Glenn, the founder of Aspen Medical, is a notable business leader and philanthropist with a distinguished career in the Australian Defence Force and corporate landscape in Australia and around the world.

Directing Aspen Medical from its inception in 2003 through to the highly respected international business it is today, Glenn has led Aspen Medical to its established operations in 21 countries, including the USA, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, Africa, and Australasia.

A passionate advocate of corporate social responsibility, Glenn has etched social purpose and community engagement into Aspen Medical’s culture, ensuring that the business has a social conscience in all it delivers.

In 2017, Glenn was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his philanthropic leadership in the business sector and his advocacy work for people with an intellectual disability. That same year, he was a runner-up in the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year.

Glenn sits on several boards, including Invictus Australia, the Australian War Memorial, and Project Independence, a not-for-profit program he founded in 2012 to provide homeownership for people with an intellectual disability.

A graduate of the University of New South Wales and the International Test Pilots School in the UK, Glenn is also an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, a member of the Australian Institute of Project Management, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and was appointed Board Chair for the Australia-ASEAN Council by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in January 2022. 

Bruce was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Aspen Medical in 2015 after serving as Chief of Staff and then Chief Operating Officer for two years.

Prior to joining Aspen Medical, Bruce had a proud history of military service in Australia and the UK. Upon leaving the Australian Defence Force, Bruce held a variety of senior executive-level roles, including in a global enterprise software company, a private equity-owned national building service company, and a publicly listed company in the automotive industry. In his various roles, Bruce has refined and executed wide-ranging structural changes, including mergers and acquisitions and the development and implementation of successful succession planning. Building a winning culture is a hallmark of Bruce’s stewardship.

Bruce is a board director on national and international boards, including Aspen Medical subsidiaries boards leading on Public Private Partnership agreements. He is also a Board Director and Treasurer for Lifeline (Canberra and Melbourne).

Bruce was appointed a Fellow of the International Centre for Complex Project Management (ICCPM) for his project management expertise and proven track record of working in complex environments. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the University of New South Wales, Canberra Business School, and a member of theAmerican Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Council of Governors.

Emma has 25 years of experience leading, advising, and growing businesses at the intersection of technology, financial services and capital markets across the Asia Pacific, the US, the UK and EMEA.

She has in-depth knowledge of various operating models, data and technology environments, and diverse cultural settings, working in 30 countries and serving on a wide range of boards. Emma’s executive career includes over 16 years in the US-based market as a Nasdaq technology leader and as Group CEO and Managing Director of an ASX-listed company in the global payments technology and open banking arena.

Emma’s expertise includes strategy formulation, leveraging technology and partnerships, new ventures, mergers and acquisitions integration, and complex regulatory and stakeholder engagement. She has led and advised highly regulated market infrastructure operators and disruptive companies across technology, financial, industrial and healthcare sectors, including collaboration with the American Medical Association’s venture capital arm. Across multiple businesses, Emma has initiated and directed structural, technological and transformational change to drive sustainable growth and value creation.

Emma holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political and Social Sciences and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. She is an Alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Advance Management Program (AMP) and has undertaken executive studies at Harvard Business School. She is a Graduate and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and a Member of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA).

Tareq is an experienced financial and commercial management professional with over 40 years of experience in diverse environments. He joined Aspen Medical in 2006, following decades of working across Africa and Australia.

His foundation as a trained auditor paved his professional journey from audit manager with then Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co (now KPMG) in London to other key financial roles across Africa, and later became the first finance manager of the British Aerospace Flying College (Tamworth, New South Wales) in 1991. Prior to joining Aspen Medical, Tareq was interim business manager at Canberra Hospital.

Tareq’s extensive taxation and company law experience in high-risk, remote locations has honed his skills in risk and commercial management, equipping him with a detailed understanding of financial and operational requirements. He is also an accomplished trainer and mentor, with two of his trainees now in senior executive positions.

A graduate of Australian Company Law and Taxation, University of Southern Queensland, Tareq is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Susan is an experienced director across a range of areas, including health care, not-for-profit, government, defence, and regulated boards.

She is a Fellow, former Board Director and Divisional President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Susan’s current boards include MDASA Ltd and Medical Insurance Australia Pty Ltd, both part of the Medical Indemnity Group Australia, council member of the Australian War Memorial, Defence Health Pty Ltd and Camp Quality.

Susan is also a distinguished surgeon and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) with over 25 years of experience in leading and advising in public and private healthcare settings, including acute and trauma surgery and as a member of the RACS Court of Examiners in General Surgery and the College of Surgeons of Southern, Eastern and Central Africa (COSECSA). Susan has served in the Australian Defence Force and led clinical teams in Cambodia, Bougainville (PNG), and Afghanistan.

Susan holds positions as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and Adjunct Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia. She has undertaken doctoral and postdoctoral research and is widely published in academic journals on issues of healthcare support, clinical excellence, and ethics in challenging environments.