Francis J. Sullivan

Who is Francis J. Sullivan?

Francis John Sullivan was the Secretary-General of the Australian Medical Association, located in Canberra, ACT Australia. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Health Australia from 1994-2008.

Sullivan was born in Perth, Western Australia where he attended Servite College. He received a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Politics from Curtin University of Technology and a Diploma of Education from University of Western Australia.

Sullivan spent numerous years as a High School teacher and Deputy-Principal at many Catholic High Schools and Colleges in Perth between the years of, taking two years off between 1987 and 1988 to travel to Chicago with his wife and daughter where he received a Master of Arts at Loyola University Chicago.

Between the years of 1990 and 1993, Sullivan worked in the Government of Western Australia as the Chief of Staff for then Labor Health Minister Keith Wilson, before moving to Canberra with his wife Susan and three children; Clare, Camille and Timothy, in 1993 to take up a position with Australian health lobbyist group, Catholic Health Australia.

In 1994 he became the CEO of the group, a role in which he remained in for nearly 14 years.