The Cancer Council Australia has appointment Professor Ian Olver as its new chief executive officer to replace long-serving CEO Professor Alan Coates, who will retire from the role next year.
Professor Olver, clinical director of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre, will take up the position in May 2006.
The Cancer Council Australia President, Judith Roberts, said the role of CEO at the
organisation was one of the nation’s most important community sector positions, particularly as the number of cancer cases was projected to increase by more than 30% over the next decade.
As well as his role at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Professor Olver is Chair of the Medical
Oncology Group of Australia, Board member of the National Breast Cancer Centre, Cancer Council Professor of Cancer Care at Adelaide University and Chair of The Cancer Council Australia’s Medical and Scientific Committee.
He is also a member of The Cancer Council’s Oncology Education Committee and a former member of the multi-jurisdictional National Cancer Strategies Group set up to advise the Federal Government.
