TIP Group appoints Rachel Swift as chief strategy officer

ASX-listed TIP Group has appointed former strategy consultant Rachel Swift as its Chief Strategy Officer.

The appointment sees Rachel – the moderate-aligned Liberal who unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Boothby at this year’s federal election – take full responsibility for TIP Group’s strategic agenda and strategy advisory practice.

Rachel brings 18 years of experience across business strategy, healthcare, medical research, and management consulting to the financial institution focused on transferring wealth between generations.

Prior to her tilt for parliament, Rachel was a board member with GPEx and the ModMed Institute, and also sat on the federal Health Department’s Advisory Board on Technology and Healthcare Competitiveness.

A Rhodes Scholar, Rachel spent the last years running her own healthcare consulting company, Swift Outcomes. She previously spent a decade with the Boston Consulting Group in the United States and Australia, and was chief strategy officer for a global health non-profit institution.

“Rachel is one of the few people globally who can lay claim to advising the UN, WHO and world governments on matters of international importance. She is one of an even fewer number of Australians who can add a career in health care, science and business to these outstanding achievements – all at an age when most of us were only first learning to make a difference,” said Andrew Coleman, the CEO of TIP Group.

“I am ecstatic to have secured a woman of her calibre to lead our strategy practice. I can’t think of a single organisation that wouldn’t benefit from having Rachel’s advice.”

Commenting on her new challenge, Rachel said: “I see an enormous opportunity in this role. Firstly, to have an impact on Australia’s future by helping medium-sized and developing businesses grow because they are the engine house of the country. Secondly, given my own expertise, I have an appetite and interest to help Australian health enterprises succeed, as there is so much untapped potential that can be leveraged to ensure better health outcomes for all.”

“TIP’s vision of transferring knowledge and wealth between generations is an important one and will be critically important as Australia navigates strong headwinds on economic and health fronts.”