Sean McKinley has held chief executive positions in several organisations across health, education and social services including Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa -Playcentre Aotearoa, New Zealand Social Workers Registration Board, and New Zealand Psychological Society.

Sean is a member of the interim Establishment Board for the Health, Community and Social Services Workforce Development Council. He also has experience on health sector boards, having been a ministerial appointee to the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand and the Optometrist and Dispensing Opticians Board.