Board Director
MBBS, FRCOG, FRANZCOG
A graduate from Malaysia, Boon completed his O&G training in Aberdeen, Scotland. After obtaining his FRANZCOG in 1990, held consultant positions in New Zealand before returning to consultant positions in Scotland and England where he held senior clinical management positions like being Medical Director and the Clinical Lead for Maternal and Newborn Services for NHS East of England.
In 2011, Boon moved to Australia and held Clinical Director positions in Hobart, Canberra and Central Coast, NSW. He has held senior clinical academic positions with the Universities of Auckland, Aberdeen, Cambridge, Tasmania, Australian National University and is currently Conjoint Professor of O&G with the University of Newcastle.
Elected to Council in 2012, Boon has been on several committees of the College and was Chair of the RANZCOG Continuing Professional Committee until 2023. He is currently Chair of the Governance, Finance and Risk Management Committee. He has a keen interest in training and education and was on the Board of Examiners as joint Coordinator of the Short Answer Questions (SAQ) for the FRANZCOG Examination. He was also on the Board of Examiners for the RCOG in the UK.
Boon is currently Clinical Director of the Women, Children and Families Directorate for the Central Coast Local Health District, NSW. He was on the Medical Board of Australia and Specialist Adviser to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Executive Committee of the Australian Preterm Birth Alliance and the Steering Committee of the Stillbirth Baby Bundle. He on the RANZCOG Register of Medicolegal Experts.
This is Boon’s second term as a Board Director.
