New South Wales and ACT aged care provider Presbyterian Aged Care has appointed the organisation’s former director of care and quality Olivia Wood as its CEO.
Ms Wood, who was appointed interim CEO in March following the departure of Paul Sadler, joined Presbyterian Aged Care in 2016 as a facility manager in Walcha in the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands in NSW.
In 2018, Ms Wood was promoted to director of care and quality, where she oversaw all residential aged care facilities, before becoming executive director of consumer care and quality, which added home care services to her responsibilities in 2020.
Prior to joining PAC, Ms Wood’s roles included CEO of Western Sydney Medicare Local, executive manager of Uralla Shire Council’s community and aged care services department and operations director at Saigon Sports Academy in Vietnam.
Ms Wood commenced as CEO on 27 August.