Mona Thind joined the Board in 2024. She is an experienced director at eHealth NSW, a division of NSW Health. She has been working in the health sector since 2007, in the digital space to enable an integrated health system to improve health experience and quality health outcomes.
Mona is a strong leader with effective communication, collaboration, influencing and decision-making skills. She is confident, positive, and approachable with a passion to improve the wellbeing and health outcomes for NSW.
Having worked for NSW Health for approximately 12 years, in her current senior leadership position is driving digital transformation across NSW Health. Leading the Strategy and Innovation team, Mona works collaboratively with all NSW Health organisations to deliver strategies that enables digital transformation.
Culturally sensitive aged care is crucial to her because it ensures that individuals receive care that respects and honours their cultural backgrounds, traditions, and values. As our society becomes increasingly diverse, recognising and addressing the unique needs of different cultural groups enhances the quality of life for elderly individuals, promoting their dignity and comfort. She would like to continue to also fosters a sense of belonging and community, reducing feelings of isolation and improving mental well-being. By advocating for culturally sensitive care, she aims to create an inclusive environment where all elderly individuals feel understood, valued, and supported in their later years. She is currently the inaugural chair of the diversity and inclusion council at eHealth NSW.
In the past, she has volunteered with the Cancer Council of Australia to raise awareness of cancer. Current actively promoting Movember, especially around men’s mental health, participating in Act for Kindness to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian refugee, and an LGBTQIA+ ally with Amnesty International.
Outside of work, Mona is a keen amateur photographer, enjoys a spot of writing and the occasional piece art, as well as cooking up a storm of disaster in the kitchen for her family, which she hopes one day AI will learn to clean her kitchen and do her laundry.