Southern Cross group board member profiles
We place value in the wellbeing of our workforce. Southern Cross supports equal employment opportunities, and we seek to recruit and retain diversity through a number of supportive benefits and initiatives.
Across Southern Cross Boards and Committees, 39 per cent of directors are women, and this compares to a New Zealand private sector average of 25 per cent and the public sector average of 50 per cent. We are committed to improving this as part of our ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) framework.
Southern Cross's non-executive Board members who serve as Southern Cross Medical Care Society (Society) Directors and/or Southern Cross Health Trust (Trust) Trustees are:
Murray Jordan (MProp) – Chair, Trust
Murray joined the Health Society and the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2019 and was elected Chair of the Trust in January 2023. He was Chair of the Health Society from 2021 to 2024. An experienced company director, Murray is a former Managing Director of Foodstuffs North Island – one of New Zealand’s largest businesses. He currently serves on the Boards of Metcash Limited (an ASX listed company), Levande, Chorus, Stevenson Group and Metlifecare.
Chair and Board member for: Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
Chris Black (CA, DIP. ACC, B. SURV) – Chair, Health Society
Chris Black joined the Health Society Board in 2021 and the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2022. He was appointed as a Trustee of the Health Society in December 2023 and elected Chair in December 2024. Chris was Chief Executive of member-based FMG between 2008 and 2021 and was an independent Director of FMG prior to this. He has been a member of the Insurance Council of NZ (ICNZ), including a three-year appointment as the ICNZ President, and was a Commissioner of the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO) Scheme, and former Board member of BNZ Life Insurance and Southern Cross Pet Insurance Limited. Chris also served as a Board member of the International Cooperative & Mutual Insurance Federation for eight years, and was Vice-Chair between 2019 and 2021. He is currently Chair of the Natural Hazards Commission and Rabobank New Zealand, and a Trustee of the Mental Health Foundation.
Chair and Board member for Society; and Board member for Trust and Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
David Bridgman (MCom, LLB, MINSTD, ACA)
David Bridgman joined the Health Society Board in 2021 and the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2022. He was appointed as a Trustee of the Health Society in December 2022. An experienced advisor in the corporate finance and restructuring areas, David retired from PwC at the end of 2020 after 22 years as a Partner. Today, David provides independent corporate finance and strategic advisory services to private clients. David has worked extensively with many of New Zealand’s leading cooperatives and mutual organisations. He is currently a Trustee of the University of Auckland Foundation and a Director of Southern Cross Pet Insurance Limited. David is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
Board member for: Society, Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited, Southern Cross Pet Insurance Limited
Dr Martin Misur (BHB, MBChB, FANZCA, GChPOM)
Dr Martin Misur was appointed to the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2017 and elected to the Health Society Board in 2019. He is an anaesthetic specialist working in the public sector at Auckland City Hospital (Te Toka Tumai) and in private practice at Epsom Anaesthetic Partnership. Martin’s clinical interests include anaesthesia for solid organ transplantation, hepatobiliary / upper gastrointestinal surgery, orthopaedics, and complex urology. He has a strong interest in information technology and holds the position of Informatics Lead for Te Toka Tumai Auckand’s Perioperative Directorate.
Board member for: Society, Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
Dr Arthur Morris (BSc(Hons), MD, D(ABMM), FRCPA, CMInstD)
Dr Arthur Morris joined the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2017. He is an Auckland-based clinical microbiologist who also works with the Health Quality and Safety Commission as a Clinical Lead. Arthur is a current Director of Mercy Healthcare Auckland and Royal Australasian College of Pathologists Quality Assurance Programmes Limited. He is a Trustee of the University of Auckland Medical and Health Science Foundation and University of Auckland Foundation. Arthur is a former Director of Fisher and Paykel Healthcare.
Board member for: Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
Julia Raue (CMinstD, GAICD)
Julia Raue joined the Health Society Board in 2015 and the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in 2021. She has a strong background in business and digital transformation across a number of sectors. Prior to moving into governance full-time in 2014, Julia was Chief Information Officer of Air New Zealand for nine years, winning a number of global awards including NZ CIO of the Year. Julia has significant governance experience including previous directorships with The Warehouse Group, Jade Software, Z Energy and Television New Zealand. She is currently Chair of Move Logistics, a Trustee of Global Women and a Director of Southern Cross Travel Insurance.
Board member for: Society, Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited, Southern Cross Travel Insurance
Dr Dwayne Crombie (MBChB, Dip ComH, MBA, NZCPHM)
Dr Dwayne Crombie was appointed to the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in January 2022 and elected to the Health Society Board in December 2022. Dwayne was appointed as a Trustee of the Health Society in December 2024. He has more than three decades of senior executive experience in both the public and private sectors, as well as extensive public, academic and private governance experience. Dwayne has worked for global healthcare organisation Bupa for more than 15 years in several Managing Director roles before retiring in 2022. For seven years until 2020 he led Bupa Health Insurance, the largest health insurer in Australia. Prior to this, he was CEO of Waitemata Health and Waitemata DHB. Dwayne is currently Chair of Repromed New Zealand and InLife Independent Living.
Board member for: Society, Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
Nagaja Sanatkumar (B.Tech, MBA, CMinstD)
Nagaja Sanatkumar joined the Health Society and the Southern Cross Health Trust (and subsidiary) Boards in January 2024. An experienced general manager, Nagaja has worked across a variety of sectors and corporate structures where she has developed expertise in strategy, digital technology, customer-led innovation, and profitable growth. She has worked in senior leadership roles with large-scale commercial and technology companies and pioneering retail brands including Amazon, Expedia, and Icebreaker. Nagaja moved to New Zealand from the USA in 2015, has a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and an MBA from the University of Washington, Seattle. Nagaja serves on the Boards of several New Zealand businesses including ANZ Bank, Meridian Energy and Tuatahi First Fibre, as well as Imagen8.
Board member for: Society, Trust, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited
