Shane Moran

Shane Moran is an Australian businessman[2] working in the Australian health care and aged care sectors.[2] Moran was the CEO of the Moran Health Group for fifteen years,[3] during which time the group became the largest private residential aged care provider in Australia.[2] In 2001, Moran set up the Provectus Care Group which owns and operates aged care facilities in Australia and China.[4][5]

Shane Moran
Born	Sydney, Australia
Education	St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Alma mater	University of New South Wales Harvard Business School
Occupation	Chief executive officer of Provectus Care Group
Spouse(s)	Penelope Moran[1]
Children	Four[1]

Personal life and education

Moran was born in Sydney, Australia, the second son and fourth child of Douglas and Greta Moran. Shane and his three brothers attended secondary school at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.[2] In his senior years he represented the college in athletics AAGPS (NSW) Athletics and rowing and played rugby on the wing in the college's first XV and was picked as a GPS rugby representative in 1978 and 1979.[6] In his final year 1979, he won the college's Ancient History prize and was selected as a NSW 1st XV state schoolboy rugby representative.[7].

Moran obtained degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of New South Wales, as well as a Masters of Law (International Business) and Advanced Management from Harvard Business School. He commenced Chinese language studies in 1986 and speaks Mandarin, French, Spanish & German.[2] In 2001 Moran completed a Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) in Health writing his doctoral thesis on the then pending aged care crisis in China.[8]

Health and aged care business

In 1987 Moran was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the family-owned Moran Health Care Group,[8] which became Australia's largest private seniors' living and residential aged care provider during his fifteen-year tenure.[2] During this time the group operated over 120 aged care facilities across Australia, the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Singapore and ten private surgical, medical and rehabilitation hospitals across New South Wales and Queensland.[2]

In 1988, Moran became a founding director of the National Association of Nursing Homes and Private Hospitals of Australia and was a foundation director of HESTA (the Health Employees Superannuation Trust of Australia).

In 2001 Moran fell out with his father over the direction being taken in relation to the British side of the Moran Health Care business.[9] Shane departed as chief executive of the Moran Health Care Group.[2]

In 2001 Moran set up the Provectus Care Group, which operates high-end aged care and seniors' living facilities in Australia and China.[4][5][10] In the mid 2000s, Moran was the major shareholder and founder of Pulse Health Limited (ASX:PHG) (previously known as Biometrics Ltd (ASX: BIX)) which built up a number of private hospitals and other health care services across regional Australia.[11] On 16 May 2017, Healthe Care Australia (“Healthe Care”), Australia's third largest corporate private hospital operator and pan-Asian health care services group acquired Pulse Health's 13 hospital portfolio.

By 2006 Moran and his sister Kerry Jones had commenced legal proceedings against the trustee of the family trust.[9] In 2011 the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen helped resolve the proceedings. Doug Moran passed away in November 2011.[2] Shane and his two surviving brothers have all stayed in the aged-care industry with each running their own distinct ventures.[2]

Restoration of heritage properties

Main articles: Swifts, Darling Point and Darling House, Millers Point

The Moran family has had a long association with the restoration of national and state significant heritage properties in Australia including Juniper Hall in Paddington, the federation properties Rosemorran in Wahroonga and Redleaf (also in Wahroonga and winner of the national Lachlan Macquarie Award for restoration) and the Hardy Wilson designed Blandford in Leura. In 2013 Moran bought out the last remaining family interest of the historic property Swifts.[12][13] The property was originally purchased by the Moran family in 1997. It is regarded as “one of Sydney’s most famous houses”. He has since overseen what is considered to be one of Australia's largest private heritage restorations on the property.[13][14][15] Since 2016 he has also acquired and fully restored Sydney's historic c1830s property Darling House, The Rocks which is also registered as an item of both national, state and local heritage significance on the Register of the National Estate, the New South Wales State Heritage Register and the Sydney Local Environment Plan.[16]

See also

• Darling House, Millers Point
• Juniper Hall, Paddington

• Swifts, Darling Point

References

1. Carrle Lafrenz (28 July 2017). "Shane Moran breaks silence on family feuds, China and renovating Swifts". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
2. "Shane Moran breaks silence on family feuds, China and renovating Swifts". Australian Financial Review. 28 July 2017.
3. "Sydney Moran Dynasty is Forging a Legacy in Aged Care that will Shape Generations to Come". Daily Telegraph. Australia. 3 September 2017.
4. "Greenland Pens Deal with Provectus Care". Australian Financial Review. 27 July 2017.
5. "Homepage". Provectus Care Group.
6. St Joseph's College Annual 1978
7. St Joseph's College Annual 1979
8. "Dr Shane Moran". Shane Moran and Co.
9. "A matter of trusts Moran feud over fortune". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 2010.
10. "Provectus Care's Shane Moran Pay $7.7m for Dawes Point Mansion". The Australian. 3 September 2016.
11. "Biometrics Seeks Clean Bill of Health". The Age. 20 May 2007.
12. "Darling Point Mansion Swifts set to be Brought into the New Century". Domain. Fairfax Media. 9 September 2016.
13. "A Sneak Peak Inside One of Sydney's Most Famous Houses – Swifts Mansion". Daily Telegraph. Australia. 21 June 2016.
14. "Swifts, Darling Point – Restoration". Nine. 26 October 2016.
15. "Swifts". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00146. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
16. ‘Building’, 8, 10, 12 Trinity Avenue, Millers Point, SHR Listing No. 00842, House “Darling House (8-12 Trinity Avenue) including interior’, 24-42 Lower Fort Street, LEP Inventory No. I549.