Hospital Board of Trustees

Connie Hui – Chairperson

Connie affiliates to Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga and is an active member of the Haahi Ratana. She has had a varied career pathway that included extensive experience in Health and Disability service delivery and a period as a barrister in Tauranga and a lawyer for Te Ohu Kaimoana, Fisheries Commission, Wellington.

Connie is currently self employed as a contractor providing advice and support to Health providers in service development as well as undertaking Healthshare audits across the Midland region. Connie lives on whanau land with her husband and whanau, grazing dairy heifers and raising beefies. Her interests include whanau and sport.

Thomas Coats – Deputy Chair

Thomas runs a software development company called Y5 – tackling challenging problems and creating data rich systems that are easy to use across a range of industries. Previously Thomas was IT Manager for J Swap Contractors Ltd and has extensive experience working with Technology.  Born and raised in rural Waikato, Thomas has a BSc and post-graduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence through the University of Waikato. Thomas lives in Matamata with his wife, Havi. Together they have a son, Edveer, and a daughter, Niana. Thomas enjoys tramping and barbeques.

Danny Anglesey – Finance Chair

Danny was born and raised in a farming family in South Taranaki so it was only natural that he would go sharing milking with his brother for a few seasons after leaving Hawera Technical High School. Married his high school sweetheart and they travelled to Australia for an extended honeymoon/working holiday, returning some years later to start a family. Ran a couple of businesses in both South and North Islands until finally settling in Putaruru where he later joined the Staff at the Local Borough Council.

Studying extramurally for some years to gain Bachelor of Business degree and admission to the College of Associated Charted Accountants (ACA), Danny and his wife Dianne moved to Matamata in 1996 where he took up a position of accountant in the Treasury department at the Te Aroha office of the Matamata-Piako District Council, holding the position of Finance and Business Services Manager from 2006 until (semi) retirement in 2020. Danny currently works a shortened week conducting/completing Finance Projects for the Council.

Teenaged sport minded grandchildren in Hamilton and in Brisbane, gardening around the home, cutting and splitting firewood for exercise fills our lives at the moment.

Ross Smith

Originally from the South Island, Ross moved to Waikato in 1989 and has been involved in the Health sector for more than 25 years.He is currently employed as General Manager, Practice Services for Pinnacle/Midland Health Network in Hamilton.  Pinnacle is one of the largest primary care organizations in NZ with more than 80 general practices across Waikato, Lakes, Taranaki and Tairawhiti providing primary care services to around 450,000 people.

Prior to this Ross has managed a large home-based support business in the not-for-profit sector and spent several years in senior roles with the various health funding authorities. Outside of work Ross spends time with family at Whangamata where he is a keen boatie and fisherman. Ross has been a member of the NZ Institute of Directors since 2016.