Pippa joined SMS in May 2007 as a UK international recruit on our 457 Visa program. Pippa is an experienced Project Manager and Business Analyst, specialising in working across complex stakeholder environments to facilitate effective business improvement. As a specialist area, Pippa offers expertise in Change Management, delivered through expert facilitation and robust communications. Since joining SMS Pippa has begun to expand her field of knowledge to include Information Architecture.
SMS Career Highlights
Pippa’s career highlights include:
- Being at the centre of the design team for the modernisation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, working across change management, business analysis and information architecture
- Supporting knowledge transfer into an emerging communications team within a new programme office
- Sharing with other SMS consultants the experiences of the NHS modernisation agenda
Background
After graduating in European Philosophy and Literature with Sociology from APU in Cambridge, Pippa worked within the UK NHS both at Strategic Health Authority and national level, working across workforce reform, Patient and Public Involvement, the Expert Patient Programme and communications Pippa was asked to lead the National Review of Patient and Public Involvement in Health and contribute to the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say.
A word from Pippa...
“After the challenge of national policy development my son Dante requested a change from mum commuting to London and voted for Australia. The opportunity to join SMS came at the perfect time and I was delighted to accept their offer. SMS has opened up a whole new world of opportunities and experiences for my family. This was by far the bravest decision we have ever made, but I just knew that the company was the right one for us, and it truly is; my colleagues are inspirational, the work is challenging and Australia is all you could ever dream it to be.”