Professor Lester Levy

Lester is a qualified medical doctor with an MBA and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. He is registered as a medical specialist with the Medical Council of New Zealand.  

Lester has been appointed to serve on 30 Boards of Directors, 17 as Chair and three as deputy-Chair. He has served as a chair of boards of directors continuously for 27 years and has held seven ministerial health appointments over the last 16 years. Lester has been a healthcare chief executive three times, twice in the public sector and once in the private sector.

Lester has been appointed as the Commissioner of Health NZ.