Liesel Wett

Liesel Wett OAM BSc., MPH, MBA, FAICD Chief Executive Officer, Australian Pathology Liesel Wett is an experienced CEO, Chair, and Non-Executive Director with over two decade’s experience operating at Board level both as a NED and as a CEO. Liesel is also the Chair of the Board of Goodwin Aged Care, a large Aged Care provider with its origin in the Canberra region, a role she has held for three terms. Liesel has held previous NED roles on the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a NED on Doctors Health Services. Liesel is the CEO of Australian Pathology, where she has built a strong working understanding and connections into the Australian Government, and she navigates and influences the workings of the Federal Government, its systems, legislation and regulation processes. She has been successful in influencing national health policy in order to negotiate large multi-billion-dollar agreements at Ministerial level, and make representations to Government inquiries to provide evidence and submissions to Royal Commissions and Senate Inquiries. Liesel has solid networks in the Federal Government and the Federal Opposition as well as numerous Commonwealth Departments. Liesel was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the July Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours and Awards list for her service to Medical Administration.