Ms Judith Merrick - Chief Executive Officer
MBA (Mktg), BBus (HRD), RN (Division 1), DipAppSc.CHNsg,
GradDipHlthEd, Cert IV W/place Tng. AFAIM
 
Judith has 30 years of diverse health experience in the areas of nursing, disability, substance abuse, aged care, community health, education, project management, business development and management. Prior to joining True Care, Judith held positions as the Deputy CEO, Business Development Manager and Education Manager of a well respected provider of health training in Australia and internationally. Her extensive health experience has resulted in a solid core of knowledge with specific skills in conceptual analysis, strategic development, and implementation of services and staff management.

 
 
Dr Laurie Williams - Medical Director
MBBS FRANZCOG FRCOG FAICD
 

Laurie has extensive experience in healthcare, having practiced obstetrics and gynaecology in Melbourne for over thirty years, qualifying for FRANZCOG (1980), FRCOG (1990), and FAICD (1997). He has also served as the Medical Director of the Western Hospital, Sunshine (1990-1995).

Laurie combines his intimate understanding of the healthcare industry with diverse managerial skills and vast business experience. He currently serves as Board Chairman of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School and as a director of Tellimed Pty Ltd, True Care's parent organisation. Laurie is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 
 
Sue Philpott - Operations Manager
RN(Division1),BAppSc.,NsgEd,GradCertLeadership&Management, CertIVW/placeTng
 

Sue has a background in vascular, emergency, oncology, renal and spinal nursing and extensive educational experience delivering a variety of nursing courses. She created and managed a large school of nursing for Victoria University, and also managed several large projects and has been an active member on a number of Department of Human Services Workforce and Educational steering committees.

Sue has collaborated and consulted with a wide variety of education providers on matters pertaining to nursing education in Australia.

 
 
Dr Adrian Williams - Research and Development Manager
BA (Hons), PhD
 

Adrian has many years experience in the analysis of public policy and has a PhD in Politics from La Trobe University. He worked as a Research Assistant in the Politics Department of La Trobe before joining health and medical technology company IM Medical Ltd. As Research and Development Manager Adrian worked on the business' product development, sales and marketing strategy, and the company's research programs.

He uses his skills in research and knowledge management to ensure True Care is at the forefront of developments in health industry thinking.

 
 
Mr Darren Dziubinski - Commercial Manager
BBus, CPA
 

Darren has developed strong commercial acumen and gained extensive experience through his various senior roles at Shell, Telstra, and CSC. At Shell Darren performed a number of financial roles before working on the project to buy out and restructure Shell's Retail and Distributor networks. Following that, Darren took the role of Regional Finance Manager (Asia Pacific and Middle East) for Shell's newly created IT business rationalising and restructuring the country based services into a regional and global delivery model.

Darren was then appointed with Telstra's IT subsidiary Advantra as the Southern Region Commercial Manager working on major outsourcing bids as well as providing services to the existing accounts. He then moved into a Customer Business Management role responsible for the delivery of services and major projects to his portfolio of customers. Prior to his current role, Darren was a Commercial Manager with CSC where he negotiated and provided the commercial strategy and support for a successful bid to deliver services to a leading global business.