Mr Richard Connock has been appointed Acting Health Complaints Commissioner following the retirement of Mr Simon Allston. Mr Connock joined the Office of the Ombudsman and Health Complaints Commissioner in February 2007 as Principal Officer (Ombudsman), and was appointed Director in April 2011. Mr Connock is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Victoria and Tasmania, and was first admitted to practice in Victoria in 1981. He was a member of the Victorian Bar before moving to Tasmania. Mr Connock worked as a consultant legal practitioner and as a project consultant to various agencies including the Office of the Health Complaints Commissioner before joining the Ombudsman’s office.
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