Amana Living

ABOUT 260 Deloitte employees swapped the office for the outdoors last Friday as part of the Deloitte Impact corporate volunteering day.

Competition in the state’s investment banking sector is hotter than ever despite a fall-off in takeover deals and capital raisings last year.

Aged and community care provider Amana Living has appointed Hawaiian chief financial officer Damian Gordon to its board.Mr Gordon worked in the corporate finance division of KPMG before joining Hawaiian in 2002. He is currently a board member of Youth Focus.

Becoming a published author is something many aspire to but relatively few achieve, which is why Ray Glickman realised he either had to bite the bullet and go for it, or ditch the dream.

Western Australia’s aged care sector is preparing for major upheaval, including the entrance of investment-hungry private equity firms, as the most significant reforms in a generation take effect.

The successful ASX listing this week of Regis Healthcare has focused attention on the value of other players in the sector, with Western Australia’s largest being Aegis Aged Care Group.

Tim Nayton has been appointed general manager health care at Amana Living.Mr Nayton joins the aged care agency from Medibank, where he was general manager of clinical governance and quality. 

Changes to the government’s funding model for aged care providers have increased competition, but also complexity.

They don’t exist to make money, but Western Australia’s largest not-for-profit businesses, including HBF, RAC and St John of God Health Care, have all recorded increased revenue, according to BNiQ research.

This month's Subscriber News features: Bethanie, Fuel Distributors, Rocky Bay, Doray Minerals, Amana Living, Prompt Engineering, Dux Digital and Technology Park Function Centre.

Tourism WA chief executive Stephanie Buckland is set to become chief executive of Amana Living in August. Ms Buckland has led Tourism WA since 2010, after a previous role as head of retail marketing at Bankwest.

Changes at Amana Living’s helm highlight the different circumstances facing each sector of the economy.

SPECIAL REPORT: Advances in technology are changing the interaction between healthcare providers and consumers, providing greater competition and choice.

Not-for-profit aged care provider Bethanie has set a high benchmark for board remuneration in a sector where many of its peers do not pay any fees to board members.

SPECIAL REPORT: Government reforms and cuts to funding could limit the aged care sector’s capacity to meet future demand.

Service providers and developers are pursuing opportunities in WA’s growing aged care and retirement sector, with a pipeline of property overhauls and new builds worth more than $500 million.

SPECIAL REPORT: Big changes to the home services sector have boosted consumer control over choice, leading to a more competitive market as an increasing number of consumers want care kept at home.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sue Wilson, John McGuire, Angela Newland, Hazel Brewer, Diana Forsyth, Jane den Hollander, Jonathan van Hazel, Wendy Pryer, Isaac Stewart, Rhiannon Barrett, Glenn Langridge, Renee Wilkinson and Siqi Liu.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Glen Rolle, Mary Anne Stephens, Alain Musikanth, Geoff Lotter, Mike Hodgkinson, Robert van der Laan, Natalie Davies, Kiara Rotaru, Colin La Galia and Maxwell Watkins.