Board Staff

Cancer Control New Zealand is supported by a dedicated secretariat. The secretariat provides operational and analytical support to help the Board carry out its key tasks and annual work plan.

Craig Tamblyn, General Manager

Craig comes to Cancer Control New Zealand with 22 years’ experience in the health sector. Craig began his career as a registered nurse in mental health. Over his nursing years, Craig worked at the Wellington Cancer Centre, managed the Wellington Regional Sexual Health Service and set up primary health services and PHOs for the Wellington Independent Practice Association (WIPA). Craig has a business degree in Health Service Management and a Masters in Business Administration. Before joining the secretariat, Craig was the New Zealand National Manager for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

Mary Clare Tracey, Senior Analyst

Mary Clare comes to the Board with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) undertaken at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Mary Clare undertook a Masters in Biochemistry at Lincoln University examining the growth hormone-related distribution of glucose transporters in two lines of sheep. Since 1996 she has worked as a research assistant and assistant research fellow at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is currently completing her PhD in molecular biology, having undertaken the first comprehensive examination of the distribution of HLA alleles in the New Zealand Māori population. She has widened this research to encompass ethnic disparities in leukaemia incidence in New Zealand, leukaemia incidence and bone marrow transplant rate disparities between New Zealand and Australia and a comprehensive survey of attitudes toward transplant criteria among New Zealand haematologists.

Scott Trainor, Senior Analyst

Scott comes to the Board with a degree in Political Science and Gender Studies, and is currently working towards a Masters degree in Public Policy. Scott has an interest in tobacco control and has completed some work in this area for the Board in the past. His current focus is on the Board's monitoring and evaluation work stream. This work includes examining and refining the Board's current performance measurement framework — that the Board uses to assess progress — to ensure that the Council's reporting captures real strategic progress, and not simply activity. It also includes using this performance measurement framework to measure whether the cancer system has made a difference to the lives of cancer patients and their families. Such reporting allows identification of areas of good progress that can be emulated across the cancer control continuum, as well as areas where further effort is needed if progress is to be made.

Wayne Naylor, Senior Analyst

Wayne has a background in nursing and has worked in a variety of roles including Staff Nurse, Wound Management Research Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Nurse Educator– Lecturer in oncology and haematology. These roles have spanned both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Wayne completed a Bachelor of Science honours degree in adult cancer nursing at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London, and a post graduate certificate in palliative care at Victoria University of Wellington. During this time Wayne has published two books, eight book chapters and a number of journal articles on the subjects of cancer nursing, wound management and palliative care.
In a departure from his previous clinical and academic roles, Wayne is currently working as a Senior Analyst for Cancer Control New Zealand with a focus on supporting the work of the Palliative Care Council. This Council was established in 2008 to provide independent and expert advice to the Minister of Health, and to report on New Zealand’s performance in providing palliative and end-of-life care.
Wayne’s current work focuses on strategic projects in relation to cancer control and palliative care in New Zealand.

Ian Futcher, Analyst

Ian comes to Cancer Control NZ from the Ministry of Health. He has a degree in History from Victoria University and will soon be working towards a Masters in Strategic Studies. Ian is currently working on an Impact Evaluation of the Voice of Experience Survey that was conducted by CCNZ in 2009. This project will establish what effect the Voice of Experience Survey had on the Regional Cancer Centres. When it is complete, the Impact Evaluation will guide further patient experience surveys. Ian also works with both the CCNZ Board and the Palliative Care Council of New Zealand.