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Southern Cross Healthcare Group Appointment

23 February 2009
News Release

Southern Cross Healthcare Group Appointment

The Southern Cross Healthcare Group has appointed Victor Klap to the new role of Group Manager, Public-Private and Primary Care Partnerships.

The strategic role will explore initiatives for Southern Cross to work collaboratively with primary health providers, and with the public health system, to achieve better healthcare outcomes for New Zealanders.

Mr Klap’s former roles have included Chief Executive of the Independent Practitioners’ Association of New Zealand, Chief Executive of the Southern Regional Health Authority and Manager Funding, Health Reform Directorate in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

He has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide, a Diploma from the Australian Insurance Institute and an MBA from the University of Otago. Ends –


About Southern Cross Healthcare: Southern Cross Healthcare is comprised of two organisations that focus on the health sector in New Zealand:

• One organisation, the first created, is the Southern Cross Medical Care Society with over 830,000 members. It is a not for profit Friendly Society that focuses on delivering health insurance services for both individual members and group schemes.

• The other organisation is the Southern Cross Health Trust. It consists of the Southern Cross Hospitals, New Zealand’s only private hospital network and Southern Cross Travel Insurance.

ENDS

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