Ray Finch

Ray Finch

Medical Practitioner - High Performance Sport

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  • About me

    Director Disability Services at NZHG

  • Education

    • Jeppe High School for boys

      1989 - 1993

      Activities and Societies: Tennis, Hockey, Rugby

    • University of Port Elizabeth

      1994 - 2000
      BHSC - Sports Medicine Biokinetics, Sports Medicine and High Performance Training Honours Degree

      Activities and Societies: Captain of the University Rowing Team. Biokinetics, Sports Medicine

  • Experience

    • Ray Finch - Biokineticist

      Jan 2000 - Sept 2004
      Medical Practitioner - High Performance Sport

      High performance consulting and training to a number of professional cricket teams including SA Cricket, Eastern Province Cricket and Australia Cricket (for the 2003 world cup in SA)My degree in Biokinietics has a focus on rehabilitation but more specifically on high performance athletes. Helping them achieve the highest avenues of sport through mental training and physical preparation.

    • Discovery Life - Consulting

      Jun 2004 - Sept 2007
      Director of Operations

      Headed up an initiative in insurance underwriting which dynamically took the insurance medical service on the road. the "SmartDoc" service was a mobile underwriting service offered exclusively to Discovery Life, assisting them to reach underwriting numbers far beyond their target.

    • HealthCubed

      Oct 2006 - Apr 2015
      Director of Health Services

      Founding Member of HealthCubed. Responsible for all management and business growth within this small but dynamic health consultancy. Focus on health consulting and performance management across a wide spectrum of industries from IT to banking and insurance.

    • RogenSi, a TeleTech company

      Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
      Senior Manager, Leadership and Learning
    • Spectrum Care Trust Board

      Feb 2016 - Sept 2022
      • Chief Operating Officer

        Feb 2018 - Sept 2022
      • General Manager Strategy

        Feb 2016 - Feb 2018
    • Ministry of Health New Zealand

      Mar 2021 - May 2021
      COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation - Disability lead on secondment

      Working with a team of leaders from the disability sector to develop the plan for COVID vaccine and immunization rollout for New Zealand's disabled community

    • New Zealand Health Group

      Sept 2022 - now
      • Director Disability Services

        Jul 2024 - now
      • General Manager

        Sept 2022 - Jul 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Honors Degree - Biokinetics

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Cerebral Palsy research into Perceptual motor development

      Issued by Cape Recife School on Jul 1999
      Cape Recife SchoolAssociated with Ray Finch