Our People

 

As a service business we understand that our people are the key to our success.

 
Our company is led by Daniel Carlin, Elevates Founder, Chairman and CEO. Daniel is supported by a highly experienced Board of Directors as well as an Advisory Board. At an executive level Daniel works with fellow Director and COO, Brendan Browner.
 
Our clinics are managed by highly skilled Practice Managers who are responsible for our exceptional administration staff, doctors and practitioners. They are the champions of the Elevate client centric and integrated team culture.
 
Our health professionals, the core of our business, are recruited and operate nationally. No amount of effort is spared to source the highest quality practitioners for the benefit of our clients.

Daniel Carlin

Founder, Director, Innovation and Market Development

Daniel Carlin is an adventurer, a man who thrives on new challenges, whether it be a mountain to climb or a new business venture.

His passionate interest in health and fitness started his journey towards establishing Elevate. As a personal trainer his professional clients asked him for advice not only about fitness and looking good; they asked about nutrition; stress management and how to maintain their energy levels throughout their frantic days.
Daniel enjoyed seeking answers to their questions and subsequently began working with corporate health providers educating professionals on wellbeing strategies as a speaker and facilitator.

After setting up Elevate in 2007 Daniel became convinced that there was an unmet need for accessible clinics with first class practitioners for employees to be able to take action on what they learnt during their corporate health program. The concept for Elevate was re-engineered. Having no formal business or marketing training, Daniel had researched his market and with the spirit of a true adventurer, opened the first Elevate clinic in 2010 with his own funds and some assistance from friends and family.

Elevate has proven to be an enormous success. In just two years, Daniel has attracted major corporate clients from the big end of town as well as building a team of highly experienced board members, executives and health professionals. His personal warmth, enthusiasm and passion has seen the business grow from a single site buisness to a business building a national footprint with plans to expand into Asia.

Brendan Browner

Clinical Director

Brendan Browner has more than 20 years clinical business experience, establishing, growing and selling several large complementary medical practices including Pro Therapy, one of the larger independent physiotherapy and allied health practices in Sydney and Green Square Physiotherapy clinic which focussed on workplace injury management and rehabilitation.

In 2005, Brendan joined as a partner in SportsLab, a business who works with athletes including the Australian Swimming Team and a number of NRL team. Brendan grew the SportsLab practice and introduced it to Elevate in 2009, becoming the founding clinical partner. In 2011 Brendan exited SportsLab, invested in Elevate and became the COO.

As Chief Operations Officer, Brendan is now responsible for Elevate clinic operations and staff.

Peter Browne

Non-Executive Director

Peter Browne has more than 20 years of public company leadership experience in Australia and New Zealand, with a depth of knowledge in corporate business development, managing multi-site facilities and mergers and acquisitions. He has a Master in eCommerce from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, is a member of the AICD, and has a strong interest in improving the health and wellbeing of employees in corporate Australasia.    

Luke Collins

Non-Executive Director

Luke Collins was President of the Australasian operations of C.R Laurence for 5 years beginning in 2006. He grew the business from $5.1 million in turnover to $15.3 million and was responsible for the acquisition of a privately owned businesses to grow the company’s national presence and sales revenues.

John O'Shaughnessy

Chairman and Non-Executive Director

John is currently a Director at the Asian Financial Services practice of the global managing consulting firm, AT Kearney. He is a Non Executive Director of Platez, an internet and payment security company. He is also a Director on the Board of the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services; having initially served as the inaugural chairman for five years. John has also served as a Director of the Australian Services Roundtable for five years.

John has had a 40 year career in financial services in Asia/Pac and Europe and has held CEO and executive roles in Financial Services in: Wealth Management, Banking, Securities and General Insurance. Prior to joining AT Kearney, John was Deputy CEO of the Finacial Services Council in Australia.
John holds a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries and a Fellow of the Financial Securities Institute of Australia.


   

Brookes McTavish

Non-Executive Director

Brookes McTavish has led a career with one underlying theme – a belief that creative, sustainable and well-governed enterprise is the solution to many of the problems confronting our world – whether economic, resulting from climate change or poor governance, or from the social upheaval that ultimately results from a lack of food, water, land, or a meaningful existence.

In the private sector, Brookes has broad experience in mergers, acquisitions, restructures and turnarounds across a range of industry sectors in Australia and Asia, particularly in health, IT&T, alternative energy technology and property.

She has both chaired and acted as part of a team in a number of large infrastructure project acquisition bids in Asia Pacific involving the public and private sectors and international government agencies. She has invested in and acted as a professional director of both private and micro cap public listed companies, particularly where she was part of the team facilitating the company’s stock exchange listing.

Brookes brings to Elevate highly developed skills and experience in strategic planning, corporate structuring, managing growth and fundraising as well as a deep concern for corporate social responsibility resulting in individual and community wellbeing.