About Rebbeck

We partner with leaders who share our vision to reshape healthcare and public services

Our Purpose

Reshaping healthcare and public services to improve the wellbeing of everyone

Our ValueS

  • Put people first

  • Apply real-world insights

  • Inspire sustainable improvement

  • Deliver meaningful outcomes

Our people

A team of professionals

Jay Rebbeck

Managing Director

Jay Rebbeck is the Managing Director and Founder of Rebbeck.​

Jay has extensive experience in reshaping international health systems and public services to deliver sustainable improvements in population outcomes by applying commissioning techniques.​

Jay worked at the heart of the UK commissioning reforms from 2008 – 2015, advising NHS England on the 2010 clinical commissioning reforms. Jay went on to work with more than a dozen Commissioning Support Units and Clinical Commissioning Groups.​

Based in Sydney since 2015, Jay is passionate about improving outcomes for communities and sees huge opportunities in cross-pollinating ideas and learnings across international healthcare and public service ecosystems in Australia, UK and Canada. ​

Jay works closely with Australian Primary Health Networks (PHNs) to support the implementation of the Australian commissioning reforms. Jay has facilitated three national PHN Commissioning Showcases and is the lead facilitator for Rebbeck’s Commissioning Academy. Jay has delivered commissioning masterclasses to more than 600 commissioning staff across Australia, UK and Canada.​

In Canada, Jay is leading Rebbeck’s support to the Manitoba Province health system to introduce a commissioning and accountability model that aims to rebalance the Manitoba health system and advance the quadruple aims of healthcare across the Province.​​

Jay previously worked in the Ernst & Young UK health strategy commissioning practice and continues to collaborate with a strong network of UK based associates to deliver strategic advisory projects across Rebbeck’s international portfolio of clients.​

Jay lives in Sydney with his wonderful wife Susie and three extremely enthusiastic kids, Heidi, Nina and Charlie. When he’s not coaching his kids’ hockey or soccer, Jay likes to get out in the ocean with friends and family to go surfing, stand up paddle boarding or swimming.

Specialisms
  • Commissioning reform
  • Health system reform
  • Public service reform
  • Value-based healthcare

Jay Rebbeck

CEO

Neil Deacon

Director

Neil leads project delivery and people development for Rebbeck.​

Neil is a consultant with 10 years of experience across a broad range of engagements in the healthcare ecosystem, with a focus on strategy development and execution. He has worked with commissioners and providers of healthcare as well as a wide range of other players including start-ups, academic consortia, biotechs and major multinational pharmaceutical companies.​

In particular, Neil has a strong track record for designing and implementing complex change programs involving multiple stakeholders (sometimes across multiple geographies) drawing on his cross functional understanding of the industry and deep program and stakeholder management skills. ​

Additionally, Neil has worked with several groups and initiatives that span academic, healthcare, government and private sector groups to bring about change required to make a meaningful difference to the populations they serve.​

Neil has experience working with clients across the globe, including UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, the US, Japan and India prior to moving to Australia in 2019.​

Neil has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Imperial College London.​

Neil has qualifications in PRINCE2® and MSP® and is also a Certified Organisational Coach, Level 1, IECL​

Neil lives in Thirroul, Illawarra with his partner Emily and his daughter Lily. Outside of work, Neil enjoys training for Triathlons and sharing his passion and knowledge of wine with his neighbours.

Specialisms
  • Strategic Execution​

  • Program Management​

  • Performance Improvement​

  • Organisational Development​

  • Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

Neil Deacon

Partner

Anna Baker

Operations Manager

Anna is an Operations Manager and project coordinator at Rebbeck.

Anna has a background in operations and senior management both domestically and internationally and is a registered Nutritionist. She has extensive experience and knowledge in health promotion and nutrition with over 10 years of experience as a project coordinator, health coach, nutritionist and senior manager within the health industry in Australia and the USA.

Anna has a Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition), Graduate Diploma of Nutrition and is currently completing her Executive Masters of Business.

Outside of work, Anna is involved as a volunteer with the Women’s Resilience Centre. She also enjoys Pilates, jogging, ocean swimming, hiking, and spending time with her family, friends and dogs.

Specialisms
  • Project Management
  • Research & Analysis
  • Forecasting
  • Organisation development

Anna Baker

Manager

Mika Kato

Senior Consultant

Mika Kato is a Senior Consultant at Rebbeck.

Mika has had experience working in public health at a state and national level in Australia and the UK respectively. She has worked in various health spaces, including policy, strategy and performance management.

Previously, Mika worked at the NSW Ministry of Health, with a focus on Local Health District performance in mental health. While with the Strategy Team of the National Health Service in London, she worked on projects relating to healthy urban design, Brexit, and the Net Zero Program.

From the University of Sydney, Mika has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts. She is currently studying a Masters of Business Administration at the University of New South Wales.

Mika lives in Sydney and enjoys regular early morning outings to Manly and Bondi for ocean swimming. She is an amateur guitarist, yogi, and manages and plays in an Oztag team.

Specialisms
  • Project management
  • Performance management
  • Change management
  • Health policy

Mika Kato

Senior Consultant

Dr Amy Vassallo

Senior Consultant

Amy is a Senior Consultant at Rebbeck.

Amy is an experienced public health researcher having led and delivered projects generating, synthesising and evaluating evidence for population health needs and interventions. She also has a strong track record of building enduring relationships with partners and collaborators.

As a consultant Amy has worked on a range of health strategy, analytics and evaluation focussed projects. She is passionate about using evidence, innovation and cross-sectoral collaboration to improve health outcomes.

Amy holds a PhD in Epidemiology, Masters of Community and Health Development and Bachelor of Medical Science. She also is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Sydney School of Public Health University of Sydney, and sits on national and international heath equity committees.

Outside of work Amy volunteers with a social enterprise for women in health and medical research and is currently obsessed with virtual spin classes.

Specialisms
  • Health-related research
  • Evidence-based problem solving
  • Stakeholder management and engagement
  • Project Management

Dr Amy Vassallo

Manager

Senior Consultant

Consultant

Bethany is a Senior Consultant at Rebbeck.

Specialisms
  • Research and Development
  • Project Coordination
  • Strategic Oversight

Bethany Monkman

Senior Consultant

Elise Quigley

Manager

Elise is a Senior Consultant at Rebbeck.

Elise has experience as a project manager working in IT and freight, and logistics. She has overseen projects in business improvement, website redesign and software implementation.
Elise is passionate about health equity and supporting vulnerable populations. She is an active volunteer with refugee support and advocacy services and volunteers as the Co-Vice President of the Sutherland Shire Refugee Connections charity.
Elise has a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences from the University of New England and a Graduate Diploma in Health and Medical Sciences from the University of Notre Dame University, Australia.

Elise lives in Sydney with a busy family of young boys. She enjoys rock climbing, hiking and camping and singing power ballads at karaoke.

Specialisms
  • Project Management
  • Process improvement
  • Research and Analysis
  • Health Literacy and Communication

Elise Quigley

Manager

Lesh Satchithananda

Manager

Lesh is a Manager at Rebbeck.

Lesh joined the firm in May 2022. Lesh has 9 years’ experience working across the healthcare sector in Australia. This includes working as a medical doctor in an acute care setting, driving the digital transformation of hospitals across Sydney Local Health Districts as a medical analyst and supporting clients as a management consultant across all levels of government.

Outside of work, Lesh likes to wax lyrical as an amateur slam poet, annoy his neighbours to the maximal as an even more amateur drummer and stay cynical with an interest in the political. He also does F45 to (ha, ha, ha) stay alive (stayin alive).

Specialisms
  • Medical analytics
  • Digital health

Lesh Satchithananda

Manager

Ellen Brinsden

Consultant

Ellen is a Consultant at Rebbeck.

Ellen graduated with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Public Health and Human Biology) from the University of Western Australia in mid-2020. From there, she went on to participate in the WA Department of Health Graduate Program and was the first graduate to be sponsored by West Australia Primary Health Network (WAPHA) under a partnership between WA Health and WAPHA.

Under the partnership, Ellen worked across a broad range of projects within both the primary and tertiary care sectors whilst completing a Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Ellen has recently made the move over to the east coast from Perth and spends her weekends either bouldering or honing her photography skills.

Specialisms
  • Project Coordination

Ellen Brinsden

Consultant

Theresa Doueihi

Consultant

Theresa is a graduate consultant at Rebbeck.

Theresa graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Science.

Theresa has worked as a practice manager and receptionist at a health centre for six years. She has experience collaborating with general practitioners, allied health professionals, NDIS providers, and social workers to address client needs and improve outcomes in the healthcare industry.

Theresa completed two internships during her studies. At Headsafe, she was a research assistant supporting the development of the Nurochek system – a portable device that aims to measure the brain’s electrical activity using EEG. As a biomedical engineer at St. George Hospital, Theresa worked on a range of medical devices and ensured their safety for patient use.

Outside of work, Theresa enjoys reading fantasy and romance novels, running and Muay Thai training.

Specialisms
  • Research and Development
  • Project Coordination
  • Strategic Oversight

Theresa Doueihi

Senior Consultant

Annette Panzera

Associate

Since 2010, Annette has held various high-level health policy roles at both the state and federal levels of government in Australia. She has advised both public and private health providers on clinical redesign projects, undertaken academic health policy research and participated in numerous health reform consultations. She has also worked in the Australian Parliament as policy advisor for the Federal Health Minister and latterly, the National Rural Health Commissioner.

Overseas, Annette spent 10 years between 2000 and 2010 working for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. During this time, she held posts in the Economics Directorate, the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and in the Education Directorate, where she provided health, education and family policy research and statistical inputs to flagship publications such as “Health at a Glance” and the OECD economic survey series.

Specialisms
  • Clinical service redesign
  • Healthcare strategy and planning
  • International policy development
  • Leadership and team building
  • Government relations and advocacy

Annette Panzera

Associate

Simon Thomas

Associate

Simon has 15 years’ experience working in management consulting and contract roles in public and private organisations. With a considerable amount of experience across Commonwealth and NSW government agencies, Simon has overseen and advised on the delivery of a range of projects across NSW and nationally. This has included the implementation, management and evaluation of projects, policies and strategies in the areas of transport, health, human services, central government departments and private business.

This experience has provided him with a well-rounded and developed expertise in strategic and business planning, developing and successfully enacting government programs and policy, project management and technical writing and communications.

Simon adopts a clear and pragmatic approach to delivering outcomes and solutions which emphasise the importance of transparency, collaboration and evidence-based approaches.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Macquarie University and an honours degree in psychology from Queensland University of Technology.

Outside of work, Simon enjoys family life with his wife Viktoria and daughter Stella. His other passions include music, reading, boxing and the supporting the indefatigably hopeful Parramatta Eels.

Specialisms
  • Strategic and policy development, implementation and evaluation

  • Research, written communications and reporting

  • Project Management

  • Public sector program and operational review and evaluation

  • Business improvement and business tool development.

Simon Thomas

Associate

Alexander Chye

Senior Consultant

Alexander Chye is a Senior Consultant at Rebbeck.

Alex has experience working in a variety of healthcare settings at both a macro and micro level. Whilst at Rebbeck, Alex has worked with commissioners and healthcare providers to deliver strategic plans, commissioning tools and end-to-end evaluations of health interventions.

Additionally, Alex has assisted medical technology start-ups to access non-dilutive government and competitive grant funding. He has also interviewed clinicians for pharmaceutical market research seeking to understand behavioural biases. He also conducts health economics research with The George Institute to improve global health outcomes.

Alex will be a junior medical doctor in 2022 in the Central Coast Local Health District, learning about and making contributions to Australia's health system firsthand.

From the University of Sydney, Alex has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Doctor of Medicine.

Alex lives in Greater Sydney. Outside of work, Alex enjoys a game of tennis (and table tennis).

Specialisms
  • Strategic Analysis

  • Data Analysis

  • Economic Modelling

  • Health Economics and Policy

  • Stakeholder Consultation

Alexander Chye

Associate

Amy Biggins

Associate

Amy Biggins is an Associate at Rebbeck and has advised on a broad range of commissioning projects across both health and social care with experience including the development of outcomes-based contracts, Commissioning reviews, development of Commissioning toolkits and financial modelling to test the feasibility of a health services. 

Amy’s career began in Corporate Finance working for international investment banks. From her background in finance, Amy has brought a skillset in financial analysis and modelling, which she has applied to the health and social care context. 

Amy has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland as well as a Masters of Public Health from the University of Sydney.

Amy lives in Sydney with her husband and two children. Outside of work, Amy regularly volunteers with St Vincent De Paul's "Night Patrol" van. She also enjoys pilates, playing classical guitar and spending time outdoors.

Specialisms
  • Commissioning
  • Evidenced-based reviews
  • Financial analysis
  • Forecasting
  • Financial Modelling

Amy Biggins

Associate

Luke Arnold

Associate

Luke has more than 15 years of experience in employing sophisticated qualitative and quantitative epidemiological research tools to identify population needs, derive strategy and implement solutions. Luke is passionate about translating academic and research insights into meaningful outcomes for populations.

Luke is an experienced commissioning professional and has managed the commissioning process for $39million of government funding over 3 years, including strategic planning, procurement, contract management, monitoring and evaluation. He has extensive data governance and analytics experience and led the development of strategic frameworks for a Primary Health Network serving more than 1 million citizens.

He has strong quantitative and qualitative data skills. He has led analysis to forecast health needs to inform population health planning strategy, led a research project evaluating general practice diabetes management outcomes and published more than 20 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals specialising in data linkage and epidemiological analyses for chronic diseases in vulnerable Australian, Chinese and North American communities.

Luke has worked closely with providers in the primary healthcare space, including disability providers through the entire commissioning cycle.

Luke has a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Queensland and a Master’s in Public Health with Distinction from the University of Wollongong.

Specialisms
  • Commissioning strategy development
  • Qualitative and quantitative data collection, management and analysis
  • Translating meaningful insights from health data analysis
  • Data governance and data literacy
  • Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
  • Change management
  • Program and project management

Luke Arnold

Associate

Derek Felton

Associate

Derek is a highly experienced commissioning and change management specialist with 35 years experience in the development, management and implementation of strategies for driving performance management in the health and care.​

Derek has brought inspiration, creative thinking and personal drive to address the many strategic challenges facing health systems. With a background in health informatics and analytics, he is passionate about the opportunities for health reform through demand-side as well as supply-side levers and system-wide change management. ​

Derek is a recognised and trusted advisor on health care policy development and implementation. He played a formative role in the introduction of advanced commissioning techniques from the USA and Europe into the NHS and personally led the reform of the Wigan health system which was in ‘special measures’ in 2010 and is now recognised as a health system exemplar.​

Derek was instrumental in the design of a Commissioning and Accountability Model in Manitoba, Canada. Derek was awarded the UK Managing Consultancy Association Change Management Consultant of the Year Award for commissioning and health improvement.​

Derek previously led EY’s UK commissioning practice.

Specialisms
  • Health system reform​

  • Commissioning​

  • Health policy analysis​

  • Organisational and leadership development​

  • Outcomes and results management​

Derek Felton

Associate

Tim Blake

Associate

Tim Blake is the Managing Director of Semantic Consulting, a consultancy that aims to lead digital change in healthcare. ​

Tim is a passionate, innovative and values-centered leader with a desire to align business outcomes with strategy and delivery. He has the ability to deliver complex change programs and succinctly articulate the impact of new and disruptive technologies on business strategies and operating models.​

He is a recognized leader and team builder, with over 20 years experience in the UK, US, Asia Pacific and Australia. He has previously worked at PwC, the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, NSW Health, Oracle and SAP.​

Tim has extensive experience developing digital health strategies and digital health innovations. He has experience in health informatics, medications management, precision medicine and pharmacogenomics.​

He is a passionate advocate for engaged patients and carers and believes that both have a large role to play in the redesign of the health system to meet the needs of health consumers in the 21st century.​

Specialisms
  • Digital Health​

  • Digital Change​

  • Digital Disruption​

  • Health Informatics​

  • eHealth​

  • Change Management​

  • Digital Health Consumer Devices

Tim Blake

Associate

Lawrence Donaldson

Associate 

Lawrence Donaldson is a Director at Rebbeck Consulting with an extensive background in health service commissioning and system reform across a number of Australian states. His multi-sector experience includes acute teaching hospitals, regional hospitals, general practice, primary care, chronic disease care, aged care and mental health. Lawrie has qualifications in Health Administration and Informatics.

He recently worked in executive and senior management roles in a regional PHN and a Melbourne Medicare Local. Lawrie is a highly experienced and energetic health service leader and management generalist with a strong belief in the benefits that can be obtained by purposefully modernising our health system. He has a particular interest in improving the health outcomes for people living in regional, rural and remote areas.

Specialisms
  • Health System Re-design
  • Commissioning
  • Whole System Reform
  • Healthcare Systems Integration
  • Rural Health Sustainability
  • Workforce Sustainability
  • Health Informatics

Lawrie Donaldson

Associate

Dr Kristine Battye

Associate

Dr Kristine Battye is a public policy consulting specialist in policy analysis, program evaluation and strategic advice to governments and non-government organisations.

As an applied researcher, Kristine understands research methodology, tailoring it to the real-world requirements of program evaluation, needs assessments, service and program modelling and re-design.

Dr Battye has extensive experience across the health landscape and has designed, led and conducted projects at the national, state-wide, regional and local level since the establishment of the consulting firm in 2001.

Kristine has significant experience in qualitative and quantitative research design, information synthesis and analysis and development of innovative models and solutions in regional, rural and remote settings.

She is a highly effective presenter and a skilled facilitator. Kristine has strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with, and form relationships across tiers of government, and at community level.

Specialisms
  • Policy analysis 

  • Program evaluation 

  • Strategic advice 

  • Needs assessments 

  • Service and program modelling

  • Rural and remote settings

Dr Kristine Battye

Associate

James Aker

Associate

James is an experienced independent healthcare consultant who specialises in delivering complex programs of transformation. Recognised for his ability to cultivate effective and productive working relationships across boundaries, James has worked with leading consulting, technology firms, the UK government and a wide range of NHS organisations​​

James has led a program of work with the Department of Health, Health Education England, the NHS Trust Development Authority, providers and commissioners to improve workforce efficiency across the NHS in England. James has worked with leading consulting, technology firms, governments and a wide range of NHS organisations. James is currently working at Monitor as Senior Implementation Manager, a system-wide advisory role to help the NHS address chronic staffing shortages​. ​

James received an MSc in Healthcare (Professional Issues) from the University of Exeter. ​

Outside of work, James enjoys organising events to bring like-minded people together through shared interests. These range from business networking events to social gatherings and ski trips. He is a supporter of the Royal National Lifeboat Association, and Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the Abbeyfield, Chelsea and Fulham Society.

Specialisms
  • System leadership​

  • Healthcare strategy and planning​

  • Performance management​

  • Implementing technology solutions​

  • Transformation program delivery

James Aker

Associate

Stuart Gordon

Associate

John Xie

Intern

John Xie is currently interning at Rebbeck.​

John is currently a student at The University of Sydney, completing a Bachelor of Science/Doctor of Medicine degree. He is passionate about healthcare, Data Science and Economics.

Outside of work, John enjoys a game of basketball and good music.

John Xie

Intern


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