Our People
Our people are passionate about what they do.
Catalyst has a national presence. Our services are supported by 36 dedicated staff based in Auckland, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Catalyst’s leadership team is led by Chief Executive, Elaine McFadyen. Elaine has 18 years senior management experience in the public and private sector, including strong financial services industry knowledge and experience before commencing as Chief Executive for Catalyst in 2007. Her strengths lie in strategic leadership, business development, relationship management and capability development.
Elaine is supported by her team of senior managers:
Phillippa Greer - General Manager Operations
RN, PG Certificates in Occupational Health and Safety and Human Resource Management
Phillippa has 19 years experience in health and safety and injury management with two large New Zealand private companies and ACC prior to commencing with Catalyst in 2010. Phillippa is also a registered nurse, with post graduate qualifications in health and safety and rehabilitation and human resource management.
Phillippa’s role at Catalyst is to manage the service delivery to our clients. Prior to this, as manager of the ACC Partnership Programme, she led the Accredited Employer Programme Operational review in 2008.
Sean Cross – Chief Information Officer
Bachelor of Engineering (Mech)
Sean started his career with CRM Group as IT Manager from 1994-2002. In 2005 Sean rejoined Catalyst as Chief Information Officer. Sean is responsible for IT Strategy and direction, application and database development and supplier management at Catalyst. Sean has a broad range of technical expertise and experience and leads the development for Catalyst's own Claims Management System (CMS) and web-based application Pivotal.
Catalyst’s team of case managers and administration staff are led by three regional managers:
Rachel Moon –Acting Manager Northern
Bachelor of Health Science (Physiotherapy) and Post Graduate Diploma (Sports Medicine)
Rachel started at Catalyst as a case manager in 2010 and now manages our Northern operations. Rachel has over ten years experience in private practice physiotherapy and practice management.
Mairin Gallagher – Manager Central
Bachelor of Business Studies (Marketing)
Mairin has over ten years injury management experience. Prior to joining Catalyst in 2007 Mairin worked as a case manager at ACC. Mairin is one of our key customer relationship managers at Catalyst.
Yvonne Grieve – Manager Southern
National Certificate in Adult Teaching specialising in legislative training, NZQA accredited
Yvonne started at Catalyst as a case manager in 2004 and was promoted to Manager in 2005. Yvonne has over ten years experience in mediation and has an excellent knowledge and understanding of ACC legislation.
Other key team members include:
Jane Gibbons – Occupational Health Consultant
RCPN, Cert OHN, Cert Health and Safety Management, Grad Dip Bus (Mktg)
Jane is our lead Occupational Health Nurse with over 22 years experience in occupational health, safety and training. Jane is a core member of our occupational health team.
Leonie McCulloch – Lead - Business Support
NZQA Business and Administration
Leonie has over 20 years experience as a technical expert advisor on ACC legislation and entitlements and is a certified ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Trainer.
Our team has, on average ten years injury management and health and safety experience. Some of our people have worked in this industry for over 20 years.
Our people come from a range of professions including health and safety, medical, occupational health, psychology, physiotherapy, science and business.
Catalyst helps organisations achieve greater workplace productivity. We think of it as helping employers provide better care for their staff and create safer places for them to work.
We partner with organisations and build trusting relationships that will encourage and motivate their employees to achieve safe and healthy lifestyle goals.