Sharon Mariu
board
surgery
Waikato District Health Board
New Zealand
Biography
In private life Sharon works as a chartered accountant and it is those skills in finance that saw her appointed to the board back in 2010. Previously she had been an appointed member of Lakes District Health Board for nine years. Sharon wants to be part of a board that improves health outcomes for the region and by default the communities that live within it. “The biggest change I would like to see for public health in the Waikato is better integration of health services across the spectrum from primary to tertiary services,” she said. “The main emphasis has to be on people being well and staying well in their communities,” she said. Sharon believes the best part of the Waikato is the diversity of our communities and geography, and it is those two elements that both challenge the board but also must be embraced.
Research Interest
In private life Sharon works as a chartered accountant and it is those skills in finance that saw her appointed to the board back in 2010. Previously she had been an appointed member of Lakes District Health Board for nine years. Sharon wants to be part of a board that improves health outcomes for the region and by default the communities that live within it. “The biggest change I would like to see for public health in the Waikato is better integration of health services across the spectrum from primary to tertiary services,” she said. “The main emphasis has to be on people being well and staying well in their communities,” she said. Sharon believes the best part of the Waikato is the diversity of our communities and geography, and it is those two elements that both challenge the board but also must be embraced.
