Board of Directors

DR ANDREW WALKER B. Med. B. Med. Sci. (Hons) MBA FICS
Chairman

Andrew is the Chairman of Aspen Medical Pty Ltd and CEO of Matrix Healthcare Pty Ltd both Australian-based companies with national and international experience in the delivery of health care solutions. This delivery ranges from Primary Care services through to complete Surgical Solutions in both First and Third World settings. Over the last 12 years, he has developed and commercialised a range of successful medical and health-related businesses, including the Australian Skin Cancer Clinics and Combined Pathology.

Andrew has two medical degrees from Newcastle University and has won places at both Harvard and Oxford Universities. He is a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He has also been awarded a MBA from the Melbourne Business School. Prior to beginning his business career, Andrew was a platoon commander in Australia’s Parachute Battalion (3 RAR para). He is a non-executive director of Resonance Healthcare Ltd and Ritract Ltd, both ASX listed companies.

MR SANJIV PURI MBA
Executive Director

Sanjiv is the Executive Chairman of eClinic, a company bringing health communities online by enabling secure generation and exchange of electronic health information. eClinic sells various software applications facilitating communications between pharmacies, medical practitioners and pathology and radiology centres. eClinic is also a major shareholder in Samples Plus Pty Ltd, a marketing program, which combines traditional and online channels for promoting healthcare products and services to medical practitioners and pharmacies and PalCare, a palliative care software.

Sanjiv has extensive health industry background including experience in medical centres, pathology, radiology, health care software acquired through working and consulting with a number of major Healthcare organizations in Australia Sanjiv obtained his MBA from RMIT in 1994.

MR MARK FELDSCHUH B.Pharm MPS FAIPM
Non-Executive Director

Mark, a registered pharmacist, is currently the Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victorian branch) and chairs the Professional Development Committee. He is also a National Councillor (Director) of the Pharmaceutical Society. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management and a member of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the International Association of Compounding Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Advisory Group of the National Asthma Council. Mark has owned the Belvedere Park Pharmacy in Melbourne since 1975.

MR GLENN KEYS B.Mech Eng, fte, ae, FIEA
Non-Executive Director

Glenn is the CEO and Managing Director of Aspen Medical. Glenn’s career covers a broad range of businesses, from start-ups to multi-nationals. Glenn has worked closely in a number of international locations, including the UK, Indonesia and Malaysia. He has grown Aspen Medical, a new style of healthcare provider, from a start-up three years ago, to a turnover exceeding $25 million. Aspen now has operations around Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Europe, with long term contracts with blue ribbon clients, such as the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Federal Police, and the UK National Health Service.

MR LESLIE WEBB LLB
Deputy Chairman, Non-Executive Director

Les is a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia. He has consulted extensively to both publicly listed and unlisted public companies in the information technology and biotechnology industries on corporate and financial planning, intellectual property, corporate governance and strategic planning issues. In his role as a consultant he has been actively involved in advising on the globalisation of Australian companies.
Les was previously a director of ASX listed biotechnology company Gradipore (now Life Therapeutics Ltd) and is currently non-executive Chairman of Stem Cell Sciences Ltd in Australia and a nonexecutive Director of Stem Cell Sciences plc listed on the London Alternative Investment Market. Les also sits on the boards as a non-executive of Health Insurance intermediary iSelect and telecommunications company Mobileselect.

MR GAVIN UPITER BSc Eng (Mech.)
Managing Director

Gavin is qualified engineer with a multi-disciplinary background in pharmaceutical operations management. Gavin was previously employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb in various senior roles for ten years between 1993 and 2004. His extensive exposure to production, engineering, finance and logistics management along with well developed technical and industrial relations expertise is based on ten years experience in production management and engineering roles in the pharmaceuticals manufacturing sector.

Gavin was one of two individuals in Australia nominated as the representative for the pharmaceutical manufacturing licence held by Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia. As such, the Founder has been accountable for ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice and regulatory standards across the company which accounted for over AU$500 million in sales across 30 countries.