Richard Ainley

Richard is KordaMentha’s industry lead partner for healthcare. He brings 30 years' experience in Australia’s healthcare system spanning consulting, executive, board director and clinical roles. Richard advises and enables leading healthcare organisations, government and industry to achieve high performance and strategic success in Australia’s rapidly changing healthcare system.

Richard's collaborative and engaging leadership style is complemented by a rigorous, analytical approach to achieving real impact and outcomes. A driven problem-solver, Richard integrates a broad span of strategic, operational and commercial consulting expertise with the practical know-how of what works in health.

Richard is expert in strategy, organisational performance and business model transformation. He is equipped with a strong track record of success in advising on some of the industry’s most significant assignments including government policy and programs, public, private and non-profit health services, aged care, primary care, diagnostic services and digital health. Prior to his advisory career, Richard was an accomplished healthcare manager, holding senior executive, management and strategic roles in public and private health. Richard also has a previous clinical background as a physiotherapist.

Richard’s commitment to better healthcare extends to his involvement in governance, advisory and industry roles. He has a special interest in mentoring and developing future healthcare industry leaders.

Significant engagements

• Corporate strategy development, major Australian public, private and NFP healthcare organisations
• Rapid financial diagnostic and performance improvement, public hospital
• Post-merger integration and transformation, national aged care organisation
• Financial performance review and transformation program, national NFP healthcare organisation
• Model of care design and implementation, tertiary health service
• Value based care strategy development and implementation, health insurance company
• Post-merger integration and transformation, pathology company
• Healthcare market entry strategy, FinTech company
• Safety and quality operating model design and implementation, State public health system
• Support for design and implementation of the Covid positive pathways program, Victoria
• Major program reviews and evaluations for Commonwealth, jurisdictional health departments and agencies including hospital performance, funding models, primary health networks, mental health, aged care and digital health.