Mr Stephen Walker

Mr Stephen Walker was appointed Chair of the SAHMRI Board on 9 October 2026.

Mr Walker is a healthcare executive who was previously Chief Executive Officer of St Andrew's Hospital in Adelaide for 23 years. He currently serves as a Director of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), where he chairs the Business, Finance and Audit Committee. He is also a Board Director of Helping Hand Aged Care and a member of SA Health's Statewide Clinical Support Services Committee.

Earlier roles include General Manager Corporate Services at Waikato District Health Board in New Zealand, Director of Strategy and Capital Projects at Healthscope, and Director Corporate Services at the Central Coast Area Health Service in New South Wales.

His governance appointments have included Board Director of the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), President and Chair of the APHA South Australian Branch, and member of the Private Sector Committee of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC).

Mr Walker holds a Bachelor of Business (Health Management), and a Graduate Diploma in Accountancy, and is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (FACHSM) and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).