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Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health, is committed to the organization’s vision of health and wellness for all. This includes a focus on equity, diversity, anti-racism and inclusion in all we do. 

Ontario Health was created by the Government of Ontario to connect, coordinate, and modernize the province’s health care system. Working closely with partners, providers and patients, accountabilities at Ontario Health include overseeing the delivery and quality of clinical care services; managing funding and accountability for many parts of the health system; and focusing on building positive and collaborative relationships with patients and caregivers, system providers, partners and health care professionals across Ontario. 

Prior to being appointed as the first President and CEO of Ontario Health in 2020, Matthew was the President and CEO at Lakeridge Health; President and CEO at the William Osler Health System – both large community hospitals; CEO at the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network; and Senior Vice-President, Technology and Performance at the University Health Network. 

Matthew’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Health Science from the University of Toronto. 

Matthew’s passions include family, travel, camping and his numerous pets. 

Dr. Sacha Bhatia brings a unique mix of clinical, operational, health system and population health leadership experience to Ontario Health. He is charged with helping advance the agency’s commitment to overall population health with a special focus on the equitable distribution of health care across the system. Encompassing primary care, mental health and addictions, palliative care and provincial cancer screening programs, Sacha’s portfolio also aims to improve outcomes—as well as the experience of patients and care providers alike.

Sacha helps lead Ontario Health’s work to support the implementation of Ontario Health Teams, enabling a better-integrated health system backed by evidence-based tools and digital technology. He is also responsible for the development of new models of care, the expansion of virtual care, and Ontario Health’s collaboration with primary care partners, focused on the social determinants of health.

Before joining Ontario Health, Sacha was Chief Medical Innovation Officer and Interim Executive Lead of Academics at Women’s College Hospital (WCH), as well as the F. M. Hill Chair in Health Systems Solutions and the Division Head of Cardiology. He is also a staff cardiologist at University Health Network, a scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. In 2013, Sacha co-founded the WCH Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, where he served as Director until 2019. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious international journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Journal.

Lynda Hawton Kitamura, a Chartered Professional Accountant and member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, is an experienced executive with extensive financial and operational expertise as well as national and international experience in the technology sector. She is currently Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Operations, with Electronic Products Recycling Association, a not-for-profit, industry-funded organization. She is also Chair of the Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University and an advisor to Bialogics Analytics. Previously, Ms. Kitamura served as Vice President, Finance, Global Technology Services, with Hewlett Packard. With expertise in mergers, acquisitions and strategy development, she is a two-time recipient of the Women's Executive Network Top 100 Women in Canada.