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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As Co-Founder and Director of 360 Diagnostics, I focus on developing and executing strategic initiatives to drive growth, improve operational efficiency, and achieve long-term goals in the diagnostic pathology and healthcare sector. My role involves working closely with stakeholders to create strategic roadmaps that align with market opportunities and industry trends, guiding the organisation through change initiatives and growth planning. I also provide leadership in market analysis for acquisitions, developing go-to-market strategies for innovative diagnostics, and ensuring compliance in regulatory environments. Additionally, I offer expert insights for due diligence, helping to assess risks and create effective mitigation strategies for complex sector-specific challenges.Key Achievements:• Built and managed a client base across Southeast Asia and Australia for diagnostic pathology and healthcare services.• Developed profit improvement projects, achieving substantial annual savings for healthcare businesses.• Partnered in due diligence for acquisitions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.• Led the development and validation of customised diagnostics, ensuring regulatory compliance.• Reconstructed a compliance system, recovering significant funding and reducing regulatory risks.• Directed SARS-CoV-2 testing projects for various industries as travel resumed post-COVID.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As Co-Founder and Director at Well360, I have focused on developing a comprehensive digital wellness platform to support better health outcomes for employees within various workplace settings. My role involves overseeing company operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, managing financial processes, and liaising with external partners to maintain smooth business functions. I am also responsible for developing and implementing business strategies that drive growth and improve operational efficiency. By managing internal communications and maintaining accurate documentation, I help ensure the organisation's ongoing success and alignment with strategic goals.Key Achievements:• Created a flexible digital wellness ecosystem tailored to workplace needs.• Launched a data-driven analytics product integrated within a major Health Insurance Firm.• Designed programs to help leadership teams use digital tools to improve member wellness.• Supported development a tool to optimise workforce resource allocation and engagement strategies.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As an industry Advisor to the Board of Directors, the role assists Neopharma in their desires to become global leader in the drugs of abuse testing market using AI enable tools evaluate tests and improve the overall patient/client journey for industrial rapid drug testing. Neopharma is an Australian public company with patented and trademarked, tamper-proof, TamperLoks-DataVault drugs-of-abuse testing solutions.

Australia

As a Non-Executive Director at Vela Diagnostics Australia, I provide strategic guidance and support across various aspects of the business, including customer relations, regulatory compliance, and financial management. My role involves serving as the primary contact for business and regulatory matters, ensuring alignment with TGA standards, and overseeing all necessary financial and legal obligations. I also engage in customer meetings and manage relationships to support business growth while handling key contracts and agreements to maintain smooth operations. Furthermore, I work closely with external partners to enhance operational efficiency and support the company's long-term objectives.Key Achievements:• Streamlined the Australian operating model to maintain profitability and improve operational efficiency.• Improved cash flow management by optimising inventory levels and setting new stockholding standards.• Transitioned warehousing to a third-party logistics provider and consolidated inventory operations.• Outsourced service and maintenance tasks to third parties, enhancing cost management and agility.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Valion Health are an ACHS accredited virtual health provider established to address a gap in accessible, multidisciplinary support and recovery services.Valion Health specialise in cancer support, mental health recovery and chronic care services including recovery programs for business customers. To find out more please reach out to me or visit www.valionhealth.com.au

Melbourne, Australia

Capstone Nominees Pty Ltd is a Healthcare Advisory business specializing within the fields of Pathology, Medical Products, Medical Practices, Mergers and Acquisitions.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

With origins dating back to 1964 in surgical device supply MD Solutions plays an important role in introducing high quality surgical devices to Australasian surgeons and hospitals.With a passion for finding solutions and refusing the status quo of accepted outcomes has enabled us to work closely with the ANZ medical community to bring new and novel medical devices to Australia and New Zealand.

Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

Mucpharm is a specialised oncology company focused on the treatment of mucin-containing and secreting cancers. Mucpharm was established by our group of clinicians and scientists, who specialise in treating patients with advanced cancers of the peritoneum. In attempting to improve patient outcomes, our laboratory research work lead to the discovery of our drug BromAc™, which removes mucin from cancer cells and sensitises cancer cells to chemotherapy agents. Mucin is a barrier to cancer therapy due to chemoresistance, invasiveness and metastasis.Formed between Prof David Morris (Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery, St George Hospital & University of New South Wales) and the Herszberg Family, Mucpharm is a specialized oncology company focused on the treatment of mucin-containing and secreting cancers and other disease conditions. Mucin is a barrier to cancer and other disease therapies due to chemoresistance, invasiveness and metastasis, and in our laboratory work we have demonstrated in a number of studies that BromAc™ removes mucin from affected cells sensitizing them to chemotherapy and other treatment agents. Since 2011 Mucpharm has forged global collaborative partnerships which have been well supported and funded by aligned organizations and investors.

Nth Ryde

As CEO at Laverty Pathology, I led the organisation through a period of transformation, focusing on operational efficiency and service quality. I directed compliance and leasing approvals for a wide network of collection centres and managed regional and peripheral laboratories to ensure high standards of service delivery. I also worked closely with various departments to align organisational structures with strategic goals and was actively involved in meetings related to clinical operations, quality control, legal matters, and more. Additionally, I guided the business through rebranding efforts and played a key role in managing key accounts to support growth and maintain strong business relationships.Key Achievements:• Led the transformation of a central lab to an advanced automated specimen testing facility.• Negotiated a modernised Enterprise Agreement to improve recruitment and retention.• Enhanced profit margins through improved management and operational strategies.• Successfully rebuilt and upgraded regional laboratories, boosting service capabilities.

Heidelberg Victoria

As State Ancillary Services Manager at Dorevitch Pathology, I oversaw a broad range of functions including couriers, data entry, call centres, stores, procurement, and commercial operations. I was responsible for managing financial planning and budgeting to align with overall company objectives and led significant restructuring and redesign efforts to improve operational efficiency.My role included process mapping across all departments to streamline workflows and implementing new training programs to ensure high service quality. I introduced auditing and validation systems to maintain compliance and created decision-support dashboards to provide valuable insights for leadership. Furthermore, I managed key vendor contracts and maintained strong relationships with major commercial clients to enhance service delivery and optimise costs.

Melbourne, Australia

Design, construction, sourcing, importing and wholesaling of a range of products both medical and non medical

Nunawading Vic 3131

As the Executive Director of Paragon Care Ltd, my role was to overseeing both strategic and organic growth for the company.During my three years at the company, I was involved with the aquisition and integration of four seperate businesses in the Acute and Aged Care markets for medical products, furniture and equipment.Some of the most successful contacts included the New Royal Childrens Hospital for the supply and positioning of $2m worth of equipment and the supply of hospital ward beds to St Vincent's Hospital - Melbourne worth $2.4m.Paragon Care Ltd grew from <$1m in June 2009 to >$16m in June 2012.As part of being a director of Paragon Care Ltd, I was also a director of all of the other business subsidiaries being;Axishealth Pty LtdIona Medical Products Pty LtdVolker Australia Pty LtdRapini Pty LtdGM Medical Pty LtdNorgarap T Pty LtdNorgarap L Pty LtdOther key functions included branding, marketing, operational development, enhancing the supplier networks and broadening the reseller networks nationally.My role also included maintaining supplier relationships and contracts involving international travel.

568 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004

As a Director and minority shareholder of the ARL Pathology Group and Healthcare of Australia and its subsidiaries Yarra Ranges Pathology Pty Ltd, Bayside Pathology Pty Ltd, Solaris Pathology Pty Ltd and Latrobe Pathology Pty Ltd, my principle duties were to oversee the strategic development and financial operations of the above companies inconjunction with local laboratory staff.Other duties included liaising with medical practitioners, financial planning and budgeting, human resource management, marketing, preparation of marketing and business plans and acquisitions.During my time at the business we experienced growth from 24 employees in 2004 to more than 350 employees in 2008. Turnover growth from $4.5m to more than $37.0m in 5 years via acquisitive and organic growth.

Melbourne, Australia

Public Health Management Pty Ltd was a business providing medical prevention and treatment to industry with specialised skills in injury and illness prevention, return to work assessments, workers compensation, pre-employment medical assessments, and periodical health assessments.The business included a general practice (St Kilda Road Medical Centre) and employed specialized occupational health physicians and general practitioners.Key clients included;• Metropolitan Fire Brigade• Country Fire Authority• Rural Ambulance Service• Metropolitan Ambulance Service• Works Infrastructure• Department of Sustainability and Energy• Woodside

Melbourne, Australia

In my role as Deputy General Manager of Pathology, I was directly responsible for the department budget (>$25M) and the laboratory operations including capital expenditure.Other duties included overseeing accounts payable and accounts receivable on a daily basis, business development, managing key projects and quality systems.Significant Achievements included the successfull implementation of the cost containment strategy and project planning for over 80 projects resulting in a $1.5M bottom-line improvement in under 12 months without jeopardizing operational capability, improving the laboratory operations to be able to better compete with the market and the restructuring disfunctional departments including setting of rigid monthly reporting tools to enable line managers to be accountable for their daily functions

200 Arden St, North Melbourne Vic 3051

As a consultant to the Endeavour HealthCare Group my engagement was to assist in the planned acquisition of primary care medical centres and pathology laboratories and to evaluate and assist in business planning for diagnostic imaging and to assist in the negotiation of sale documents with vendors (asset sales and services and facility agreements)

Melbourne, Australia

In the role as Business Development Manager for Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging for Victoria and Tasmania, a strong emphasis was placed on episode growth. In order to achieve this goal, a number of initiatives were necessary to be implemented including; • Electronic reporting to doctors • Updating newsletter mailing lists• Pathology and Imaging acquisitions • Niche marketing• Patient feedback forms• Promotional folders• Multiple brochures• Retraining of the sales and marketing staff

Camberwell Vic 3124

The key role of being the marketing manager for Dorevitch Pathology was to organically grow the business by visting medical practitioners in order to secure pathology referrals.I was responsible for 14 GP and Specialist liaison staff including the clincial trials department.

Camberwell

General scientific functions working in all departments within the laboratory.Specifically qualified in Anatomical Pathology and a strong interest in Skin Cancer.

Graduate Diploma - Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Post Graduate Diploma of Management

B. App. Sci, Medical Laboratory Science

Bachelor of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Science

Certificate Of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Laboratory Science

Certificate of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Science