Executive Leadership Team

Paul is Chief Executive Officer at the Care Connect Group, Australia’s largest independent homecare provider operating entirely on the ‘connector model’. With 20 years international experience in private health and homecare, Paul has a strong track record in building leading health service organisations.

With the ongoing developments in Aged and Disability services, Paul and his team are focused on reinforcing the organisation’s role as an Independent Advisor and Service Connector, supporting people to build effective plans for their future, connect with the best providers in their community and ensure they’re living their life, through their choices and in their way.

Renee has over 20 years experience in mainly generalist Human Resources roles across professional services, gaming and entertainment and retail. Renee comes to Care Connect with extensive experience driving the design and implementation of people solutions in order to create lasting organisational change.

Renee’s last nine years within one of the Big 4 accounting firms positions her well for understanding the important advisory services our people provide our clients as they navigate complex changes in the sector.

Samantha is a passionate business enabler and finance professional. She brings over 25 years’ experience gained in business and financial management across a range of sectors including higher education, retail and wholesale, shopping centre management, pharmaceuticals, tourism and professional services. Samantha comes to Care Connect with a strong pedigree in the alignment of strategy, operations, people, processes and technology for commercial success.  

Samantha was previously a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee at Care Connect before moving into a management role. She is also a Director of the Prahran Market and in April 2015 won the Commonwealth Bank’s Not-For-Profit Treasurer of the Year Award for her work in not-for-profit Board roles.

Samantha has also been the Chief Examiner for CPA Australia’s Capstone Global Strategy & Leadership segment for over 15 years, which is part of her passion for giving back to her profession.

A results-driven leader with proven abilities in business development, commercial analysis, and marketing excellence, Deanne brings extensive commercial healthcare experience to Care Connect through her work in the pharmaceutical and consumable medical services sectors, and as the founder and Principal of a successful healthcare marketing consultancy.

Deanne’s greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on being able to develop the organisation to better support its clients. Her most recent role was with Vision Australia, a leading not-for-profit that supports people who are blind or have low vision.

Deanne lives on the outskirts of Melbourne on a small farm with her partner, children, two crazy hounds and ten horses!  In her free time, she likes to get out and get her hands dirty in the garden.

Eileen joined Care Connect in 2017 and leads the Procurement team to ensure the right providers are in place to deliver quality services to Care connect clients.   Eileen has a Procurement, Supply Chain and Quality background across a number of industries including public health, manufacturing, logistics and consultancy.

Prior to Care Connect, Eileen was at Health Purchasing Victoria, a statutory body, firstly as a Board Director and deputy Chair of the Procurement Committee; and then joined as the Director of Change and Innovation (Procurement and Supply Chain systems) for five years.  Eileen managed improvement programs across procurement and supply chain for Victorian public health services. This included working collaboratively with 80+ public health services to put into place procurement policies for the health sector, as well as developing a framework for ongoing supply chain improvements.

Prior to working in public health, Eileen held positions in both procurement and quality across various industries, including automotive, aerospace and logistics.  She has a passion for using data to inform decisions and has a background in quality methods and Six Sigma to assist the effective use of continuous improvement tools.

Kylie is passionate about driving accountability and uplifting performance plus creating capacity and capability for empowered employees and sustainable business outcomes in the future.  She is committed to the Care Connect quality practice approach that builds knowledge, delivers consistently and ensures safe, effective, personal and connected services.

Kylie has a somewhat different background for a HR professional; initially studying a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering and working for large multinational manufacturing organisations in both engineering and quality / compliance roles.  Kylie has expanded her educational base in quality management systems, business auditing, training and assessment plus human resource management.

Following 15 years in manufacturing, plus eight years experience in the private health sector, she offers unique insights into the challenges of attracting and retaining a culturally aligned workforce.