Rob’s career has focused on public health with extensive experience in government, not-for-profit and private sectors. After a stint in Melbourne – where he held roles at CSIRO as Director of Health and Biosecurity, National Director of Cardiovascular Health at the Heart Foundation, and Senior Medical Advisor at the Department of Health Victoria – he returned to Natimuk in 2020 and shortly after commenced as Public Health Physician Specialist in the Grampians Public Health Unit.
Rob has specialist expertise in health system analysis, strategic planning, governance, health risk management, and equity-focused care. He is passionate about access to healthcare in rural communities and bringing innovative systems to improve equity in regional settings.

John is a practising GP of 38 years’ experience. He is currently Vice Chairman of the RACP Standards Committee, Conjoint Clinical Lecturer WSU, member of ACI General Practice Advisory Committee, and AGPAL practice surveyor, John continues to see patients in Rural Northeast Victoria and with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Broken Hill. He has previously been Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Healius Medical Centre Division supervising 80 practices and over 1000 health professionals.
Outside medicine John is married with 3 grown up kids, continues to play football weekly, is gradually learning Italian and trying to survive regular swims around Shark Island in Sydney.

Belinda has extensive knowledge in relation to the medical and allied health industries covering all areas of general and specialist practices. In addition, Belinda provides advice in tax planning, service trusts, income tax and wealth creation strategies for individual practitioners as well as their practices. Belinda is a regular presenter for several medical associations and has authored relevant articles for various journals

Ben Hurst, founder and CEO of HotDoc explores the rising demand for hybrid healthcare models, highlighting the benefits of blending in-person care with Telehealth to reduce wait times, provide greater appointment flexibility, and expand your service reach, whilst balancing technology with personal interaction to meet the diverse needs of patients.

Gerard is a rural GP and GP supervisor of over 30 years experience in Daylesford Victoria. In 2024 he moved to work in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Katherine NT. He is a medical educator and academic and the RACGP National Clinical Lead ‑ Supervisor and Practice Support & Education

Dr Kaylor-Hughes is a Senior Research Fellow in applied mental health research. She is a neuroscientist with over 20 years' research experience in the UK and Australia, specialising in implementing mental health research into primary and secondary care through pragmatic clinical trials. Her leadership of mental health trials has resulted in implementation of collaborative care practices, improved services for people with moderate and severe mental ill health and educational advancements for medical teaching. She is currently academic lead for the integration of the Link-me model of care into the Commonwealth's Medicare mental health website and Co-lead of the Primary Care Mental Health Program within the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Melbourne.

Tom Laundy is one of the lead Health Services partner with William Buck Accountants and Advisors in Adelaide. William Buck’s dedicated Health Services Didentists,cts for a significant number of clients in the health care sector including GPs, medical specialists, dentists and allied health providers, from an organisational and individual practitioner perspective. They advise on Taxation, Salary packaging, Structuring, Asset Protection and Practice management. Tom is a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Tax Adviser and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Mark Lazarus is a commercial lawyer with a background that spans high-growth startups, creative industries, and global FMCG brands. He’s the founder of Lazarus Legal, a law firm known for working with early-stage and scaling businesses across Australia, especially those building fast in uncertain legal territory. Before launching his practice, Mark was Legal Director at Monster Energy in London, where he handled brand deals, regulatory risks, and litigation across EMEA, the US, and Asia Pacific. That global commercial experience now informs his work with founders navigating capital raises, IP protection, and investor negotiations.

Dr Alecia Macrow BMBS FRACGP
Founder, Thrive Family Practice | RACGP SA Faculty Council Member

Dr Alecia Macrow is a specialist GP and founder of Thrive Family Practice, an award-winning, GP-owned clinic in Glenelg South with a strong focus on interdisciplinary, lifestyle-based care. With a background in science communication and a special interest in chronic disease, endometriosis and pelvic pain, Alecia is passionate about reimagining primary care to be proactive, team-based and patient-centred.

She leads one of Australia’s federally funded Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics, pioneering innovative approaches such as nurse-led care planning, case conferencing, and shared medical appointments to improve outcomes in complex care. Alecia also sits on the RACGP SA Faculty Council and is actively involved in advocacy and policy around sustainable, high-quality models of general practice.

Nick is a lawyer, boutique law firm founder and personal injury litigation specialist with 20 years’ experience in the legal profession. He has practiced law in a range of jurisdictions and practice areas, focusing on injuries litigation and health law in a number of Australian states, and commercial and medical litigation and government affairs in Samoa. He has a particular interest in corporate governance and in training, development and mentoring. He has a Master of Laws from Melbourne University, and is a Senior Fellow at the University's Law School - lecturing in Personal Injury Litigation.

Dr Joe McTigue is a GP. His second passion of cryptography related software development lead to Co-Founding Silknote, a privacy and security focused AI Scribing platform.

As a GP he is a representative to the National Primary and Acute Care Data Linkage Project. He has collected rewards for identifying and reporting active security vulnerabilities and is an advisor to the Critical Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (CI-ISAC) on the healthcare pilot that will inform cyber threat intelligence in the other 10 critical infrastructure sectors.

Joe believes that enhanced data collection represents a great opportunity to improve patient care - but that payroll tax changes and expanded oversight by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner mean it also represents risk to Practice Ownership that can only be addressed by Owners collectively.

Craig is the co-founder of Leadership Creativity, a successful Leadership Consulting and Mentoring business providing services to a variety of businesses and industries.

A highly experienced leadership consultant and mentor, Craig brings a wealth of business and leadership experience having worked in corporate, government and multinational organisations for over 30 years, 15 of those as a consultant in his own business.

Clients have stated they emerge happier, more resilient, and more certain after working with Craig. Craig has worked with many General Practice owners, Practice Managers and teams helping them to develop strategy, improve leadership and culture.

Craig brings this knowledge into his coaching and mentoring, helping his clients find alternate approaches to create the results they require. Craig has a natural ability to create rapport with others and bring people together to form high performing teams.