Medibank Private Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Tracey Batten as a non-executive director with effect from 28 August 2017. She is currently the CEO of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and prior to this she was the CEO of St Vincent's Health Australia where she led the restructuring of a network of state based private and public hospitals into a successful national organisation. This appointment is the result of non-executive director Dr. Cherrell Hirst's decision to retire from the Medibank board. These changes are effective from 28 August 2017.