Board Member
With more than 25 years’ experience across corporate affairs and public policy, Ms Shorten brings deep expertise in stakeholder engagement and technology governance to the Bayside Health board. She is recognised nationally for her work at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and community trust. Ms Shorten has led stakeholder and policy strategies in some of Australia’s most highly regulated environments, including technology, essential services, and capital-intensive industries. Her career has focused on translating complex industry and regulatory issues into strategies that serve both the organisation and the public interest.
Her governance portfolio includes board roles including mental health, disability services, youth homelessness, medical research, and domestic violence reform. As Deputy Chair of Alfred Health, she championed stakeholder inclusion in decision-making and governance of emerging technologies in healthcare.
At Industry Fund Services, a profit-to-member superannuation group, she has guided transformation amid major regulatory change. As Chair of the Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit Committee at Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, she fosters best practice in risk and cultural governance.
Since 2019, Ms Shorten has focused on stakeholder trust, AI governance, and citizens’ rights, particularly for children, patients, and consumers. She holds post graduate qualifications in AI governance and non-profit leadership and is specialising in technology ethics in her Master of Information Technology and Systems.
