--- title: "Advisory" description: "Healthcare Advisory Career healthcare leaders. Operator-to-Operator. We’ve led the hospitals, carried the accountability and delivered the change. That creates a different kind of advisory relationship, one grounded in operator judgement, practical execution and measurable outcomes. Start a Conversation Why C-Suite Partners When the stakes are high, experience matters. Healthcare executives and operators directly in the […]" url: "https://c-suitepartners.com/advisory/" date_modified: "2026-09-08T09:57:45+10:00" --- --- ## Healthcare Advisory # Career healthcare leaders. Operator-to-Operator. We’ve led the hospitals, carried the accountability and delivered the change. That creates a different kind of advisory relationship, one grounded in operator judgement, practical execution and measurable outcomes. [Start a Conversation](https://c-suitepartners.com/contact-us/) --- --- ## Why C-Suite Partners ## When the stakes are high, experience matters. Healthcare executives and operators directly in the room with Boards and Executive Teams — working where strategy, operations, workforce and leadership collide. ## 20+ YEARS Senior executive experience ## ZERO Junior-consultant handoffs ## ONE Extension of your Executive Team --- --- ## What We Solve ## Four Problems We Solve for CEOs, Boards & Investors Healthcare performance is interconnected. Most mandates begin with one of these four challenges and often span several. ## When strategy must become reality ### The Transformation Mandate --- ## Typical work - Strategy resets - Operating model redesign - Mergers, integration and joint ventures - Board strategy facilitation - Service transition ## When performance must improve ### The Performance Reset --- ## Typical work - Executive performance diagnostics - Turnaround - Productivity and patient flow - Financial sustainability - Benefits realisation ## When workforce becomes the constraint ### The Workforce Solution --- ## Typical work - Workforce strategy - Establishment and modelling - Enterprise bargaining and IR - Bulk recruitment/go-live - Clinical capability - Culture and engagement ## When the stakes are highest ### The Second Opinion --- ## Typical work - Healthcare due diligence - Governance and clinical assurance - Capital and operational readiness - Transition assurance - Crisis response --- --- ## The Partnership ## A senior core team, backed by deep healthcare bench strength. ![Michael Murray, Executive Chairman & Founder](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/michael-murray-r2.jpg) ### Michael Murray ## Executive Chairman & Founder - 20+ years across healthcare workforce, executive search, leadership advisory and technology - Experience across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, UK and Europe - Founder of C-Suite Partners and builder of the group's executive relationships and advisory platform ![David Swan, Principal](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/david-swan-r2.jpg) ### David Swan ## Principal - 30+ years as Chief Executive across public and private healthcare sectors throughout Australia - Former Chief Executive, SA Health - Former CEO, St Vincent's Private Hospitals ![Liz Spaull, Senior Partner](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/liz-spaull-r2.jpg) ### Liz Spaull ## Senior Partner - 25+ years across multi-site hospital operations and workforce leadership - Former COO, St John of God Health Care - Former national workforce leader, Ramsay Health Care - Registered Nurse --- --- ## Operator Experience ## Proven healthcare leadership. Measurable outcomes. SA Health — system-wide performance and financial turnaround --- ## SYSTEM-WIDE TURNAROUND Major statewide service integration and consolidation --- ## STATEWIDE INTEGRATION National workforce transformation delivered without loss of clinical continuity --- ## NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION --- --- ## Our Capability ## Built around the mandate. ### Operations Multi-site hospital operations, service performance. ### Transformation Productivity, cost improvement, restructuring. ### Workforce Strategy, establishment, IR, mobilisation. ### Integration M&A, consolidation, public-private transitions. ### Capital & Development Infrastructure, go-live, operational readiness. ### Clinical & Experience Clinical capability, human factors, patient experience. ### Crisis & Change Closures, emergency response, cultural change. ### Governance System design, accountability, decision rights, benefits realisation. --- ## Who we work with Public Health Systems  ·  Private Hospital Groups  ·  Not-for-Profit Healthcare  ·  Private Equity-Backed Healthcare  ·  Boards & Executive Teams  ·  Institutional Investors  ·  Healthcare Developers --- --- ## Engagement Models ## How We Can Engage From a focused two-week review to a multidisciplinary delivery team. ## 01 ### Due Diligence & Transaction Support Operational, workforce, clinical and governance review for acquisitions, investments and major decisions. ## 02 ### Hospital Integration & Transition Acquisitions, hospital transfers, mergers, service integration, workforce transition and operational readiness. ## 03 ### Performance & Turnaround Focused reviews across productivity, cost, workforce, procurement, patient flow and operational performance. ## 04 ### Clinical & Governance Review Senior clinical and operational support across quality, governance, workforce capability and service risk. ## 05 ### Transformation Delivery Build a multidisciplinary team around a Board or Executive mandate, from one adviser to a larger specialist team for the period required. --- --- ## Our Delivery Method ## The Operator-to-Operator Delivery Method A five-step method designed specifically for hospitals and complex health systems, with senior leadership from diagnosis through delivery. --- ## 01 ## Understand Board-to-bedside diagnostic --- ## 02 ## Align Build the answer with your people --- ## 03 ## Design Create an executable operating model --- ## 04 ## Embed Work as an extension of the Executive Team --- ## 05 ## Deliver Stay through measurable outcomes ## Senior Leadership Throughout ## No Junior Handoff --- --- ## Where We Operate ## Global Reach ### Sydney Level 17, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia ### Melbourne Level 27, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia ### Brisbane Level 19, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000 ### Dubai Levels 41 & 42, Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates ### Singapore Level 39, Marina Bay Financial Centre, 10 Marina Blvd, Tower 2, Singapore 018983 ### Hong Kong Level 19, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance St, Central, Hong Kong ### Wellington Level 2, 40 Lady Elizabeth Lane, Wellington Central, Wellington, New Zealand ### London Level 1, Devonshire House, One Mayfair Place, London, United Kingdom ### New York 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10019 --- ## Global Healthcare Relationships For a decade, the C-Suite Partners group has built global healthcare relationships through executive search, leadership networks, advisory engagements and In the Boardroom. ![Client logo](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advisory-client-logo-01.png) ![Client logo](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advisory-client-logo-02.png) ![Client logo](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advisory-client-logo-03.png) ![Client logo](https://c-suitepartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/advisory-client-logo-04.png) ![Client 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If there is a mandate, transaction, performance issue or strategic decision where senior operator judgement could add value, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss it. ### Michael Murray ## Executive Chairman [michael.murray@c-suitepartners.com](mailto:michael.murray@c-suitepartners.com) ### David Swan ## Principal [david.swan@c-suitepartners.com](mailto:david.swan@c-suitepartners.com) ### Liz Spaull ## Senior Partner [liz.spaull@c-suitepartners.com](mailto:liz.spaull@c-suitepartners.com) [Start a Conversation](https://c-suitepartners.com/contact-us/)