The Australian Dental Association of NSW recently appointed Jae Redden as its new CEO.

Redden, whose role officially begins on 17 July, holds experience both in professional membership-based organisations and with providers of health information, having been a board member of the Australasian College of Paramedicine and held senior roles with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Association for Tertiary Education Management and Elsevier Health. 

“I am delighted to be provided with an opportunity to contribute to a well-established peak body representing the dentistry profession,” Redden said.

“This is a tremendous opportunity to execute my skills and experience in supporting dentists throughout their career and advocating advancement of oral health on behalf of our members. 

“I am grateful for the trust of the ADA NSW Board and look forward to collaborating across the ADA, the wider medical profession and with our partners and stakeholders in bringing oral health into the forefront of Australian healthcare.” 

ADA NSW president Dr Rohan Krishnan added: “The ADA NSW warmly welcomes our new CEO Jae Redden who will help lead us into the next phase of our evolution, as the organisation ushers in a new era of improvements for our 5000-member dentists and the communities they service.

“We also thank our interim acting CEO Dr Bill O’Reilly, executive assistant to the CEO Natalie Matkovic and the wider team for their stewardship over the past six months as we navigated a range of internal audits and reviews to ensure we are 100 per cent ‘match fit’ for our members in the services we provide. 

“We have valued Bill’s tireless assistance as the Board and I worked through the search and hiring of a new CEO. Bill will continue to assist us in this important leadership transition period.”