Christine Hall, who took on the role of interim chief executive of Ventures, the innovation arm of North Island primary health organisation Pinnacle, in April, has been appointed permanent CEO.
Ms Hall joined the not-for-profit in October 2019 as a general manager supporting the Health Care Home and Patient Access Centre (PAC) and xcrania teams and takes over from John Macaskill-Smith, who led the organisation for three years and was CEO of Pinnacle itself for eight.