Ann Whitfield
Associate Nurse Director Infection Prevention & Occupational Health, Auckland District Health Board
Ann Whitfield is the Associate Nurse Director Infection Prevention & Occupational Health in Auckland and is credentialled as an expert with the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control. Ann has been a registered nurse for 26 years and has a diverse nursing background which includes positions in the British Territorial Army Medical core, a Nursing Officer Merchant Navy (Cruise ships) and has worked both in small and tertiary hospitals. She has spent the last 17 years as a senior infection prevention and control (IPC) expert and worked for the Communicable Disease Control Directorate in Australia and New Zealand.
Ann has humanitarian experience in developing and implementing IPC courses in Tanzania with the Global Health Alliance Western Australia and in West Timor for the Flinders Overseas Health Group. She has also been deployed with the World Health Organisation in West Africa as part of the Ebola response and for the Commonwealth with the COVID-19 Aged Care Response.