Susanne Tegen is the APAC Insider Healthcare Accessibility Leader of the Year 2026 consistently converted rural health inequity into a national policy and investment priority.

As of the National Rural Health Alliance, she has elevated the voice of the 30% or 7,4 mill people who live and work in rural, regional and remote communities. She has raised the inequity and human rights, driving evidence-based policy, advocacy for funding, digital/tele-health, disability, aged care primary care access.