Leadership team
Leading by example
Achieving excellence
The McKenzie Leadership Team brings together combined expertise in a range of relevant fields, including care, risk and business management, leadership and governance, quality and compliance, assisted living and facility development.
With many years of experience, our Governance and Management teams guide the Group to achieve excellence in care, operations and business performance.
Governance team
Management team
Stephen Muggleton
Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Muggleton is regarded as a transformational CEO with more than 25 years’ experience managing teaching hospitals and some of Australia’s largest residential aged and community care organisations.
He has been a member of a number of industry, national and international expert committees on health and ageing. He is currently the Australasian Services Care Network representative on the National Aged Care Alliance, a member of the Ageing Asia Global Advisory Board, and a Director of the Aged & Community Care Providers Association.
His contributions to health and aged care have been recognised with an Adjunct Professor title from The University of Queensland, a Queensland Reconciliation Award, a Prime Minister’s Award and an Institute of Management Award for not for profit Manager of the Year. In 2019, he was named a Global Ageing Influencer.
Brett Rice
Chief Financial Officer
Brett brings to McKenzie over 25 years financial and management experience in a variety of sectors and industries including senior finance and commercial roles with ASX top 100 companies and leading not-for-profit organisations.
He has had significant governance and Board Director involvement with a number of commercial, community and mission based organisations. It is in the property and seniors living, retirement and aged care sector that Brett spent the last 7+ years and has developed a genuine passion for the sector to see quality care and services for residents delivered across sustainable and effective business operations.
In addition to undergraduate and post graduate qualifications in Accounting & Economics, Brett has undertaken a number of corporate leadership training and development courses including attending the INSEAD executive education campus in Singapore and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Brett is a strategic and transformational change leading finance executive with excellent technical and operational skills, management expertise and complemented with strong personal attributes that has seen demonstrated success in corporate governance, board and executive level reporting, performance measurement frameworks, overseeing key transformation and business process re-engineering projects, major property project feasibility, delivering on M&A strategies, debt and capital management along with corporate support services functions including finance shared services, IT operations, PMO, facilities maintenance, procurement, legal and risk.
Kate Gray
General Manager – Operations
Kate is a registered nurse with 25 years experience in nursing and senior management positions across aged care and mental health services.
Kate has a keen understanding of the challenges and priorities of providing high-quality assisted living services to our residents.
With her extensive qualifications (including a Bachelor of Education, Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Masters of Management and Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors) and her wealth of experience, including as Director of Aged Care Services in a large public sector organisation, Kate brings to McKenzie strong leadership, financial management skills and industry expertise.
Kate worked as Regional Operations Manager (for Queensland and NSW) for over three years, before being appointed General Manager Integration and Operations. This broader role encompasses strategic and operational planning and delivery across the entire McKenzie Group. Kate helps to create a positive workplace culture that invests in the personal and professional development of McKenzie staff; ensures a focus on quality to improve outcomes for residents; and oversees financial management, to ensure McKenzie remains a financially viable company into the future.
Tony Wheal
Chief People Officer
Tony has joined McKenzie Aged Care with a wealth of experience spanning multiple sectors including hospitality, facilities, utilities, and financial services.
A people coach and strategist at heart, one of his recent successes has been a talent and workforce strategy to help manage the risk of workforce shortages, focussing on retention initiatives, career development, succession planning, employee engagement, and more. Tony has brought with him a deep understanding of how to operate successfully under stringent regulatory requirements, whilst building the strategies needed to create collaborative teams that deliver a fantastic consumer experience.
Shubha Sridhar
General Manager – ICT
Shubha is an Information Technology and Digital professional with over 20 years of experience in a variety of roles across corporate and government sectors.
Shubha has held leadership positions in consulting, operations management and transformational program delivery roles. Most recently, Shubha headed up technology integration for the merger of two Victorian water authorities through COVID-19. Shubha has led numerous technology initiatives delivering customer and employee experience improvements through digitalisation and innovation. She enjoys the challenge of driving transformation, balancing operational imperatives with strategic objectives.
Fiona Bamberry (RN)
Regional Operations Manager – Sunshine Coast
A registered nurse since 1981, Fiona has long contributed to the wellbeing of others, from her work in mental health to her commitment to community services and residential aged care.
Fiona holds a Masters in Health Management, a Bachelor of Nursing, along with both General and Psychiatric Nursing Certifications. Further to these, Fiona is also a recognised health care auditor having reviewed, reported and made recommendations at public, executive and government level.
Fiona Charleston
Regional Operations Manager – Gold Coast/Brisbane
Fiona is an experienced and well-established Operations Manager who has demonstrated successful results gained through a range of roles with aged care providers in New South Wales and Queensland.
Fiona has extensive technical knowledge of the aged care industry and its legislation.
Experienced in strategy development and delivery, Fiona has a proven track record in improving operational efficiencies and business performance, while achieving positive results.
With her exceptional communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships, Fiona is helping to lead our teams with a more customer orientated focus.
