Commercial Leader that brings entrepreneurial flair finding new heights in performance for his team, and the business. A high performer with cross-functional experience and belief in building high-performance teams. A driving force behind market leading, global medical device brands; developing and implementing a hybrid of both clinical and economic go-to-market models to deliver sustainable profitable sales growth. Bringing extensive merger and acquisition experience to the team to demonstrate resilience and change management journeys.

Darran is a GP by trade with special interests in digital health. He is currently Medical Director at Healthdirect Australia leading the clinical governance of its GP Helpline and continues his clinical practice in the Sydney CBD. Darran is also pursuing a PhD at the AIHI, where he is researching emerging models of primary health care service delivery. His current research focus is on direct-to-consumer telehealth services impact and interact with primary care systems.

Todd is currently Medical Director at Healthdirect Australia and provides clinical oversight of the healthdirect helpline, overseeing the design and integration of a number of alternative care pathways into the healthdirect service, connecting callers to the right care, first time. Todd has a clinical background in critical care, public health and health service delivery and brings extensive experience in remote, digital and virtual care.

Experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Service Delivery, Negotiation, Business Relationship Management, Microsoft Excel, and Customer Service. Strong healthcare services professional with a Post Graduate Certificate focused in Nursing (Intensive Care) from La Trobe University.

As the Principal Growth Strategist for Oracle Health in JAPAC, Philip focuses on emerging solutions along with workflow and regulatory differences for all Oracle Health products within the Asia Pacific region. Philip works closely with a truly global team to ensure that new Oracle products will work for clients in our region while also ensuring that current products continue to meet client and regulatory expectations, both now and in the future. He also collaborates with other Oracle teams to ensure that their functionality can meet the needs for health clients. In order to keep abreast on current trends, Philip engages with current clients via various Oracle forums, Significant Interest Groups (SIGs), and events; with potential future clients as part of tender and sales demonstration processes; and industry partners with industry groups and events including the Australian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA), HL7 Australia, and Standards Australia. Philip has lived in Australia for over 10 years and serves as Vice President of the MSIA and has been the industry representative for multiple working groups covering a variety of topics including Australian Standards, SNOMED CT AU, PBS, Cybersecurity and Cloud infrastructure, and TGA Regulation.

Nirvana is an expert in digital health and clinical artificial intelligence with a depth of international experience in primary, tertiary and emergency care. She brings extensive local and international experience in remote and virtual care to Healthdirect’s leadership team. Nirvana heads up the Clinical Governance Division, which is responsible for the clinical safety and quality assurance of all services and digital tools.

Julie Louie is a Clinical Informatics Officer (Virtual Care and Portals) at the Royal Melbourne Hospital working in the EMR team. Her prior clinical background and research as a Senior Clinician Physiotherapist, demonstrated her passion for enabling consumers to partner in their healthcare journey. Utilising new digital tools within a patient portal has the potential to transform healthcare delivery to patients and genuinely foster patient partnership in their healthcare journey. Evaluating these tools is essential for driving this transition.

Health Care Management and Consulting experience within the public and private health sectors. Strengths lie in Executive Portfolio Management, Project Management, Business analysis, and problem solving. Strong customer focus with high interpersonal and communication skills. Proven track record in analysis, implementation, configuration, customization, and troubleshooting of systems and management of information technology projects to increase efficiency and cost effective outcomes.