The team

Sam is a health sector consultant and a director, owner and founder of Nova Consulting, with more than a decade of experience across the New Zealand health system. He combines clinical, analytical and management skills, and works as comfortably with chief executives, CFOs and chief medical officers as with the doctors, nurses, analysts and IT teams who run services day to day.

Sam specialises in health analytics and revenue. He has deep working knowledge of New Zealand's national health datasets and of hospital and health service systems. He and his teams have supported District Health Boards (now part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora) through complex finance system implementations and multi-organisation procurement analysis, and he leads Nova's revenue maximisation work.

His background in palliative care nursing, and his regional work with clinical networks in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, vascular, plastic surgery, chronic pain and health of older people, give him a practical understanding of how care is delivered and funded. He has presented at national and international forums, including Health Informatics New Zealand and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.

Sam is also a co-owner and director of Nova Health, a New Zealand healthcare staffing agency. He holds a Master of Management and a Bachelor of Nursing.

Andrew is a director, owner and founder of Nova Consulting, and a business owner and executive with experience across healthcare services, hospitality and business management. He is a clear communicator who enjoys solving problems, developing practical solutions and making complex issues easier to understand.

At Nova Consulting, Andrew works across both the New Zealand and Australian companies. He runs the office and leads project management, reviews and validates documentation and communication, and looks after all things operational, giving the consulting team a solid platform to deliver client work.

Andrew has also been co-owner and Executive Director of Nova Health since 2015, when he bought the business with Sam Mackenzie. He has helped grow it into an established New Zealand healthcare staffing agency, supplying registered nurses, enrolled nurses and healthcare assistants. Nova Health was named a Rising Star in the Deloitte Fast 50 in 2017, and ranked in the Fast 50 in 2018 and 2019. Andrew manages day-to-day operations, client relationships, sales, marketing and key business decisions.

Before Nova, Andrew was onsite duty and night manager at the Quality Hotel Ambassador and Clarion Suites in Hamilton, where he ran the hotel alone through afternoon and overnight shifts and was duty manager for the restaurant and bar. Earlier, he co-founded Rouge Café in Cambridge with family. He built it from the ground up, then worked hands-on to achieve quality food, high service standards and financial profitability.

Andrew holds a Diploma and a Higher Diploma in Hospitality and Hotel Management, and studied at Queenstown Resort College (QRC).