St John NT CEO, Abigail Trewin AM
An Intensive Care Paramedic by background, Abigail brings more than 15 years’ frontline ambulance experience and over a decade of executive leadership across disaster health, complex emergency operations and government systems, including service with the World Health Organization Emergency Medical Teams Secretariat in Geneva and the Territory’s ambulance service.
For more than a decade, Abigail served as a Director and Mission Lead with the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT), leading multidisciplinary teams across major domestic and international disasters. Her leadership has focused on operational reliability, clinical governance, workforce safety and disciplined execution in high-risk, high-scrutiny environments.
She has held senior executive roles with the Department of Justice Victoria and Respond Global and served as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, operating at the centre of government across complex policy and operational portfolios.
Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2023, Abigail holds a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and is completing a Doctor of Public Health focused on high-performance teams.