Alex Kemp

Alex Kemp initially trained as a Speech and Language Therapist and have over 20 years of clinical experience across different areas of health from cradle to grave and home to hospital, based mainly in Christchurch and Auckland, before moving to the UK in 2004.

In the UK, she worked as a clinical specialist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, and in a senior leadership position at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, before returning to New Zealand to work as the Allied Health Lead at Whakatane Hospital, for the Bay of Plenty District Health Board.

When her family moved back to New Zealand we wanted a sense of community and work/life balance. Connection and the outdoors are very important to them and we believe Whanganui is a place that can offer them the community they want their young children to grow up in.

Her passion is to ensure Whanganui DHB continues to work with the community and within the community to empower people to take charge of their own health. DHBs are part of a wider health system and we need to work with others to ensure we give the greatest benefit to its users. She is passionate about reducing inequity for Māori and ensuring we honor Te Tiriti o Waitangi in all that we do.