Hills holds high hopes for distribution business under new CEO
Hills holds high hopes for distribution business under new CEO
Clarke will work with outgoing Hills CEO David Lenz to ensure a seamless transition.
David Lenz (Hills) Credit: Hills
Hills hopes to get its technology distribution business back on track under the leadership of its new CEO, David Clarke, former CEO of publicly listed health software provider Corum Group.
“I am delighted that we have appointed an executive of David’s calibre, with such a strong record in strategic, financial and operational leadership,” Hills chair Jennifer Hill-Ling said.
“David’s experience and business skills provide Hills with significant capability to deliver on the health division’s growth strategy and return the distribution division to sustained profitability.
But the use of private contractors and the lack of transparency from government is obstructing attempts at accountability over other elements of the program, including logistics, planning and communication failures.
Questions about the rollout are referred to the health department by the contractors but the department claims information is commercial-in-confidence when asked about its contracts.
The government initially promised 4m Australians would be vaccinated by the end of March but missed that target by about 3.4m people.
Problem areas include the aged care rollout, which was designed to immunise vulnerable elderly Australians before winter but is well behind schedule.
Logistic companies Linfox and DHL are responsible for delivering the doses to aged care facilities, while the private health contractors are responsible for providing the immunisation workforce that delivers the jabs to aged care residents.
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