Ben Reynolds is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Adventist Care. He is also the President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Western Australia, providing strategic leadership across churches, schools, and community services throughout the state. He has a background in IT consulting and industrial automation, along with pastoral ministry and chaplaincy, having served as a pastor and school chaplain in Auckland, New Zealand, and as a regional pastor based in Geraldton, Western Australia. Ben is passionate about faith-shaped leadership, good governance, and ensuring Adventist Care provides compassionate, high-quality care grounded in Christian values. He lives in the northern suburbs of Perth with his wife, Jess, and their two children.
Kyle serves as the Secretary for this Board of Directors. He also serves as the Conference Secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Western Australian Conference and on the Seventh-day Adventist Schools (WA) Ltd. Board of Directors. He brings executive leadership across governance, human resources, compliance, and multi-entity organisational management. He holds a Master of Ministry, Graduate Diploma and Bachelor of Arts in Theology, and a Diploma of Accounting. Kyle’s background spans twenty years in pastoral ministry across multiple states and countries, including chaplaincy in school and community settings. He brings to the Board a deep commitment to Adventist mission and a practical understanding of the values that underpin care for people at every stage of life.
Shea Adams is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (FCPA) and experienced finance executive based in Perth, Western Australia. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (WA Conference), providing strategic financial leadership and oversight. Shea brings extensive experience in financial governance, compliance, and managing complex not-for-profit and faith-based organisations. Shea is known for his practical, values-driven approach to financial stewardship and long-term sustainability.
Stephen’s professional experience is in all aspects of corporate life covering Organisational Structure, Culture and Values, Entity Performance, Working Relationships and Compliance and Risk Management. He particularly enjoys helping others understand the “story told by the numbers”. Stephen seeks to use his skills to complement other skills at the Board table to enable the entity to serve as proficiently and productively as possible while being true to purpose.
Karl Johns is a seasoned technology and consulting leader with extensive experience driving digital transformation and capability growth across Australia’s public and private sectors. As CEO of ProcessPath and a senior leader across the Rmkble family of businesses—including JourneyOne and DataDivers—Karl champions human centred solutions that combine strategic insight with practical delivery, particularly in low code, automation, and AI enabled platforms. He is recognised for fostering high performing teams, advancing client outcomes, and strengthening partnerships that unlock lasting value. Karl’s leadership is grounded in principles, performance, and purpose, making him a respected advisor and board director in technology enabled transformation.
Kristie is motivated, passionate, and committed to clinical governance, quality and safety in healthcare and aged care because of the significant impact it has on the lives of patients, clients, families, carers and staff. Over the past 10 years there has been significant national changes in aged care, and together there needs to be a focus on continuing to improve and understanding of how we can do better. With over 25 years experience in the industry and over 15 years of cumulative Board experience, she has a commitment to maintaining and raising the status and importance of high quality care and her goals are to further contribute to the greater vision of improving and implementing best practices, whilst also improving client experiences and outcomes for those in our care. Kristie is an Adventist Care Board Director and also works as the National General Manager of Clinical Governance at St John of God Healthcare.
Gary Blagden has served as Adventist Care’s Chief Executive Officer since 2007. During this time Gary has witnessed significant changes driven by Australia’s ageing population. Assisting Adventist Care to navigate the government’s ever-changing policies and meeting the expectations of seniors has been a challenge. Consequently, with a passion for quality, Gary has championed the redevelopment of Rossmoyne Waters into a premier retirement destination, along with its various services for seniors. Prior to his involvement in senior services Gary served a school teacher, school principal and state director of Adventist Schools. Having served on numerous boards across various industries Gary has a wide range of understandings and experience.
Cham is an accomplished lawyer with a broad practice spanning public law, regulatory prosecutions, and constitutional law. He brings to the Board strong capability in identifying and managing legal and organisational risk, together with a commitment to ethical, faith‑informed governance and service‑oriented leadership. A solicitor in the Public and General Litigation section at the State Solicitor’s Office of Western Australia, his experience includes working as a Legal Research Officer to the Chief Judge of the District Court of Western Australia and practising as a litigation lawyer in private practice. He has acted for the State of Western Australia as counsel in a wide range of civil and criminal matters at both trial and appellate levels.
Dr Mpofu is an experienced Family Physician and consults in all aspects of General Practice. Additionally, he has a background of leading a large team of doctors in Urgent Care Medicine in Perth. Having trained in the UK and worked within the UK’s National Health Service from 1992, Dr Mpofu has been practicing in Perth since January 2015.
He has recently become a medical practice owner/ director and is passionate about keeping abreast of developments in Medicine generally and General Practice in particular. He brings to the Adventist Care board, a dedication to evidence-based care and the provision of safe, high-quality services to our clients.
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