesthetist
Paul Maclure, Anaesthetist
Désiré Ndisabiye, Operational Research Epidemiologist
Philippa Rokkas, Health Promotion and Community Engagement Manager
Suzen Siew, Doctor
Sudan
Rodolphe Brauner, Project Coordinator
Ben Shearman, Logistics Team Leader
Grace Yoo, Mission Pharmacy Manager
Syria
Christopher Binks, Nursing Activity Manager
Tanzania
Melony Heaver, Mission Supply Chain Manager
Vivegan 'V.v' Jayaretnam, Project Coordinator
Allen Murphy, Operational Deputy Head of Mission
Emma Schimann, Doctor
Thailand
Jairam Kamala Ramakrishnan, Mental Health Activity Manager
Türkiye
Scarlett Wong, Mental Health Activity Manager
Uganda
Lindsay Croghan, Logistics Manager
Scott Murcko, Specialised Medical Doctor
Ukraine
Maia Blenkinsop, Medical Activity Manager
Kathrine Charlton, Nursing Activity Manager
Lindsay Croghan, Logistics Team Leader
Peter Clausen, Project Coordinator
Sarah Graham, Mental Health Activity Manager
Holly Houttuin, Nursing Team Supervisor
Malcolm Hugo, Mental Health Activity Manager
William Johnson, Logistics Manager
Verity Kowal, Regional Communications Coordinator
Narelle Raiss, Nursing Activity Manager
Sophia Scrimgeour, Doctor
Yemen
Audrey Badaoui, Hospital Nursing Manager
Paul Blackery, ER Doctor
Esther Choi, Midwife Activity Manager
Shelley Cook, Nursing Team Supervisor
Herwig Drobetz, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Adelene Hilbig, Medical Activity Manager
Candice Lynch, Laboratory Manager
Alison Moebus, Nursing Activity Manager
Gerard Moynihan, Anaesthetist
David Nash, Deputy Head of Mission
Kristi Payten, Medical Coordinator
Caterina Schneider-King, HR Coordinator
Christian Seufert, Nursing Team Supervisor
Kaylene Tomkins, Hospital Director
Multiple/Other
Scott Abbinga, Regional Medical Referent
Lucy Butler, Finance and HR Coordinator
Kathrine Charlton, Medical Referent
Janine Evans, Mobile Health Activity Manager
Megan Graham, Finance Coordinator
Anna Haskovec, Logistics Coordinator
Hannah Rice, Regional Medical Referent
Ben Shearman, Logistics Coordinator
