Speakers at the Health Procure 2015 conference, Melbourne, Australia

Brett Beattie
Head of Procurement
Opal Aged Care

Brett is currently the Head of Procurement for Opal Specialist Aged Care. Opal Specialist Aged Care is the leading Aged Care provider in Australia with approximately 5000 staff nationally. Opal has 60 facilities with 5000 residents in four states with Head Office in Sydney. Brett’s remit is transformational in nature and to raise the visibility of Procurement in the organisation, embed Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management into the function and develop sustainable procurement strategy. The Procurement team that Brett leads is responsible for leading all strategic sourcing and contracting activity across the business. Brett has gained his procurement experience from over 12 years in the Pharmaceutical, Environmental Services, Logistics, Engineering and Manufacturing sectors through Australia, Asia Pacific and globally. This experience has seen Brett take on remits for creation and execution of building sustainable procurement and risk mitigation strategies, policies, procedures, related functions and teams. He has a high level of experience working internationally across diverse markets and business cultures in both mature and emerging markets. In Brett’s roles he has been relied upon to be a spend management advocate, thought leader, strategist, facilitator of change and a process re-engineer. Brett has strong management and leadership attributes with direct reports in Category Management, Contract Management, Tactical Buying and Purchasing roles.

Paul Broadbridge
Manager Supply Chain
National E-Health Transition Authority

Paul is the Manager Supply Chain with NEHTA, responsible for leading the supply chain stream in the uptake of eHealth solutions that enhance healthcare by enabling access to the right information, for the right person, at the right time and place. This is being delivered through initiatives like the operationalisation of the National Product Catalogue, Locatenet and Recallnet and utilisation of NEHTA eProcurement solution. Paul specialises in the integration of technology, people and data to deliver business and healthcare outcomes acquired through over 10 years’ experience at a state, national and international level specialising in organisation reform, strategy development and change management within the public sector.

Paul has been responsible for developing procurement savings strategies, fleet optimisation initiatives and implementation of robust procurement governance models that contribute to providing cost savings, efficiency gains and improved service quality. Recently Paul led an integral team in the implementation of a centralised procurement model, focused on procure to pay system and process standardisation across all public health sites within South Australia, in addition to expansion and automation design of a centralised distribution centre to support the initiative.

Aurel Brudan
CEO
The KPI Institute

Aurel Brudan is the CEO of The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators research and education. Under his coordination the Institute research team documented over 7,000 KPI examples from 15 functional areas and 24 industries, reviewed 1,000+ performance reports from 125 countries and referenced 20,000+ resources, the result being www.smartKPIs.com, the premier destination for quality performance management and measurement resources. Other research programs resulted in the development of two maturity models for performance management and measurement, as well as the establishment of the KPI Management Framework to provide the theoretical base for the Certificate in Key Performance Indicators Management.
As a consultant, Aurel conducted numerous performance management system implementations using solutions such as the Balanced Scorecard, operational dashboards and functional performance scorecards. Among his most important clients are Australia Post, the Australian Federal Administration, the Victorian State Government, Brisbane City Council, National Australia Bank, Qatar Supreme Council Of Health and SABIS.
As an educator, Aurel has accumulated hundreds of hours of experience in a variety of settings, from open and in-house training delivery to tutoring management for the University of Melbourne. Aurel is a member of the Academy of Management, the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management, the Australian Marketing Institute and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
Aurel has tertiary qualifications in both Economics and Marketing, complemented by postgraduate certificates in Advanced Learning and Leadership, as well as in Research Commercialization from the Melbourne Business School in Australia. Aurel is also in the final stages of his PhD. candidature, researching Integrated Performance Management Systems at the University of Melbourne.

Natalie Budovsky
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Healthdirect Australia

Natalie Budovsky is the Head of Strategic Sourcing at Healthdirect Australia – the organisation established by the Council of Australian Governments with the purpose of providing all Australians with access to trusted professional health information without time or geographic restrictions. Natalie and her team are responsible for the design and delivery of commercially focused solutions that support Healthdirect Australia’s vision.

Healthdirect Australia’s sourcing objective – to have industry leading capabilities to deliver best value arrangement to the shareholders and stakeholders, is tailored to the company’s unique processes and requirements and brings Procurement, Contract Management and Business Intelligence into one continuous business management cycle.

Prior to joining Healthdirect in 2012, Natalie held executive operational, general management and procurement roles at American Express, Cisco and EnergyAustralia (now Ausgrid). Natalie’s varied generalist background is instrumental in ensuring that the Healthdirect Australia’s sourcing strategy is closely connected to the business strategy and is constantly evolving in support of the organisation’s changing needs.

Natalie holds an MBA in General Management and an MA in Linguistics and Pedagogical Sciences.

“What makes the Procurement Strategy right? Is it an art, a science or a combination of both? Who should be involved in its design and development? Who does it affect? These are just some of the questions that HealthProcure 2015 conference will attempt to answer. It is shaping up to be a great forum: an opportunity to share views and ideas, an opportunity to debate and deliberate, and an opportunity to connect with likeminded people who are passionate about the future of health and the health of its economics.”

Alba Chliakhtine
Director Procurement
Health Purchasing Victoria

Alba’s procurement career spans a wide range of industries including technology, aerospace, manufacturing, financial services and online sourcing services.She has held a number of senior management roles in procurement and operations where she was responsible for warehousing, procurement, customs and shipping. In her procurement career, Alba led the successful development of diverse procurement and supply strategies encompassing a broad range of supply categories. In addition, Alba’s work also extends to supporting not-for-profit organisations in the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) sector

Paul Cooper
Vice President
Victorian e-health Network

Paul Cooper is President of the Victorian eHealth Network – a not for profit association of people and organisations interested in promoting eHealth. Paul commenced his career in medical research as a Ph.D student investigating the biochemistry in a mouse model of leukaemia. This research sparked his interest in the early field of health informatics and he subsequently extended his career into ICT with the Victorian Government and subsequently as a consultant to industry. As a consultant Paul undertook further studies in Organisation Development and more recently was a foundation member of the Certificate in Health Informatics (Australia). His early science research experience has informed his approach to consulting which is oriented around supportive evidence and extensive stakeholder engagement to achieve change. He has blended his health research, ICT background and change management skills to the benefit of many clients who are trying to find ever more effective ways to use information and assist them to navigate the world of fast emerging capabilities. Paul has been engaged in the eHealth industry as a consultant and in industry roles as an advocate since 2006. He has been engaged by the Victorian Government as an industry advisor on the VICTAC (Victorian Technology Advisory Committee) and in advising on matters ranging from ICT governance to procurement reform.
He has been widely engaged by clients for board level workshop facilitation, risk and root cause analysis, digital engagements uplift, strategy formulation, program and project health checks. As a long term advocate of digital for the benefit of clients, he started using cloud social media such as LinkedIn in its very early days and remains an advocate of social for business plus the mobility enablement of work forces.
He believes strongly in the benefits of diversity and pluralistic thinking and is a diversity champion within his firm. He is a keen street photographer and runs a blog site aimed at making everyday photography accessible and fun for non-technical people.
Specialties: Government and Health Vertical, Strategic Planning, eHealth, facilitation, diversity, IT emerging solutions, informatics, motivation, innovation and organisation development

Candida Costa Wong
Health Program Manager
ICN

As Health Program Manager, Candida is responsible for the development and delivery of ICN’s health sector strategy.

ICN’s health program aims to match products and services with opportunities in the health sector, primarily the construction and refurbishment of hospitals.

The health program also includes access to industry exports, education, networking events, promotions and business matching.

Through the federal Government's Supplier Access to Major Projects (SAMP) Program, Candida manages the National Health Alliance program. The program comprises 12 projects throughout New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania and assists local industry access over $5 billion worth of opportunities.

Prior to joining ICN, Candida worked in Venture Capital and Corporate Advisory assisting Australian companies export their products and services to the Americas and South East Asia.

Candida holds a Masters of International Business (major in finance) from the University of Melbourne.

Ross Darrah
Head of Procurement
HealthAlliance New Zealand

Ross Darrah is a familiar face to many in procurement circles internationally. In his current role as General Manager for Procurement within healthAlliance, a shared services organisation to the health sector, he is responsible for leading his team to deliver procurement nationally — a first within New Zealand. Managing procurement spend at a national level is significant but it takes on extra importance when it’s directly contributing to better healthcare in our communities. He brings a wealth of experience, having founded and led Management Toolbox, an innovative company of organisational engineers who help businesses sharpen their strategy for growth and efficiency. The company later formed Grant Thornton New Zealand’s new Business Transformation service.

Anton Donker
Chief Information Officer & General Manager Digital Services
Healthdirect Australia

Anton Donker is General Manager Digital Services and CIO for Healthdirect Australia. His experience includes six years with whole-of-government responsibilities for procurement and ICT in Queensland, including reform of the Queensland Purchasing Policy and introduction of GITC arrangements. He then spent six years as CIO for Queensland Health where strategic sourcing, procurement, contracting and ICT improvements were a key part of enabling better health services. Anton has consulted widely in the private sector, concentrating in health related areas. At Healthdirect Australia, Anton is always seeking to leverage technology and innovation and this often requires different approaches to solution design, sourcing, procurement and contracting.

Jonathan Dutton
Director
JD Consultancy
& Former Managing Director, CIPSA

Jonathon Dutton was the founding Managing Director of CIPS Australasia for over eight years up until February 2013. He was responsible for all aspects of CIPS activities as the global peak body for professional procurement & supply management in the region. He represented the profession and its standards to the highest levels of business and government. As a former qualified procurement manager himself, as well as sales manager turned marketing director, Jonathan can easily draw on experiences from both sides of the negotiating table. Jonathan has worked in senior positions for British Airways, QANTAS, Regus & CHUBB, and is a fellow of four institutes covering procurement, marketing, management and the royal society of arts. He is also a graduate diploma member of the institute of company directors, and has a degree in economics with accountancy and business law. Jonathan is married with two young children and lives in Melbourne, and can be reached easily through LINKED IN or his website. www.jdconsultancy.com.au

John Engeler
Head of Procurement
Summit Care

John joined SummitCare in 2012. His background includes planning experience with Housing NSW and business development in its commercial arm, Resitech. He then worked in disability care, support and advocacy across a number of areas, but primarily accommodation, before returning to property, projects and asset management for the growing community housing sector.
John has completed undergraduate studies in Social Studies, undertaken post-graduate study in law, and holds a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He also held board and advisory positions for not-for-profit peak bodies and intergovernmental taskforces addressing and improving housing, accommodation and service provision for a range of residents.

"Improving Health Procurement for health is crucially important, whether for guests, residents or patients - increasingly, in aged care settings, these are one and the same 'consumers', depending on the items being procured. HealthProcure 2015 is a great opportunity to bring together people who make important decisions in area of Health Procurement." - John Engeler

Cathy Jones
National Quality Manager & Compliance
Healthscope

Cathy Jones is the National Quality Manager for Healthscope, across 46 hospitals, 47 pathology labs and 64 GP practices. She began her career as a Speech Pathologist and then moved into quality management roles in various public and private hospitals. Cathy completed her MBA and then worked at St. Vincent’s Health Melbourne as Director of Strategy. Since 2003 she has been a lecturer for the International Hospital MBA Program at the HfB University in Germany. She represents the private sector on several national committees with the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care. To relax she likes nothing better than sitting in front of all 5 days of a cricket test match. This last happened in 1995.

Rick Law
Director Supply Chain and Revenue Service
Peninsula Health

Rick is a senior manager with a Finance, Supply and Logistics background. He has extensive experience with process re-engineering gained from manufacturing companies such as Nissan Motor Manufacturing and Heinz Foods. Rick more recently worked with the Department of Human services as the Financial Services Manager – Southern Metropolitan Region before joining Peninsula Health as the Director - Supply Chain in March 2008. Rick has a Bachelor of Business/Accountancy and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance. He is also a past Board member of Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV). In the 2010 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, the Peninsula Health Supply Chain won a silver award for their “Delivering sustainable and efficient healthcare services” projects. During 2013 Rick was a member of the Dept. Health funded Supply Chain study tour of England, Scotland and the USA. The study tour was made of 6 members from Health agencies and HPV and investigated current supply chain trends in each country and how savings and efficiencies have been successfully implemented.

Scott Levens
Principal Consultant
The Faculty

Prior to joining The Faculty he had spent time working with a Not for Profit organisation that performed contract aggregation on behalf of around 500 members Australia wide. Scott’s role whilst at this organisation was to manage a project that required the identification and contracting of a new Source-2-Pay platform. Previous to this Scott has worked in Financial Services, FMCG and Hospitality covering the functional areas of Procurement, Project Management, Marketing and Research.

Throughout Scott’s procurement career he has managed staff both locally and offshore, established a support functions offshore in India and has managed categories such as Marketing, Insurance, Logistics and Professional Services. Scott has successfully completed his Green Belt (GE) and Black Belt (ANZ) training. Scott also has a deep understanding of Procurement supporting systems and has been involved with the identification, implementation, training and management of Procurement systems over the past 10 years
Since joining The Faculty Scott has been engaged in projects covering; RFI for Sourcing, Procurement and Warehouse Management systems (Government), Procure to Pay Process Improvement (Health Services), Training of a Sales team in understanding and engaging Procurement (Industrial Workwear), Reviewing of Procurement Policies and Procedures (FMCG) and Probity Review of a completed RFP (Government).

Lok Mun Leng
Deputy Director Strategic Procurement
Singapore Health Services

Mun Leng has more than 15 years of experience in managing supply chain and he has helped to play a key role in transforming the supply chain management to a proactive model in SingHealth Group.
His previous role includes assisting the Group Chief Procurement Officer in developing strategic plan for supply chain management in non-pharmaceutical area.
He currently leads the team that manages clinical and non-clinical supplies and major contract services with an annual spend of SGD 220 million. He also partners with the Agency for Integrated Care to help more than 25 nursing homes in aggregate buy.
Prior to joining SingHealth, he manages the purchasing team of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and in operations support role such as Security Manager in SGH. In 1999, he also serves in the SGH Education & Training Department to facilitate the skills redevelopment programme for the healthcare industry. Mun Leng was a former Senior Police Officer with the Singapore Police Force and has hold appointments in investigation, command and staff functions.

“To combat the increasing healthcare costs that are experienced by hospitals worldwide, supply chain professionals in the healthcare industry can respond to this challenge by taking innovative approach to help contain medical cost inflation. HealthProcure 2015 provides a good platform for professionals like us to learn from each other and strengthen our resolves to work towards this objective.”

Allison Patchett
General Manager Innovation and Development
Uniting AgeWell

Allison has been the General Manager of Innovation and Development at Uniting AgeWell since 2012. As a senior manager and leader, Allison’s career has included roles as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (UK), educator, consultant and Director of Nursing, CEO and General Manager for a range of organisations across the not-for-profit, private and Government sectors.
Allison’s focus has included strong consistent practice within her organisation and building staff capability for better outcomes. Her interests include reviewing innovative practices abroad, and translating them within an Australian aged care context to improve the lives of older people.
“Innovation doesn’t have to be big thing,” explains Allison “but being able to confidently ask the question, what do you want and can we provide it for you is key to listening to the wants and dreams of your residents and clients.”
Uniting AgeWell have introduced a number of exciting and innovative projects to their residents and community clients including the ‘ListenWell’ program, the “DineWell’ program and the highly successful ‘WishingWell’ program, which relies on fundraising to support the dreams of at least 10 people per year.
Allison believes in translating vision into practice, for staff, and clients by being outcome focused.

James Piplios
Executive Director Procurement and Facilities
Epworth Healthcare

James Piplios was appointed Executive Director of Procurement and Facilities in 2008. He has extensive commercial experience gained within the health industry over 15 years. His career has also seen him work within the oil/gas, aviation and power generation industries.Prior to joining Epworth, he held key roles at medical supply companies including director of sales and marketing and director of operations.

Shams Rahman
Professor of Supply Chain Management
RMIT University Melbourne

Shams Rahman holds the position of Professor of Supply Chain Management and Head, Logistics and Supply Chain at RMIT University.

Prior to joining RMIT, he worked at other universities in Australia, UK and Thailand. He also held visiting fellowship at the Virginia Tech and University of Exeter.
Shams is on the editorial board of ten international journals. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, a Regional Editor of the International Journal of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Systems, and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of theAdvances in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (Book Series). He is also the foundation member of the International Advisory Committee of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Logistics & Supply Chain Systems.

Shams has a research interest in the areas of

Reverse/Green logistics and sustainability
Cold chain and Pharmaceutical logistics
Low cost country sourcing, risk and Complexity
Security issues in global supply chains
Theory of constraints, and
Six-sigma quality & Lean logistics.

Shams has published over 100 scholarly papers which include articles in international journals, book chapters, and referred papers in international conference proceedings. He has extensive consulting, organizing and delivering workshops experience with and for multinational companies. Shams is frequently called upon to make presentations for executives on issues such as six-sigma and lean management, cold chain management, reverse logistics, and theory of constraints in particular and supply chain management in general.

Stuart Rodney
Chief Operating Officer
Health Support Queensland, Department of Health

Stuart Rodney is a career Supply Chain and Logistics professional with more than 20 years in the industry. After obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce from Rhodes University, majoring in commercial law and business administration and early roles in marketing and PR, Stuart started his career in transportation and logistics. Stuart worked for several companies including Intergroup Shipping Agency, Orient Overseas Container Line and Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line, where Stuart transformed the businesses to improve sales, profitability and implemented pricing and marketing strategies that enabled the businesses to expand their markets. Stuart gained extensive skills and experience in leading, managing and transforming businesses in the transportation and logistics industry and in September 2013 transitioned to the health sector as Chief Operating Officer, Health Support Queensland, where he has been able to drive efficiencies and deliver services at a reduced cost to customers as well as implementing a customer first culture so that services provided better meet the needs of customers. An all-round strategic thinker, with general management expertise and a proven, quantifiable track record in business transformation; Stuart recently made the transition into Healthcare, with a successful transfer of underlying management skills.

Russell Purchase
Contracts Manager
Uniting Agewell

Russell has been the Contracts Manager at Uniting AgeWell since 2009. In his current role he has transformed the Contracts Department into professional department. Working with key internal stakeholders and key suppliers to the strategically procure are range of products and services to enhance the delivery of services provided to our agewell clients both in residential and community environments.

Russell’s focus has been aggregating spend in all commodities from medical supplies to agencing nursing, across 21 aged care facilities, reducing the basket of goods, creating tailored contracts and driving robust quantifiable KPI’s are regularly measured with key preferred suppliers.

“Communicating the strategic direction and having buy in from internal stakeholders, then partnering with innovative key suppliers who add value, and share our vision for our clients, is key to our procurement success”.

Uniting AgeWell have introduced a number of exciting and innovative projects to their residents and community clients including the ‘ListenWell’ program, the “DineWell’ program and the highly successful ‘WishingWell’ program, which relies on fundraising to support the dreams of at least 10 people per year.

Russell believes the hard work setting up and reviewing these partnerships takes time and effort, but the outcomes for improved client care is well worth it.

Tracey Shearer
Director, Group Procurement
UnitingCare Queensland

Tracey Shearer works for UnitingCare Queensland. Since joining in 2011, Tracey has been leading a procurement transformation focused on building capability and the value proposition to the business. The procurement function manage a spend of $350M pa across its service groups, UnitingCare Health, Blue Care and UnitingCare Communities. Categories supported include m

edical consumables, prosthesis, hospitality, ICT, capital, fleet and property services. Previous work experience includes private, government and the not for profit sector, with a background in FMCG, ICT, healthcare, and the community services sector. Tracey holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours in Business Administration. Recently Tracey completed a graduate certificate in Leadership and Management from the Griffith University in Queensland.

Dharam Singh
Pharmacy Procurement Manager, Pharmacy Department
Eastern Health

Dharam is a supply chain professional in the pharmaceutical space for over twenty years across various roles in procurement at three major organisations. Eastern health for the last two years as pharmacy network procurement manager and procurement positions at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Monash Health.He has contributed in education at Chisholm Institute and RMIT tafe in supply Chain logistics and marketing .He has delivered papers, posters at various conferences and was a speaker at Monash university for supply chain logistics students- a theory versus application challenges .His qualification include masters in marketing specialised in supply Chain Logistics from Monash University and certificate IV in workplace assessment and training.His research interests include cold chain management, sustainability of pharmaceutical supply chain, procurement reform, global sourcing of unknown products for pharmaceutical care and application of lean thinking in health.
He is passionate about providing an exceptional customer service in a demanding hospital environment.

John Szabo
Manager
GS1 Consulting

John commenced his career as an Industrial Engineer working in the textile and then confectionery industries, where he spent 16 years working for Cadbury confectionery based at the Ringwood site. The requirement to drive supply chain efficiencies through better information management lead John into the area of business process re-engineering and ERP implementations.

John Szabo is the current GS1 Consulting Manager at GS1 Australia. John began his career at GS1 Australia in December 2004 where he worked for 18 months in the Consulting Team as a Senior Advisor delivering both small and large projects. A short stint saw John move away from GS1 Australia take on a role within the Coles Supply Chain before returning to GS1 Australia joining the Industry Engagement team as Senior Advisor, Industry Engagement.

As an Industry Manager, John was responsible for driving the adoption of the GS1 standards into the Hardware, Automotive Aftermarket and Rural industry sectors. Initiatives ranged from Numbering and Bar Coding, Data Management and eCommerce related projects.

In his current role, John is responsible for the management of the GS1 Consulting team and delivery of projects. John successfully completed a Certificate IV in Project Management in 2009 and has successfully project managed several projects throughout his time at GS1 Australia. John also recently completed training on the GS1 Global Traceability Audit program and will become Co-Chair of the Global Traceability Programme group supporting all GS1 Member organisations in growing their traceability programs.

Throughout his career, John has gained valuable experience in supply chain at both retail and manufacturing level, working in a range of industry sectors including, Healthcare, Hardware, Defence, Automotive Aftermarket, Grocery and Manufacturing industries.

Baranee Theran
Procurement Manager
Australian Unity Retirement Living

A highly motivated and tertiary qualified business professional specialising in procurement. I have substantial experience in end to end procurement including Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, and Supplier Relationship Management and Stakeholder Engagement. My experience spans across multiple industry verticals including Government, Financial Services, FMCG, Technology and Aged Care.

Range of skillsets also encompasses, contract negotiations, dispute resolution, commercial advisory and team leadership. I employ a customer centric approach with a strategic focus.
Specialties: Procurement, Outsourcing, Commercial Advisory, Supplier Relationship Management

Melinda Tippett
National Manager Group Procurement
Healthscope

A varied career in legal, analytical and operational areas covering trams to newspapers to pubs resulted in Melinda accidently stumbling into a procurement career at KPMG. Almost a decade on, and four years under her belt in health, Melinda continues to challenge the status quo of what is considered procurement excellence. Core to her success is her indepth understanding of how integral data is not only in procurement doing its job, but as a cornerstone of change management and stakeholder engagement strategies. This approach has Healthscope Procurement shortlisted for the Transformational Award at the ASPAC Procurement Leaders 2014 conference [winner to be announced in Oct 2014]

Simon Woods
Executive Director
Cabrini Malvern

Dr Simon Woods is Executive Director of Cabrini Malvern, a 500 bed acute care not for profit Catholic Hospital in Melbourne. Simon’s career began as a surgeon working in both the public and private sector. He then moved to management with a 7 year appointment as Executive Director of Medical Services for Cabrini Health, before being appointed to the position of Executive Director of Cabrini Malvern which includes General Manager responsibility for that campus.

Speaking, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities

For speaking or sponsorship opportunities at the Health Procure 2015 conference, please contact: Oli Russell-Cowan on +61 (02) 8188 7536 or email olir@questevents.com.au