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Amber Cartwright

Grow or Go (Mergers and Acquisitions in Aged Care)​

Concurrent Session B1 – Mergers & Acquisitions
Thursday 24 October 2024
12.00pm – 12.30pm
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Senior Director

Ansell Strategic

Amber is a Chartered Accountant and Senior Director at Ansell Strategic. With 10 years of experience in the aged care and retirement living sector, Amber has led strategic and diagnostic reviews, helping providers align services with their purpose. Amber has facilitated numerous local and international reviews, delivering pragmatic recommendations and solutions for operators.

Her work includes financial analysis, benchmarking, market feasibility, service model development and financial modeling for aged care and retirement living projects. Amber has been instrumental in piloting several research projects in collaboration with peak Australian and New Zealand aged care industry bodies which have been aimed at improving the lives of older people.

She has also assisted with various mergers and acquisitions over the past 8 years.

Precis

The levels of M&A activity in our sector are moving toward the record highs of 2015, with big new acquisitions from Opal, Australian Unity and For Purpose Investment Partners this year. As larger providers continue to consolidate and expand, smaller groups are looking to mitigate their exposure to uncertainty through diversification. With these trends playing out as we speak, providers across the industry must consider whether is it time for them to grow… or go.

Ansell Strategic has been involved in the largest aged care transactions over the past ten years and will share their experiences and lessons learnt along the way. The session will help participants to better understand the market and how to proceed with courage and security.

The session would cover:

– What is happening in the M&A market and why – https://www.ansellstrategic.com.au/the-deal-tracker-quarter-3-of-fy24/

– Accepting and rejecting opportunities.

– Effective (and affordable) due diligence.

– Divesting assets that don’t fit your future.

– Communication – too much and too little.

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