About SHA
"SHA was created to bring decision discipline at the interfaces where investment choices are made and where facilities must operate safely from day one."
About SHA
Built for the gap between strategy and reality.
SHA was established to address a persistent gap in complex health projects the space between strategy, infrastructure, technology and operational reality.
Health infrastructure has become more sophisticated, but many programs still stumble in familiar ways. Scope is not defined early enough, responsibilities at interfaces are unclear, integration is treated as “too hard”, and operational transition is compressed late. SHA was created to bring stronger definition, clearer governance and better decision discipline in these environments.
We work across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific with public and private health organisations where capital decisions carry material risk to programme, budget, service continuity or reputation. Our work spans strategic asset advisory, clinical platform and equipment integration, and commissioning and transition support, helping leaders make defensible, evidence-based decisions.
What SHA Is
SHA is an independent advisory and integration discipline. We do not construct facilities, supply equipment, or act as a principal contractor. Our role is to bring clarity, structure, and integration discipline so investment decisions are stronger, asset pathways are clearer, and facilities are better positioned to operate as intended.
Where required, we work alongside architects, engineers, expert economic & finance analysts, contractors and digital providers, while maintaining independence from supply and delivery contracts to protect client interests.
Our Expertise
Our team combines investment analysis and strategic asset advisory with deep technical and operational expertise across biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and health facility management. We work at the intersection of health service planning, asset intelligence, demand and capacity forecasting, capital planning, medical equipment, operational automation, and digital infrastructure. This allows us to bring strategic advice that is grounded in how health services actually operate, and how assets, technology, and infrastructure need to function together in practice.
Through Specialised Property Consulting, we can also draw on project management, construction management, and superintendent capability when delivery support is required. This allows clients to access targeted advisory input or broader delivery support without losing continuity.
Our Team
You will work directly with the people accountable for the advice. Depending on the scope, one of us will be your day to day point of contact.
Gordon Gover
Managing Principal
Gordon brings contractor side experience, including Tier 1 environments, and client side project management across public and private settings. He has worked across healthcare, universities, research laboratories, logistics, large scale industrial, residential multirise, and retail projects, bringing broad delivery context to health infrastructure decisions.
He brings clear investment guidance and delivery discipline to help clients steer complex programs through long timeframes, changing executives, shifting market conditions, and evolving government priorities.
Gordon Gover, Managing Principal: gordon@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 447 846 736
Dinesh Chellappa
Principal, Strategy and Advisory
Dinesh is a biomedical engineer with an MBA from Melbourne Business School and over two decades of experience in healthcare. He brings deep health service delivery experience from more than a decade at Barwon Health across biomedical engineering and clinical ICT, alongside client side project roles on major redevelopments and complex projects for Queensland Health and St Vincent’s Hospitals.
His background is grounded in the realities of healthcare delivery, from clinical environments and medical equipment to digital systems and back of house operations. That gives him a practical understanding of how infrastructure, technology, and operations need to work together in live health settings.
Dinesh supports leaders from investment decisions and early planning through to design, delivery, operational preparedness, change management, and transition to service, with particular expertise in medical equipment planning, clinical platform integration, and automation opportunities.
Dinesh Chellappa, Principal Strategy and Advisory: dinesh@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 409 307 298
Nathan Bugg
Infrastructure Lead
Nathan brings extensive firsthand experience across health infrastructure environments, including roles with Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service and Health Infrastructure Queensland. With a background in mechanical trades and leadership experience overseeing critical energy infrastructure across Queensland’s health system, he combines practical technical insight with strategic infrastructure management capability.
He works across the infrastructure lifecycle through a strategic asset and facilities management lens grounded in globally recognised asset management principles, from business cases, master planning, and asset investment prioritisation through to operational readiness, transition into service, and post completion asset performance. Nathan also supports critical asset maintenance contracts, facilities management arrangements, and service delivery frameworks to help assets operate effectively from day one.
Nathan Bugg, Infrastructure Lead: nathan@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 436 808 781