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Louise Cuskelly

Executive Director - ACHS

Louise is a well-respected and experienced senior executive in health with more than 20 years’ experience in the public, not for profit and private sectors. Prior to joining AHSI, Louise held positions of Global Lead of Healthcare Partnerships for Risk Prevention, Medical Protection Society, UK; Client Management Lead, Cognitive Institute, an international healthcare education provider; CEO St Vincent’s Private Hospital; and member of the executive of St Andrew’s Private Hospital, Toowoomba, Australia.

Louise consults to leaders around the world on healthcare quality and improvement, supporting organisations to achieve high performance through measurable improvement in quality patient outcomes, professional accountability, and safety culture.   She possesses expertise in clinical risk management, clinical governance, safety and quality, risk management, clinical leadership, and culture change.

She is passionate about patient safety, sharing lessons learned and supporting organisations to deliver safer, kinder, and more reliable healthcare.