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George Savvides
Managing Director
Commenced role April 2002
George Savvides was appointed Managing Director of Medibank Private, Australia’s largest health insurer, in early 2002. The organisation has enjoyed record membership growth and strong financial performance and expanded into health services as well as health insurance. Medibank’s revenue has grown to over $5 billion per annum with a customer base of 3.7 million people.
George has twenty years experience in the Australian health care industry. He was Managing Director of Sigma Co Ltd, which he listed on the ASX in 1999.
George has a degree in Engineering from University of New South Wales and an MBA from UTS and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He represents Australia as the Vice President on the Council of the iFHP (International Federation of Health Plans). He is a member of the AIPAR (Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research) he is Chairman of Arrow Leadership Australia and has recently retired after 12 years from the Board of World Vision International.
He still plays veterans hockey for Melbourne University.
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Laz Cotsios
Group Executive, Private Health Insurance
Commenced role August 2011
Laz Cotsios was appointed Group Executive of Private Health Insurance Division at Medibank in August 2011. Prior to joining Medibank, Laz held senior executive roles in Financial Services with well-known international and Australian companies, including UBS and Westpac. Laz brings to the role of Group Executive, his extensive experience in driving business strategy, developing new business and improving operational efficiency and customer service for large organisations which are continually evolving to meet the demands of a highly competitive environment.
Laz's division oversees Medibank's private health insurance operations, including both the Medibank Private and ahm brands. The division manages all aspects of private health insurance including sales and service, marketing and over $4 billion in member benefit claims.
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Dr Matthew Cullen
Group Executive, Medibank Health Solutions
Commenced role July 2010
Matthew worked as a psychiatrist before he co-founded and was Co-President of McKesson Asia-Pacific, which was acquired by Medibank Private in July 2010 and became Medibank Health Solutions. Medibank Health Solutions employs over 2000 staff of whom the majority are healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
Matthew is Deputy Chairman of the Schizophrenia Research Institute. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives and Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Ilona Charles
Group Executive, People & Culture
Commenced role February 2010
Ilona has had extensive experience in senior and executive human resources roles. Prior to joining Medibank, Ilona worked with the National Australia Bank for almost 15 years in corporate and business roles. Most recently Ilona was General Manager, Executive Talent working within the Office of the CEO. Her career and expertise includes people strategy, operations management, transformation and change management, policy development and workplace relations.
Ilona started her career as an Occupational Therapist during which time she worked for WorkSolutions Group, provider of occupational rehabilitation services and now a key business within Medibank Health Solutions.
People & Culture manages the company’s human capital, ensuring Medibank has the right capability and culture to enable strong business performance. This includes leadership development, training, performance and remuneration frameworks, continuous improvement initiatives, knowledge management and internal communications.
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Dr Andrew Wilson
Group Executive, Provider Networks and Integrated Care
Commenced role July 2010
Andrew is responsible for the Provider Networks and Integrated Care division at Medibank. This encompasses Medibanks' relationships with providers including hospitals and medical professionals as well as Medibank's approach to integrated models of care.
A psychiatrist by background, Andrew founded High Performance Healthcare in 1995 which went on to become Australasia's leading telehealth company, focussing on telephone-based healthcare delivery and now forms part of Medibank Health Solutions.
Andrew also has 25 years' experience within the public health system, currently is a Visiting Specialist at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales.
His professional interests include population health and quality and safety management systems in health care. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals including articles on health management and the development and evaluation of new service delivery models.
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Terry Snyders
Chief Information Officer
Commenced role September 2007
Terry, who holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and an MBA, has been working in the Information Technology sector for over 30 years. He has a background in wholesale banking and began developing his IT expertise while working at Shell Australia, before moving into project management at ACI Computer Services. Prior to joining Medibank Private, Terry amassed 18 years experience at ANZ as General Manager, Institutional Technology. In this role he was responsible for some of the bank's largest and most important technology projects. Terry brings to Medibank Private a strong project management background and extensive IT experience. As CIO, Terry leads all elements of IT investment, technology delivery and IT operations. He has two children.
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Mei Ramsay
General Counsel
Commenced role March 2011
Mei leads the Medibank Group legal team and is responsible for advising the Managing Director and the Board on legal matters.
She has had nearly 20 years experience in the legal profession, working in both private practice and in-house. Before joining Medibank, Mei was the General Counsel and Company Secretary for the Asia Pacific Distribution Operations of Cummins Inc, diesel engine and power generator manufacturer and distributor headquartered in the US. She started her legal career with legal firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Minter Ellison before moving to senior legal roles in corporations such as the Coles Group and Southcorp.
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Paul Koppelman
Chief Financial Officer
Commenced role May 2012
Responsible for leading the Finance & Corporate Services division, Paul brings over 20 years experience in the finance industry to Medibank. He has substantial finance experience including as General Manager of Corporate Finance for Pacific Brands, CFO for the Aluminium and Commercial divisions of BHP Billiton and CFO of AXA Australia and New Zealand.
Paul has responsibility for the finance, actuarial, treasury, planning, risk management and assurance, acquisitions, property and corporate services functions across the Medibank group. He also brings a strong background in change management and plays a key role in supporting Medibank’s transformation to a dynamic and innovative health company.
Paul keeps active with tennis and cycling. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Susan and their four children.
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