Wendy Hughes

Wendy joined Calvary in September 2018 as the Regional Chief Executive Officer of NSW Hospitals, and was appointed as National Chief Financial Officer in August 2019, with responsibility for leadership of Calvary’s financial services. Wendy has played a significant role in the negotiation of the state governments’ financial viability payments enabling the private hospitals to continue operating throughout the challenging time of COVID-19.

Wendy has over 20 years’ senior executive experience across a broad range of financial, corporate services and clinical support functions.

Her previous roles include Acting Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Secretary Financial Services and Asset Management at the NSW Ministry of Health, where she led the Health Cluster budget process, financial performance, implementation of the NSW Government’s financial management transformation initiative and development of the NSW Ministry of Health’s ICT Strategy and Roadmap. In a prior Ministry role, as Executive Director System Relationships and Frameworks, Wendy was also instrumental in the development and implementation of the current framework for governing financial and non-financial performance across NSW public hospitals, including the negotiation of activity-based funding agreements with the Local Health Districts.

She has also held Chief Financial Officer roles at the former Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Sydney Ferries Corporation and The Australian Institute of Music.

Wendy holds a Bachelor of Business and is a Fellow of CPA Australia.