Executive leaders

Michele is an accomplished Chief Executive, Director and leader with over 38 years of experience in the health and human services sectors. In addition to her Ochre Health roles, she is the Governing Board Chair for the Eyre Far North Local Health Network of SA Health, Non-Executive Director of Unity Housing Company, and a member of the SA Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board. She also chairs the SA Oral Health Plan Monitoring Group and she serves on the committee of SA Statewide Clinical Support Services. With her foundation as a Registered Nurse, Michele is a Fellow of both the Australasian College of Health Service Managers and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2023 for services to medical administration. Her leadership style is marked by authenticity and a pragmatic and collaborative approach, ensuring sustainable, community-centric outcomes in complex healthcare environments.

A Chartered Accountant, Patrick qualified at KPMG, spending seven years in the firm’s Audit and Advisory divisions. He then moved to London, where he held senior finance roles in the media and financial services industries, before moving to New York, where he was Finance Director of American Stock Transfer & Trust (now Equiniti US). Returning to Australia in 2020, he established a CFO advisory and deal support consultancy firm through which he formed a relationship with Ochre. Taking on the role of CFO in 2024, Patrick is responsible for all of our financial operations, including strategy, planning and team leadership, to facilitate our market-leading support for GPs and their delivery of quality healthcare.

With 20 years of experience in senior executive roles including at McDonald’s Australia and Telstra, Jason has spent the last decade in the healthcare sector. In this time, he has focused on building, growing and improving organisations’ systems, processes and people capabilities across telehealth, occupational medicine, allied health and specialist services areas. As Chief Operating Officer, Jason is responsible for the national management of medical centres, supporting doctors in patient care and operationalising “The Ochre Way” to ensure that our clinics are easy to access, friendly to deal with and operating efficiently – every time, every day.

Carmen is an accomplished healthcare executive, board director and educator. An Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Sydney with qualifications in nursing, health services management and international health, she has made a significant contribution across her career to advancing multi-disciplinary clinical care. Before joining Ochre Health in 2024, she was Director of Nursing & Midwifery at Westmead Hospital in Sydney.  She leads our nursing team and all areas of clinical services across the group, with a focus on capability development to enhance patient outcomes and service growth while optimising the health of communities.

With over 20 years of experience in the recruitment industry, including senior leadership roles with Charterhouse Medical, WorkPac and Adecco, Tracy’s expertise spans recruitment strategy and team transformation, empowering organisations to develop effective and adaptive talent acquisition processes. As the current Chair of ANRA, the peak body for recruitment in healthcare, community care and disability support, she is also dedicated to collaborating with industry stakeholders to advance best practices and drive innovation. Tracy joined the Ochre Group in 2024 and she leads talent, workforce solutions and GP practice opportunities.

Sean has over 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, business development and customer experience leadership roles spanning healthcare, professional services and consulting. He is a Fellow and Lifetime Member of the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) and he has won four AMI Marketing Excellence Awards at national level including the Campaign of the Year. As Chief Marketing Officer, Sean is responsible for marketing strategy and campaigns founded in “The Ochre Way”, supporting both our growth targets and our model of being engaged by independent GPs in their delivery of quality, patient-centric care.