Michael (Mick) Reid AM has worked in the Australian and international health systems for four decades. He was the Director General of Health in New South Wales and Queensland and the Director General of the Ministry for Science and Medical Research in New South Wales from 2004 to 2007.

Michael is currently a board member of the Western Sydney Local Health District and a member of the Governing Board of the Heart Research Institute. In October 2023, he was appointed Joint-Lead Independent Reviewer for the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare Review.

The report of the Independent Lead Reviewers was handed down in October 2024.

He was awarded Adjunct Professorships in both the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and the School of Science and Health at the University of Western Sydney. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing.

In 2011, he was awarded the AHHA Sidney Sax Medal for contributions to Australian Health Services. In 2019 he was appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for significant service to the community through government and not-for-profit health roles, and to Indigenous welfare.