Every person, whoever and wherever they are, is served with excellent and compassionate care, by a better and fairer health and aged care system.
To express God’s love through the healing ministry of Jesus. We are especially committed to serving people who are poor or vulnerable.
St Vincent’s has been a leader in Australia’s health and aged care landscape for more than 168 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and people have been behind some of Australia’s most important medical breakthroughs
The Sisters of Charity also gave us a mission: to provide care to the most disadvantaged members of our community. Their courage and compassion has been a hallmark of St Vincent’s since we began and is central to some of our proudest achievements.
St Vincent’s today is Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. With public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs for marginalised people, we are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.
St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland was established in 2022 to centralise fundraising for St Vincent’s three private hospitals in Queensland and the growing St Vincent’s manged residential and aged care facilities in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
For information or questions about St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland, please contact:
📞 Call: 0421 396 574
📧 Email: Anna.herbert@svha.org.au
Anna brings over 25 years of experience in philanthropy, strategic business development and not-for-profit leadership to her role as Executive Manager of the St Vincent’s Queensland Foundation. Her career spans the education, health, research, and community sectors, where she has successfully led large teams, major campaigns and built enduring philanthropic partnerships.
Proudly originating from the Darling Downs, where her family are multi-generational grain and cattle farmers, Anna brings heart and heritage to her work. She has held senior roles in faith-based organisations, including the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. She has extensive experience working in the health sector, including roles with QIMR Berghofer and the former Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation—supporting clinicians and researchers to deliver life-changing health outcomes.
📞 Call: 0479 187 610
📧 Email: Gregory.potent@svha.org.au
Greg joined St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland in December 2021 with extensive experience. He has worked in the Charity sector for over 15 years in roles involving board members, individual supporters, corporate giving, bequest relationships, major giving, peer-to-peer events, workplace giving, tele-fundraising, and online fundraising.
His role is to connect our donors and supporters with the needs of St Vincent’s in Queensland and lead the Foundation’s fundraising initiatives.
The St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland Board brings together experienced leaders who guide and support our mission to enhance patient and resident care through impactful philanthropy
Professor Michael E. Drew is a trusted advisor to family office, foundation, and fiduciary clients specialising in the areas of investment governance and pension finance. Across 30 years of senior practitioner and professorial experience, Michael has demonstrated a deep commitment to service and the stewardship of ‘other people’s money’. After a distinguished career in finance and economics, Michael was conferred the title of Professor Emeritus by Griffith University for his “outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the service of the University community.” Michael is sought out by CxO, Board-level, and family office clients for counsel on investment matters, bringing extensive institutional and scholarly perspectives.
Michael serves as a non-executive director and trustee, with expertise across commercial, for-purpose, and public enterprises. Michael is a credible, published author of over 90 scholarly papers, with his work on pension finance and superannuation cited by the Cooper Review, the Hayne Royal Commission, and the Retirement Income Review. Professor Drew has provided testimony to the U.S. Department of Labor and Securities Exchange Commission hearings on Target Date Funds and the Productivity Commission hearings on Superannuation. Michael has published in leading practitioner journals, including the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Portfolio Management, and is co-author of the monograph Investment Governance for Fiduciaries, commissioned by the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Michael holds a Ph.D. in the field of economics from the University of Queensland, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Life Member of FINSIA.
Sr. Clare Nolan rsc held the position of Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Charity for six years until March 2021. In that role, she was also a member of Mary Aikenhead Ministries, the stewards of St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s most significant not-for-profit health and aged care provider and the thirteenth-largest privately held Company in the country.
Sr Clare did her Nurse training at the Mater Hospital Brisbane. Following this, she entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Charity of Australia in Sydney. Following her formation as a Sister of Charity, she was missioned to the healing ministry of Christ on the campus of St Vincent’s Darlinghurst Sydney. She has remained in the healing ministry throughout her religious life in various places. Nursing and Health Administration played a large part in her ministry, leading to eighteen years in Congregational Leadership, concluding in March 2022
Anne is a non-executive director of St Vincent’s Health Australia. She is Chair of Uniting Church in Australia Redress Ltd and Deputy Chair of Opera Queensland.
She is a member of the University of Queensland Senate and a non-executive director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Anne concluded her executive career as Chief Executive of UnitingCare Queensland in 2017 after a long career working in health, aged care, disability, and community services.
Anne was admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia in 2018. She was named Telstra’s National Business Woman of the Year in 2014 and was awarded The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award in 2016.
Kate is an educational leader and formation specialist with nearly twenty years of experience in the Queensland Catholic Education Sector. She has held leadership positions in Schools, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, the Archdiocese of Brisbane, and Mary Aikenhead Education. She currently serves as the Dean of Faith and Mission at Mt St Michael’s College, Ashgrove.
Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (with distinction), a Graduate Certificate in Interfaith Relations and a Master of Religious Education. Kate brings to the SVFQ Board a deep understanding of and commitment to the mission, vision, and charism of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and extensive experience in outreach, fundraising, and event planning.
Our executive leaders are dedicated to delivering exceptional care, supporting innovation and guiding the mission of St Vincent’s Queensland across hospitals and aged care services.
Oli commenced with SVHA in 2020. He is CEO of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba.
He has extensive experience as a healthcare leader in the hospital, pharmacy and diagnostic medical industries both in Australia and the UK. Prior to St Vincent’s Oli worked for a large Australian for profit private hospital operator for 10 years as a hospital CEO.
Oli was appointed as the inaugural State Queensland CEO, Private Hospitals, in November 2024.
Lincoln commenced as CEO of all St Vincent’s Care Services at St Vincent’s Health Australia in 2018. Lincoln’s 28 years in health and community services are well aligned to the objectives of Care Services, coming to St Vincent’s from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Queensland where he served as CEO and Company Secretary for over six years.
His diverse experience includes frontline social work, program management, policy and advocacy, fundraising, property development, and leadership. After moving into the community services sector in the 1990s, Lincoln became a youth worker for Mission Australia in Sydney’s red-light district of Kings Cross. He remained with Mission Australia for 21 years, serving people in need in a variety of roles, but particularly making significant inroads as national community services executive leader.
St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland
Head Office: 411 Main Street
Kangaroo Point
QLD 4169
Phone: 1800 161 197
Email us by completing the following form, or direct via helpstvincentsqld@svha.org.au
