PENINSULA Health CEO Felicity Topp has resigned after more than six years in the top job.
Peninsula Health runs Frankston Hospital, Rosebud Hospital, and the Frankston Public Surgical Centre. Its board is now on the hunt for a new CEO – Adj Associate Professor Helen Cooper has been appointed acting CEO while a permanent replacement is sought.
Peninsula Health board chair Michael Gorton has praised Topp for her work in the role, especially for helping the $1.1 billion Frankston Hospital redevelopment get off the ground. “Peninsula Health has achieved many significant milestones under Felicity’s leadership, including the $1.1 billion redevelopment of Frankston Hospital – the largest health infrastructure investment in Melbourne’s south-east – which is now past the halfway mark, major growth in research, the opening of the Frankston Public Surgical Centre, Tarnbuk Centre, Ngranga Centre, the Cancer & Clinical Trials Hub at Rosebud and the launch of the Healthy Lives 2028 Strategic Plan,” Gorton said. “Felicity leaves a lasting legacy and we thank her enormous contribution to our local community. “We have commenced a search for a new CEO to take us into our next stage with the commencement of the new hospital in early 2026.”
Topp finished in the CEO role on 30 June.
First published in the Mornington News – 16 July 2024
