Introducing Kinyara

Home support that people need to find only once.

Join us on the journey to better home care

Driven to make a difference, we’ve shaped care around the lives of the people we serve

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About

Kinyara Health is a boutique group of community-established home support businesses – each one inspired by the hearts and personal stories of their founders.

Vision

Our vision, together, is home and community support that people need to find only once.

Story

Creating forever home support for more Australians

From lifetimes as care professionals and giving support to their own family members, for ours founders it was personal.

Driven to make a difference, they shaped care around the lives of the people they served – to build lasting relationships others could count on to enjoy life at home.

Today, we’re helping ensure the legacy of each one lives on and shines even brighter, to continue to grow the impact they’ve made for older Australians and those living with disability.

Backed by Kinyara Health quality standards and central business services, our support teams now have even more time for what matters most to clients.

Together, we’re creating forever homecare & support for more Australians.

45

Years providing Home Care Support to Australia

5

Business locations across Victoria and New South Wales

Homecare and NDIS specialists

Our brands

Some Of Our People.

Chris Yoo

Chris Yoo

Director

“I believe that we have a collective duty to provide great care and support to members of our community who need our help – and to do so in a way that works for them. I’m involved with General Homecare because I believe in the vision to create a leading provider of high quality care – delivered with warmth and the client at the centre of everything.”

Chris is a Partner of Genesis Capital. Chris serves as a director on a number of Genesis portfolio companies in the healthcare sector. In addition to his work at Genesis, Chris is Chair of the Refugee Advice & Casework Service, one of Australia’s leading refugee legal services. Chris holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

Judi Cohen

Director

A former Occupational Therapist with extensive experience in residential and aged care, and a passion for family, community and volunteering, Judi Cohen had a dream to ensure that people have the support they need where they need it in order to live their very best lives. Inspired by the needs of her two grandmothers who lived to their late 90s and had been through every imaginable kind of care, in 2005 Judi took the opportunity to purchase Care With Quality, a company with an excellent reputation for providing the type of care in the community that she saw as so.

Judi’s commitment to the Aged Care industry includes chairing the peak body - LASA (Leading Age Services Australia)’s Home Care Advisory Group for 10 years.

Norbert Walther

Norbert Walther

Executive Director

“Ever independent, ever in control … I hope we can make that dream a reality with great solutions today and even better solutions in the future”

Before joining General Homecare Group, Norbert was the CEO of Enrich Health Group; an integrated, multidisciplinary Community Health Organisation operating across Australia with investments in New Zealand. Prior to that he had leadership roles across the Health sector in private and not-for-profit organisations.

He is the Principal of 5P Advisory & Consulting and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He also serves on the Audit & Risk Committee of Katungul Aboriginal Health Services.

Daniel Hong

Daniel Hong

Director

"It’s a privilege to be involved in supporting truly individual and personalised care - we aspire to facilitate the freedom to address the unique and changing care needs of each person."

Daniel is Head of Private Capital at BESEN, a long-term, collaborative partnership investor alongside growing Australian businesses. Daniel started his career in credit and principal investments at Macquarie before leading venture capital and private equity at M.H. Carnegie & Co as Investment Director.

David Gordon

David Gordon

Chairperson

"I believe that every society should be judged by how it looks after its least fortunate. That is why I joined the General Homecare Group - to be part of an organisation that is actively pursuing the improvement of care for the aged & disabled in our community."

David is a corporate lawyer by training, but has spent most of his career working with and investing in growth companies and participating on the board of a wide variety of businesses. He is currently the Chairman of Accent Group Ltd (ASX:AX1), Ordermentum Pty Ltd and Genesis Capital Pty Ltd, and a former Chairman of Network Ten Holdings Ltd (ASX:TEN). He is also a Director of nib Holdings Ltd (ASX:NHF), nib Health Funds, Stilmark Telecommunications and the global board of High Resolves, a non-profit education organisation.

Executive Leadership Team

Graham Shanahan

Graham Shanahan

General Manager - NSW Home Support Services

Graham comes from a highly credentialed and experienced finance, accounting, and tax background, using his knowledge to drive business outcomes in line with a strong care ethos.
Since joining our team almost a decade ago, Graham has overseen significant growth in locally supported clients, which has seen NSW Home Support Services gain a high level of regard and trust throughout the Mid North Coast local region.

Nicole Armstrong

General Manager - Victoria

Nicole started in the disability sector as a 15-year-old when she volunteered for a local council school holiday program for children with a disability. Working alongside people with a disability and having a positive impact cemented her decision to work in the community services sector, and that has continued to be Nicole’s passion and focus.

Nicole has spent the past 25 years working across the public, private and not for profit sectors, primarily in mental health and disability. Nicole has extensive experience in building the capability of teams to deliver high quality services and excellent outcomes for the community. Nicole thrives on working collaboratively and in complex environments that require strategy and perseverance to successfully implement change and deliver positive outcomes.

Joanne Wang Quality Manager

Joanne Wang

Head of Quality

Recognised as an emerging and award-winning national leader in the aged care sector, Joanne brings extensive experience from roles in Registered Nursing, Quality & Clinical Management and COVID response in both community and residential aged care. Her passion is in embedding strong quality practices in the day-to-day operations of care businesses to drive changes and improve clients' and staff's experiences.
Lucinda - HR Manager at General Homecare

Lucinda Di Giulio

Head of People and Culture

A trusted People leader and connector, passionate about strategic partnering to deliver high value across the entire employee lifecycle. Lucinda comes from a background of both government and care work, always around the health industry and in roles facilitating internal culture and employee growth.
Joel - Finance Manager at General Homecare

Joel Hamilton

Group Financial Controller

A highly motivated business professional, striving for excellence and passionate about working with like-minded people to achieve business results. Joel uses his accounting and commercial experience to identify opportunities and drive business outcomes having formally come from various accountancy-related positions to now manage finance in care.

Chelsea Cunnigham

Head of Growth

Chelsea has spent 20 years delivering for global and national brands, government agencies, not-for-profit businesses and as a consulting partner to Melbourne’s top tier brand agencies – highly specialised in brand transformation, strategy, and growth marketing. She has formally worked as a journalist, strategist, marketing director, and as the owner/founder of one of Australia’s most specialised brand language agencies.
With an end-to-end focus from strategy and positioning through productisation, campaigns and into deep branded customer experience, her work has led to major commercial wins for business and clients.

Want to join our team?

We’re always on the look out for valuable team members to join the General Homecare group. See below our current openings, alongside those of our brands. For more information on careers with us, please contact us.

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At Kinyara Health, we’re providing greater certainty for best of breed home care providers – so more Australians can find the forever home care support they need.

Backed by Kinyara Health, our businesses are growing into the hearts and homes of even more locals.

Find Us.

Suite 2, 63-65 Rosstown Road,
Carnegie, VIC, 3163

Contact Us.

+61 3 8785 0999
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