Professor, University of Canberra; Australia

Paresh is a practicing GP and Business Owner with a breadth and depth of experience across clinical service delivery systems in Australia and UK with extensive knowledge of systems in US and New Zealand. He combines active clinical practice with leadership, academic and consulting roles to bring a unique blend of skills that create synergies and alignment across the micro, meso and macro elements of the health system and across other sectors. Paresh is author of key papers relevant to high performance primary care including a King’s Fund Paper and co-edited the MJA supplement on achieving person centred primary health care through value co‐creation and authored a paper on alternative funding models for primary health care. He is editor in chief of the BMJ International Journal on Healthcare Integration. He has a strong reputation and high credibility and has designed and delivered large scale capacity and capability leadership, quality and patient safety improvement programs in the UK and Australia. As Director and Principal of Prestantia Health he offers healthcare consultancy services. He is the clinical lead on the current WNSW PHN capability building program and a range of other PHN and PHC programs. As Director and Principal of Next Practice Deakin, he provides leadership on implementation of the principles of value-based healthcare and innovation. He is a GP Consultant Adviser to NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and eHealth. The golden threat that unites his diverse interests are a passion for human-centred health care.