eHealth NSW fills vacant CTO role

eHealth NSW has appointed Richard Weir as its chief technology officer and executive director of service delivery.

Richard Weir (Credit: eHealth NSW)

The agency had been recruiting for the role since September last year.

iTnews reported at the time that Kieron McGarry had been acting in the role since April, when Farhoud Salimi left to take up the CTO role at Telstra Health.

Weir comes to eHealth NSW from DXC Technology, where he was the director of technology delivery for the Commonwealth Bank account for a bit over two years; he also previously worked directly with the same bank for over a decade.

Weir is also a former CTO with several organisations, including PayVantage and Thomson Reuters.

eHealth NSW officially announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post, noting that Weir “will oversee the management of the organisation's statewide platforms and lead a service delivery team comprising more than 1400 IT professionals across eight portfolios.”

“These encompass corporate and clinical application development and support, integration and technology services, data and business intelligence, along with cloud and cyber security practices for NSW Health,” the agency said.

“With over 15 years of extensive international and national leadership experience in telecommunications, software, financial services, and consulting, Richard is dedicated to utilising industry-leading methodologies and change management practices to deliver exceptional outcomes for customers and organisations.”

Weir had confirmed the move in a brief LinkedIn post last week.