Stewardship

Stewardship at ISI safeguards intellectual independence, analytical rigor, and coherence between evidence, ethics, and real-world systems.

The Institute for Systems Integrity exists to examine how systems behave where policy, governance, and real-world practice intersect — particularly in environments where decisions carry human, institutional, and societal consequences.

Leadership within the Institute is understood as stewardship, not prominence.
Its purpose is to safeguard standards, maintain intellectual independence, and ensure coherence between evidence, ethics, and application.

The Institute is intentionally designed so that its principles, methods, and responsibilities remain larger than any individual.

Founder & Executive Steward

Dr Alwin Tan MBBS, FRACS, EMBA (University of Melbourne), Ai in Healthcare (Harvard Medical School)

The Institute for Systems Integrity was founded in response to a recurring pattern observed across institutions:
a widening gap between how systems are designed and how they are experienced in practice.

The role of the Founder is not to prescribe outcomes, but to establish and protect the conditions for integrity — clarity of purpose, accountability of decision-making, and independence from undue influence.

As Executive Steward, the Founder is responsible for:

Upholding the Institute’s mission and values
Ensuring intellectual and ethical independence
Maintaining alignment between research, governance, and real-world application
Safeguarding standards as the Institute grows

The Institute’s work is deliberately structured so that authority resides in principles and processes, not personalities.

Stewardship context

Dr Alwin Tan is a specialist clinician and governance practitioner with experience spanning healthcare delivery, clinical governance, and institutional leadership.

Alongside sustained frontline clinical practice in complex environments, his professional formation reflects a deliberate transition from individual expertise to systems-level responsibility. This has included senior involvement in roles concerned with standards, safety, governance, and ethical judgement — where decisions extend beyond technical competence to organisational and public consequence.

His development as a steward of systems has been supported by formal education in business, governance, sustainability, and systems leadership. This includes completion of an Executive MBA through Melbourne Business School, advanced executive education in artificial intelligence and healthcare through Harvard Medical School, and participation in structured leadership and innovation programs, including AUSCEP and Bastas Academy.

His governance formation includes formal director education with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, alongside advanced study in sustainability and systems-level decision-making through the University of Oxford.

This combination of clinical responsibility, governance education, and systems-focused training informs the Institute’s emphasis on:

How systems function under real-world conditions
Where incentives, policy, and practice diverge
The responsibilities of leadership beyond expertise or intent

Credentials are presented not as a distinction, but as context for stewardship — grounding the Institute’s work in experience where decisions carry enduring consequences.

Faculty & Advisory Stewardship

Kishore Madhusudanan B.Tech CISM EMBA

Security Architect | Zero Trust & Cloud Security Resilience Architecture | Executive MBA | Certified Information Security Manager

Kishore Madhusudanan

is a seasoned Information Security leader with over 12 years of experience defending critical infrastructure and driving enterprise-wide resilience. He specializes in bridging the gap between complex technical defenses and strategic business objectives. Throughout a career spanning pivotal roles in the aviation and healthcare sectors, Kishore has built a reputation for leading high-stakes security operations and incident response during critical periods.
A graduate of an Executive MBA and a Bachelor of Information Technology, Kishore brings a rare perspective to the cybersecurity landscape, one that balances rigorous risk management with commercial agility. His track record includes driving an information security uplift program, engineering technical controls for PCI-DSS Level 1 compliance, and leading sophisticated technical investigations using Microsoft Sentinel.
Beyond the technical architecture, Kishore is passionate about the human element of security. He believes that true organizational safety is a byproduct of both robust technology and a culture of informed vigilance. Whether managing threat intelligence or navigating regulatory landscapes, he remains committed to ensuring that innovation and security move at the same speed.

Florinda Frentescu, BNurs.(Monash),BSc.(Monash)

Florinda Frentescu is a purpose-driven healthcare professional and emerging leader defined by integrity, resilience, and service. With strong clinical and operational experience across multidisciplinary teams, she navigates complexity with empathy, precision, and sound judgment.

She thrives in high-stakes environments requiring clarity, courage, and structured problem-solving, bringing accountability and excellence to every role.

As Co-Founder of HealthTech: Vitals Vault, she is focused on building technology that bridges care gaps and improves patient outcomes.

She approaches leadership with curiosity and ambition, grounded in the belief that true leadership begins with service. Her long-term goal is to step into executive roles that drive meaningful, system-level impact.

Nainaben Dhana DCRT (London), HDRT( South Africa) Grad Cert EBP ( Monash) , ACA registered Counsellor

RT Education and Quality Lead, Adjunct Industry Associate Professor of RMIT, AUSCEP participant (2025-26)

Naina Dhana has an exceptional professional history spanning almost 44 years across clinical practice, health education, accreditation, and consultancy. Naina is a very well respected and valued member of the Medical Radiation Practitioner community, with quality, safety and student experience and training at the forefront of her engagement. This is strengthened with her now being engaged in the 2025 Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program with a focus on the mental health and well-being of all health care workers. Naina has always been an advocate for the radiation therapy profession, maintaining professional standards for safe patient care and development of the future workforce. She is also passionate about mentoring and leadership and facilitates the MRPBA Mentoring on the Run program.

Myles Kelly EMBA,(Melbourne Business School)

Founder | Director | CEO | Master of Entrepreneurship candidate (University of Melbourne)Faculty Advisor, Institute for Systems Integrity (ISI)

Myles Kelly connected with ISI Founder Dr Alwin Tan during the Executive Master of Business Administration programme at Melbourne Business School.

He has experience in venture initiation and scale, including work across both the capital raise side and the investor side of angel and seed funding. His background also includes supply chain formation and management across both onshore and offshore environments.

Myles has founded and led the commercialisation of research and development into formalised intellectual property across a range of private groups and globally trading companies. This includes products designed to support physical therapy and musculoskeletal rehabilitation needs within the healthcare sector.

He brings a commercially and ethically minded approach, with an operating style grounded in integrity, accountability, inclusion, and selfless leadership.

Myles is currently undertaking a Master of Entrepreneurship (University of Melbourne) and has a strong interest in the role that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the broader economy and market.

Saundarya Pathak EMBA, M.Stats & Analytics, B.Tech (IT)

Saundarya Pathak is a program and transformation leader with experience spanning complex delivery, governance, digital change, and human-centred innovation. She currently works in program leadership in Victoria, Australia, and brings a practical systems lens to the intersection of strategy, execution, and public value.

Her work is shaped by a strong interest in how organisations make decisions under pressure, how governance can remain effective in complex environments, and how structured delivery can better align with human needs. Alongside her professional role, Saundarya is a co-founder of MyVitalsVault, a digital health initiative focused on improving how people securely manage and share their health information. She also serves on the board of Impact for Women, a not-for-profit organisation supporting women and children affected by family violence, which has further strengthened her commitment to values-led governance and community impact.

Through these roles, Saundarya has developed a deep appreciation for the governance, trust, usability, and systems-design challenges that emerge across both social and institutional settings. As a Faculty Advisor to the Institute for Systems Integrity, she hopes to contribute a grounded, cross-sector perspective shaped by delivery experience, healthcare innovation, and board-level engagement in purpose-driven organisations.

The Institute for Systems Integrity is in the process of forming a Faculty and Advisory Council drawn from governance, healthcare, law, ethics, policy, and systems science.

Advisors contribute not as representatives or advocates, but as guardians of standards. Their role is to provide principled challenge, disciplinary depth, and independent perspective in support of the Institute’s work.

This advisory function is designed to:

Strengthen intellectual rigour
Ensure a cross-disciplinary perspective
Guard against capture, bias, or oversimplification
Support long-term institutional integrity

Appointments will be made selectively and transparently as the Institute’s work develops.

A note on independence

The Institute for Systems Integrity does not operate as a consultancy, advocacy platform, or personal brand.

Its credibility rests on:

Independence from commercial or political alignment
Respect for complexity and uncertainty
Willingness to examine systems, including those in which its members have participated

Stewardship exists to protect that independence — and to ensure the Institute remains accountable to the public interest it serves.

Closing

The Institute’s work will evolve.
Its standards will not.

The Institute is intentionally designed so that its principles, methods, and responsibilities remain larger than any individual.