NSW Ambulance is made up of five Directorate areas:
- Clinical Operations
- Aeromedical Operations
- Clinical Capability, Safety & Quality
- People & Culture
- Finance & Corporate Services
The organisation is led by an Executive Leadership Team who preside over each Directorate.
Download the NSW Ambulance organisational chart (PDF, 31.7 KB).
Commissioner and Chief Executive - Dr Dominic Morgan ASM
Adjunct Associate Professor Dominic Morgan has over 30 years of ambulance experience across a broad range of roles in the areas of operations, clinical practice and leadership within Ambulance Services and the Financial Sector. After commencing his career with NSW Ambulance, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Ambulance Tasmania in 2009 and returned to NSW Ambulance in 2016 as Chief Executive and Commissioner.
He is a Board member and Chair of The Australasian Council of Ambulance Authorities, the peak body representing the Ambulance sector in Australia and New Zealand and he has also chaired a number of international sub-committees. He is also a member of the Ambulance Service Advisory Board.
Dr Morgan has a number of professional affiliations including Adjunct Associate Professorship with the University of Technology, Sydney, as well as being a Registered Paramedic.
Dominic holds a Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Business Administration. He completed his PhD in 2018, undertaking a study into the factors that influence early access to defibrillation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Deputy Commissioner and Executive Director, Clinical Operations - David Dutton BM ASM
David joined NSW Ambulance in 2013 after twenty years working in the ACT Ambulance Service. His career began as a student paramedic and included working in road and aeromedical operations, clinical education, emergency operations, operational support and senior executive management roles.
David has a strong interest and wide range of experience in emergency management, including as a responder to the 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Disaster, operational commander for the 2003 Canberra Firestorm Disaster and executive manager for the 2014 Lindt Café Siege. In 2018 he was appointed as Executive Director Clinical Operations and promoted to Deputy Commissioner, where he currently leads a team responsible for answering over 1 million Emergency Triple Zero calls a year and responding across NSW from Tweed Heads to Tathra and Bondi Beach to Broken Hill and beyond.
Clare Beech ASM, Executive Director Clinical Capability, Safety & Quality
Since beginning her paramedic career in 2003, Clare has worked in rural and remote locations across Victoria prior to joining NSW Ambulance in 2007. In Sydney, Clare qualified in Intensive Care and Extended Care paramedicine.
At NSW Ambulance, Clare has performed a range of clinical, operational and executive roles. As Director Clinical Operations (Sectors), Clare was responsible for the delivery of all land-based ambulance operations and providing senior clinical and cultural leadership to the 4,000 strong operational workforce.
Clare is the Executive Director Clinical Capability, Safety and Quality at NSW Ambulance and leads a diverse portfolio including Clinical Governance, Education, Virtual Care, Clinical Practice and Programs, Service Planning and Aboriginal Health. Most recently Clare has overseen the implementation of the NSW Ambulance Virtual Clinical Care Centre designed to connect health consumers with the most appropriate care. This new model represents the most significant reform and innovation project to be delivered over the life of the NSW Ambulance Strategic Plan – Redefining our Future and directly addresses the priorities NSW Health has sent in delivering high value, patient centred care.
Clare is a strong and well-respected leader. She encourages ownership, participation and innovation from her teams, always returning the focus of actions and decisions to the needs of the patient and their experience in the out-of-hospital clinical setting. Clare has post graduate qualifications in leadership, public administration, corporate governance and EMS operations management and is a practitioner member on the Paramedicine Board of Australia.
Executive Director, Aeromedical Operations - Dr Sarah Coombes ASM
Sarah is Executive Director of Aeromedical Operations and one of NSW Ambulance's Senior Assistant Commissioners. She brings extensive experience to the position from across the Public Hospital and Aeromedical Retrieval sectors within NSW Health and the UK National Health Service (NHS). Sarah has more than 15 years of operational experience flying with London’s Air Ambulance, NETS, Westpac Lifesaver and NSW Ambulance Aeromedical Operations. Sarah also has nine years of operational support experience as a Senior State Retrieval Consultant within the Aeromedical Control Centre. In addition she was the Clinical Governance Lead for NSW Ambulance, Aeromedical Operations for five years.
Sarah is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine and the College of Emergency Medicine, UK, specialising in both Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine. She is a Certified Medical Transport Executive with the Association of Air Medical Services and has a strong interest in humanitarian causes; with active participation in AUSMAT and USAR team development, leadership capability and response planning.
Executive Director, People & Culture - Amanda Soliman
Amanda Soliman is an experienced Human Resources Professional with 20+ years’ experience leading large specialised and multi-disciplinary teams. Amanda commenced her career as a people leader in the retail industry, establishing and leading high performing teams that delivered operational results through an improved customer experience. Her passion for improving service delivery through effective people leadership and workplace culture, led Amanda to complete a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Employment Relations and transition her career into various leadership roles within People & Culture in retail, aged care and health care industries in corporate enterprise, not for profit and public sector.
With a strong customer service ethos, Amanda passion is the delivery of People & Culture strategies that improve the patient experience and outcomes through enhanced employee experience, engagement and workplace culture.
Executive Director, Finance & Corporate Services - Brian Jackson
Brian brings a wealth of experience and skills to the role of Executive Director, Finance & Corporate Services.
Prior to this appointment, he held a number of senior executive positions including Director Business Services at the ABC, and Group General Manager Finance at Qantas. Brian also held accounting and finance roles with iconic companies Optus, Telstra and IBM. He holds an MBA from the AGSM, a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW and a CPA qualification.