At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Sydney based CEO’ operating in the Hospital space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Kieran Warwick
Founder & CEO of The Burger Collective
Kieran Warwick Co-Founder at Illuvium
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About Illuvium, The Burger Collective: Find, rate and review Australia’s best burger restaurants

Steve Atkins
Chief Executive Officer of Healthe Care Australia
Steve Atkins is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Healthe Care Australia. Steve has over 20 years senior health care management experience having worked for several of Australia’s largest health care groups. He is a former board member of the Australian Private Hospitals Association and remains on the Association’s Council. Steve was instrumental in the establishment of the Healthe Care business in 2005 and has played a leading role in the growth of the group – which currently comprises 17 private hospital sites across Australia). Healthe Care is one of the leading Australian hospital providers operating acute surgical, cardiac, medical, rehabilitation and mental health facilities as well as associated community based care services.
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About Healthe Care Australia: Healthe Care Australia operates a network of private hospitals.

Thomas Pash
Chief Executive Officer of Rockpool Dining Group
Over the last 15 years of his career, as CEO and CEO in Residence, Thomas led private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funded firms to pension fund investment assets to global firms with annual sales in excess of $500 million and market caps of over $2 billion. Thomas is renown for accelerated revenue growth, Lean Six Sigma operational excellence, maniacal focus on detail and quality, enabling outstanding organisational culture and building great, award-winning companies. Thomas’ career includes building and leading three great firms from early stages to substantial growth to being acquired and or going public. Thomas is a successful, award-winning C-level executive. Thomas spent the first 15 years of his career in the hospitality industry working with industry leaders Pappas Restaurant Group, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Red Lion Hospitality, Sam’s Café Restaurants and NorREIT. As COO/CIO and President of the Hospitality Operations for NorREIT, Thomas managed a $2 billion Global REIT portfolio, including over 40 full-service hotels and resorts and 10 original and franchise concepts with more than 70 locations.
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About Rockpool Dining Group: Rockpool Dining provides dining and entertainment venues.
Romain Bonjean
Co founder and CEO of TYDE
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About Rosemary Health, Startmate, TYDE: Tyde is a platform that transforms the connection between patients and clinicians.

Fred Cicchini
Chief Executive Officer of Injury Treatment
Fred is a registered psychologist with over a decade of experience in vocational, employment and return to work solutions. Fred is experienced in optimising organisational employee engagement and productivity and has developed and implemented evidence based early intervention, employee assistance programs, return to work and recruitment solutions for many of Australia’s corporate elite.
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About Injury Treatment: Injury Treatment is one of the innovative leaders within the occupational rehabilitation industry.

Dave Thompson
CEO & Co-Founder of Hometime
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About Hometime: Building a global ecosystem of entrepreneurs, hosts and guests!

Steve Fanale
CEO – Founder of Drive Yello
Steve started out his career as a professional sportsman who could code. He built his first app when he was 19, a payroll programme he sold to the bar that he worked for. He has been part of Australiaʼs digital industry for over 20 years and started his digital agency, MassMedia Studios, in 2000. MassMedia grew to over 60 people with offices in New York and London selling Traction, an enterprise marketing platform conceptualised by Steve and sold to Global businesses worldwide. MassMedia Group sold to Bluefreeway in 2007. After leaving the Massmedia Group in 2010 Steve has been an active mentor to several Sydney startups and also founded film production company FeverPitch Entertainment and App incubator AppVillage. At the start of 2015 Steve made the decision to focus on his next venture when he came up with the idea for Drive Yello, a last-mile logistics platform supported by a driver/rider marketplace.
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About 2and2, Drive Yello: Drive Yello helps businesses efficiently manage last mile logistics so they can meet the ever-increasing demand for same day delivery.
Peter Winqvist
Global Chief Executive Officer of ResCompany Systems Ltd
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About ResCompany Systems Ltd: Rescompany Software Ltd. develops, distributes and supports central and property management systems for the hospitality industry.

Ben Stokes
CEO + Founder of SocialTable
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About SocialTable: The New Social Dining Experience
Jack Bowcott
Co-founder and CEO of Goki
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About Goki: Goki sells hardware & saas modules to hotels, hostels & airbnbs.

Allan Evans
CEO of Clipp
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About Clipp: Clipp is an app used to find last minuit deals at bars and places up to 40 percent off.