Chair, Community Advisory Committee

Ms Leanne Wells was the Chief Executive Officer of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia until August 2022. She is a health service executive with over three decades of experience. She is presently a health consultant.

Ms Wells has held executive positions within government and in national and state non-government organisations, including as CEO for both national and state-based primary health care organisations.

Ms Wells is the Chair of the COORDINARE Community Advisory Committee, as well as a Board Director for COORDINARE and the Ozhelp Foundation. Ms Wells is also the Chair of the Community and Consumer Expert Panel for the Australian Social Prescribing Institute for Research and Education (ASPIRE).

Ms Wells has tertiary qualifications in communications and business. She is a member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management