Dr Michael Legg is Chairman of the Health Informatics Society of Australia, Principal of Michael Legg and Associates, a consultancy in Information and Organisational Systems, Professorial Fellow with the Centre for Health Informatics Research at the University of Wollongong and a member of the Board of HL7 Australia. 

He has more than 20 years experience in the health industry. Before his consultancy he was Director Developments - Pathology, Mayne Health (now Symbion) and before that General Manager of Southern Pathology, winners of the Australian Quality Award for Business Excellence.

He has been involved for many years in health informatics standards setting with Standards Australia and HL7.  He has served on many National Committees including the National Health Information Standards Advisory Committee and the Australian Health Information Council's subcommittee for Electronic Decision Support.