Directors

Dr Marcus Tan

MBBS (UWA), FRACGP, FAICD, MBA (Exec) AGSM

Marcus is the director responsible for marketing and business development for Equis Consulting Group.

Key areas of expertise & interest:

• Strategic Planning & Management
• Marketing & Business development
• Facilitation & Training
• Corporate Governance
• Private Equity & Venture Capital

After completing his internship at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, Marcus entered the General Practice training program. Marcus has since worked in metro, outer metro and rural general practice and developed an interest in minor procedures. In 2001, Marcus joined Australia’s leading skin cancer clinic group. Marcus worked as the group’s Medical Director in WA from 2002 to mid 2007. His duties included general management, doctor recruitment, training and business development.

Concurrently, Marcus was a director on the board of a Not-For-Profit Regional Health Service Provider (GP Coastal Division of General Practice) for six years and served as Chairman for three terms. In late 2007 he led a successful merger of GP Coastal with one of its neighbouring Divisions to form the Perth Primary Care Network (PPCN) which is now recognized as the largest Division  of General Practice in WA and one of the leading Divisions in the country. He serves as Vice Chairman of PPCN and is a member of the finance committee and executive strategy group.

Based in Perth, Western Australia with his wife and two sons, when not engaged in his medical work, Marcus serves as the Vice President and co-founder of Meridian Global Foundation (a professional philanthropic group) and is a director of a financial services business as well as an active personal investor.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Marcus brings to Equis a wide network of contacts within the Australian Health community and has experience with large and small private, public, government and not-for-profit sectors.

Shayne White

Ass. Dip (Rad. Tech) (SAIT), MBA (Exec) AGSM

Shayne has worked in the Diagnostic imaging industry for over 20 years particularly in the area of nuclear medicine.

His key areas of expertise include:

• Operations Management
• Organisational Development
• Continuous Improvement
  

His experience includes managing Western Australia’s first Positron Emission Tomography (PET) centre. As Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist at SKG and Hobart Isotope Imaging, Shayne was the driving force in significantly increasing turnover and profitability whilst maintaining superior quality results. He has a consistent track record of turning around dysfunctional, low output and low quality providers to become market leaders. This arose from a commitment to operational excellence and an absolute focus on exceeding customer expectations. Shayne holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management and is currently also the Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital PET service.