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Dr. David Matear
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. David Matear BDS, BMSc, DDPH, MSc, PhD, MCMI, MIHM, FRSPH, FACHE, has more than 30 years of Canadian and international experience in health care. He has a unique combination of senior leadership experience in policy, project management, change management, clinical, consulting, university, military and community involvement settings in Canada, England, United Arab Emirates and the United States. Most recently, he led California Department of Public Health technical assistance teams in support of health-care systems and he served on the State Health and Human Services COVID planning team, two major initiatives in the COVID response for the state of California. He has also served as executive director, hospitals and community integrated services for Interior Health (IH) West in British Columbia. While there, he planned and introduced a collaborative strategic and operational leadership model among a broad representation of internal and external
stakeholders including Indigenous communities and patient voices. As senior operating director in
Fort McMurray, AB, David acted as the incident commander for Alberta Health Services during the
fire that swept through that community. It was the largest natural disaster in Alberta’s history.
David successfully lead the evacuation of health care services and repatriation of these services during the largest natural disaster in Alberta’s history. David holds extensive educational credentials including a PhD in health-care administration, a BDS in dentistry and certification in health-care management and change management. |