Joshua Freeman

Executive Director, Community Care, Mental Health & Chief Allied Health Officer at Goulburn Valley Health

Joshua Freeman is the Executive Director Community Care, Mental Health & Chief Allied Health Officer. He has a background in public and not-for-profit leadership roles. Joshua holds a Master of Business Administration degree through the University of South Australia. Having trained as a pharmacist he also holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy and Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy qualifications, both from the University of Otago (New Zealand).

He has held leadership positions in pharmacy and allied health in New Zealand and Australia. Joshua has an understanding of governance structures in large organisations, after serving as a member of the University of Otago Senate and Health Sciences Divisional Board. He also provided leadership as Board chair of a regional sporting authority in New Zealand. Mr Freeman is passionate about transformational leadership and has interests in organisational culture.

Mr Freeman is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders, has finished the Queensland Health Emerging Clinical Leaders Program and was selected to attend the 2015 European Summer School for Advanced Management (ESSAM) through Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.