Alex Janssan — Senior Consultant
About
Alex is a Senior Consultant with experience across the health, medical, disability, aged care and social services sectors. He works with government, Primary Health Networks and service providers to support service planning, system design and program improvement across complex environments.
Alex has delivered projects including regional health needs assessments, aged care reform initiatives and a national digital health strategy. His work brings together evidence, stakeholder perspectives and system constraints to develop practical and implementable recommendations. He takes a thoughtful and collaborative approach, working closely with clients to understand their context and priorities, ensure outputs are informative, considered and usable in practice and achieve positive project outcomes.
Academic qualifications:
Master of Business Administration (Emerging Leaders) – University of Adelaide (2022)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) – University of Adelaide (2013)
Professional experience:
Alex has worked across consulting, medical research and clinical environments, with experience spanning health, disability, aged care and human services. His career has moved from data and research roles into strategy, planning and system-level work.
Senior Consultant, Beacon Strategies (2026-current)
Senior Consultant, Policy, Strategy and Planning – HealthConsult (2023–2025)
Program Coordinator – Monash University (2021–2022)
Clinical Data Lead – CMAX Clinical Research (2020–2021)
Imaging Project Manager – South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (2014–2018)
Capabilities:
Alex’s work is grounded in the Beacon approach, combining structured analysis, meaningful stakeholder engagement and a strong focus on practical application. He supports clients to navigate complex systems by bringing together evidence, context and diverse perspectives to inform clear and considered decision-making.
He has experience delivering projects that integrate quantitative and qualitative analysis, stakeholder and community consultation, and facilitation of workshops and co-design processes. He synthesises findings into outputs that are practical, usable and aligned to client needs. He works across the full project lifecycle, from understanding needs and system dynamics through to developing strategies, service models and implementation considerations.
His primary strengths are in the Beacon Strategies disciplines of:
Health planning
Organisational strategy
Service design and co-design
Career highlights:
Supported development of an operating and financial model for Australia’s first proton therapy centre, analysing service demand, workforce requirements and system integration considerations to inform a sustainable and nationally coordinated model of care.
Delivered a primary healthcare needs assessment for a metropolitan Primary Health Network, identifying access barriers and priority actions to support more equitable and culturally appropriate primary care for at-risk and priority populations.
Supported development of a regional clinical services plan, analysing population trends, service utilisation and system capacity to inform coordinated service delivery across a major regional health service catchment in Victoria.
Contributed to a national aged care reform pilot evaluating quality indicators for in-home care, integrating qualitative and quantitative insights and partnering with services to assess feasibility and implementation readiness.
Delivered stakeholder engagement across two regional mental health catchments, synthesising input from service providers, community organisations and people with lived experience to identify priority needs and inform regional planning and commissioning directions.
Personal interests:
Outside of work Alex enjoys travelling, being active outside (especially on or in the water), eating great food and drinking great wine. His hobbies include surfing, diving, skiing, snowboarding, hiking/trekking, running and lying on the beach in the sun. He has had to put a hard limit on the number of new and expensive hobbies he takes on.