Hugo Rourke
Public HealthPolitical Science & Policy Studies

Hugo Rourke

2023 Commonwealth Bank John Monash Scholar
Scholarship studyMaster in Public Administration (mid-career)
Harvard University, United States of America
Current roleFounder & CEO,
Perx Health
About Hugo
Hugo is passionate about helping our health system to face the challenges of the 21st Century sustainably. This will require structural changes to health policy and fostering innovation. Hugo is a successful digital health CEO who has spent seven years operating at the coalface of innovation in healthcare, leading his team across Australia and the USA, and working with enterprises across public hospitals and private insurance. The John Monash Scholarship enabled Hugo to study an MPA at Harvard Kennedy School specialising in public policy, healthcare and behavioural decision-making.
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