Dr Brian Linehan is a retired pathologist with considerable experience in medicine, governance, and commerce.
In 2014 he retired as pro-Chancellor of Waikato University after 12 years on the University Council where he was also Chair of the Finance Committee. He recently retired after 13 years as a member of the Waikato University Human Research Ethics Committee.
Until 2004 he was Managing Director of Medlab Hamilton and previously was Chairman of the New Zealand Medical Association. He was also Chairman of IANZ (International Accreditation NZ) where he was instrumental in setting up the procedures for the accreditation for medical laboratories. He was also an elected member of the Waikato Area Health Board until it’s dissolution in 1990. Other past positions included President of the New Zealand Society Pathologists, Examiner in chemical pathology for the Royal Australasian College of pathologists, and President of the Combined Medical Associations of Asia and Oceania (CMAAO). He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Medical Assurance Society (MAS) for over 20 years.
Dr Linehan also served in the New Zealand Army (TF) for nearly 25 years retiring as ADMS New Zealand Land Forces in the rank of Colonel. He has been awarded the ED and DSM. Currently he is a Director of several private companies involved with farming, property development and finance.
Brian has been a Trustee of the Oakley Mental Health Research Foundation since 2001 and is also a member of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Trust (MSRT). He originally joined the Oakley Mental Health Research Foundation at the request of the then Medical Superintendent and Chairman of the Trust, Dr Pat Savage, who wanted a pathologist on the Trust Board to help evaluate some of the requests for funding which had a more pathological basis. He has also spent time, as a student, working in the (now abolished) Oakley and Tokanui Mental Hospitals.
