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Adj Professor Plunkett has many years of executive and senior management experience in both the public and private health sectors. He commenced his health career as a Registered Nurse. Adj Professor Plunkett joined Eastern Health in 2002 and held various roles, including Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Executive Director Acute Health, all leading to his current role of Eastern Health Chief Executive, held since September 2016. Adj Professor Plunkett holds a Master of Business Administration and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Partnership, appointed by the Minister for Suburban Development, and is a Fellow and current President of the Australian College of Nursing.

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Mr Adcock commenced at Eastern Health in September 2019 in the Program Director eHealth and Chief Clinical Information Officer role. Since commencing at Eastern Health, he has also been seconded to the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre as the Workforce Team Lead during the acute phase of the Emergency Management Australia-led response to the COVID-19 epidemic in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Previously, Mr Adcock was the Director of Technology and Transformation at Alfred Health and has held senior roles in acute health, including clinical, operations and Information Technology.

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Mr Cutter commenced at Eastern Health in May 2019. He is responsible for financial services and management accounting services, as well as procurement services. Previously, Mr Cutter was Chief Financial Officer in the health, emergency services, water, local government and ICT sectors. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia, graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Bachelor of Economics and Master of Business Administration from Monash University.

Assoc Professor Dwyer commenced at Eastern Health in February 2019. Her previous roles have included Chief Medical Officer at Northern Health, Medical Director Quality, Safety and Risk Management at Austin Health and Director Medical Services at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is a current Board Director of Peninsula Health and Chair of its Quality, Safety & Clinical Governance Committee. Assoc Professor Dwyer is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) and has a strong involvement in the training of medical administration registrars as a current Supervisor, Preceptor, Examination Censor and Chair of the Medical Administration Workforce Planning Committee. She is also a current ACHS Surveyor and her research interests have focused on junior medical staff wellbeing, engaging medical staff in quality and the role of the Medical Administrator in Health Services.