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Governance

Corporate governance

A sound governance framework and associated practices are essential for WorkCover to fulfil our legislative requirements, achieve our performance objectives and to engage in effective and balanced decision-making. It also enables effective management, role and function clarity and emphasises ownership and personal accountability for outcomes.

Board of Directors

Under the WorkCover Corporation Act 1994 WorkCoverSA must have a nine-member Board that includes at least three women and at least three men.

Other Parliamentary stipulations for representation include the following requirements:

  • Two members must be appointed in consultation with employer interests.
  • Two members must be appointed in consultation with worker interests.
  • One member must have experience in rehabilitation.
  • One member must have experience in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).

Role of the board

The Board's role is to monitor, influence and approve our overall direction and performance.

Board sub-committees also meet on a regular basis to fulfil their obligations in specialist areas.

Corporate performance is reviewed by the Board on a regular and on-going basis. This includes a quarterly review of corporate performance against our strategic plan.

The quarterly review of corporate performance is published and released to the public.

For recent information on performance view the Strategic Plan and quarterly Management Performance Reports.

Board members

The WorkCoverSA Board members are:

  • Philip Bentley (Chair)
  • Terri Scheer
  • Tom Phillips
  • Peter Malinauskas
  • Sandra De Poi
  • Peter Vaughan
  • Jim Watson
  • Barbara Rajkowska
  • Jane Yuile