Barbara Hingston

Barbara Hingston is a professional Non-Executive Director, skilled in health and social services, governance, management, consumer and public stakeholder engagement. She brings energy, knowledge and capability to the Scope Board with commitment to improving health and social outcomes for vulnerable people, their families, carers and communities.

Her prior executive experience includes corporate, strategic management and organisational development in Commonwealth government, and community and non-government organisations in Australia. In each she retained focus on mission, while pursuing high standards of service performance, accountability quality and safety, customer value and experience.

As Director and Chair of Boards and Committees nationally and across states, she has contributed to strategy, service delivery and customer’s experience in healthcare, young people’s mental health, disability services, children and young person’s safety, as well as family and sexual violence prevention, response and recovery. She remains a strong advocate for the rights, needs and position of all women, men and children whose lives intersect with family violence, sexual abuse and mental illness.

Barbara was appointed Chair of the Southern Melbourne Integrated Family Violence Partnership in February 2020 and is a Director of Public Trustee Tasmania. Barbara holds a Bachelor of Arts (Administration), a Bachelor of Social Work and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and member of the Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA).

In 2021, Barbara was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to community health, and to people with disabilities.