Suzanne Wauchope

With a foundation as a Fellow Chartered Accountant with over 25 years professional and operational experience, Suzanne brings together her engaging style and calm demeanour to lead through change and challenge. Her strength is focusing on the outcomes whilst managing the risks and issues that arise.

Having worked in the public and private sectors, her experiences are diverse. She has worked from national policy and strategy development to governance, risk management and process improvement in both consulting and operational capacities. 

Her industry experiences are broad, but include health, and education, hospitality and utilities. Her breadth of experience supports her ability to take a fresh look at complex problems or opportunities and craft pragmatic and achievable options for a solution and way forward.

At KordaMentha, Suzanne is part of our highly credentialed and creative team of advisers with rich knowledge and experiences that together, challenge the ‘norm’ of their corporate and public sector clients to drive growth, transform and enhance organisational value.

Significant engagements

• Team Leader, Central Adelaide Local Hospital Network turnaround
• Project Director, assessment of Queensland hospital and health service’s transition readiness and development plans for autonomy
• Led major health service contract negotiation strategy
• Senior leader, strategy development and performance of Queensland’s VET investment and asset portfolios
• Executive Board member, Machinery of Government negotiation and new Department establishment
• Senior State Representative supporting the Ministerial Skills Committee (CoAG forum)
• Lead Governance and Risk advisor to public and private hospital and health services, Department of Education and Training and several large or multinational clients.

Memberships

• Chartered Accountants Institute of Australia and New Zealand
• Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Turnaround Management Association