Before establishing O’Connell Advisory, Helen was a Senior Manager in the Health practice of PwC, and prior to that was with Deloitte Consulting. Helen has over 35 years’ experience working in the health, community and disability services sectors. This includes working on health service planning and feasibility study assignments, and major evaluations in the health and disability sectors, particularly integrated care.

Helen’s expertise also covers reengineering and process improvement in private and public hospitals, financial and operational reviews, and health information systems implementation.

Clients include State health departments, Local Health Districts, Family & Community Services, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, private hospitals, health insurers and Aboriginal service providers in health and housing.