"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. Gordon is known for clear investment guidance and delivery discipline that help clients steer complex programs through long timeframes, changing executives, shifting market conditions, and evolving government priorities, while maintaining focus on practical outcomes and delivery confidence.
Gordon Gover, Managing Principal: gordon@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 447 846 736
Dinesh Chellappa
Principal, Strategy and Advisory
Dinesh is a health infrastructure strategy and advisory leader with a strong clinical and operational foundation and particular expertise in early planning, project definition, and design management. His background in Biomedical Engineering and Clinical ICT gives him deep clinical pedigree, while his project leadership experience across health projects in Victoria and Queensland spans business cases, master planning, clinical environments, medical equipment, digital systems, back of house operations, and research laboratories. He is particularly effective in bringing together models of care, models of service, and digital technology requirements to shape scope, design, and infrastructure decisions from the outset.
Dinesh Chellappa, Principal Strategy and Advisory: dinesh@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 409 307 298
Nathan Bugg
Executive Advisor
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 within a global asset management firm, 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, supporting business cases, master planning, asset investment prioritisation, operational readiness, and transition into service with clearer pathways and stronger operational outcomes.
Nathan Bugg, Executive Advisor: nathan@specialisedhealthadvisory.com.au
Mobile: +61 436 808 781