Francis Kurth

Transformation and commercial leadership

Complex organisations, made simpler and measurable.

I help purpose-driven organisations untangle their systems, revenue and delivery, so leaders can see the whole picture and act on it. My track record is in health, disability and community services, where funding is complex and every dollar has to work hard.

Currently engaged as Chief Revenue Officer and Acting Chief Technology Officer at Expression Australia.

Available for contract, interim and fractional work
10,000+

staff supported through a system change at Alfred Health

3

health services sharing one interpreter management system

8

service lines under executive revenue accountability

6+

finance, payroll, CRM and learning systems integrated

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Which best describes you?

People find me for different reasons. Pick the one that fits and I will tell you how I can help.

An executive who connects revenue, systems and service delivery.

I am open to a permanent role that is the right fit, typically revenue, transformation, operations or technology leadership in a purpose-driven organisation.

  • Executive Leadership Team experience reporting to a CEO and Board
  • Revenue accountability across multiple service lines and funding streams
  • Hands-on delivery of enterprise systems, not just strategy
Discuss a role

Services

Where I can help

Most organisations I work with have grown through several systems, funding models and teams that no longer fit together. I help leadership teams see the whole picture, then fix it in a sensible order.

Revenue and commercial leadership

Revenue strategy across service lines and funding streams, pricing and rate structures, new revenue sources, and the contract data to renegotiate on margin.

Digital transformation and integration

Connecting finance, payroll, CRM, learning and client systems so data is entered once and reporting is real time.

Program delivery

Governance, vendors, budgets and board reporting, from business case to go-live and adoption.

Contracts and tenders

Government tenders, standing offers and partnership agreements, from submission to ongoing management.

Compliance and remediation

ISO and NDIS quality uplift, and stabilising payroll and HR systems that have drifted.

Selected work

What that looks like in practice

Three examples from recent roles. Commercial details stay with the organisations concerned.

Health sector

One interpreter system for three health services

Alfred Health

Challenge

Alfred Health, Monash Health and Peninsula Health each managed their in-house interpreters separately.

What I did

Led end-to-end delivery of a shared Interpreter Management System: workflow analysis, an auto-allocation module, HL7 integration and secure connections with external language service providers.

Result

Interpreters shared across all three services as a major cost-saving and efficiency initiative, with change across more than 10,000 staff.

Systems

Joining up an organisation's systems

Expression Australia

Challenge

Finance, payroll, CRM, learning and client systems that duplicated effort and made reporting slow.

What I did

Delivered integrations across Salesforce Non-Profit Cloud, Sage Intacct, Employment Hero, Arlo LMS, Auditdata and bespoke interpreter systems, with Power BI dashboards on top.

Result

Duplication removed, real-time financial and activity reporting, and teams supported through go-live and adoption.

Commercial

Seeing what every contract really earns

Expression Australia

Challenge

No single view of which contracts and customers were profitable once delivery costs were counted.

What I did

Built a unified contract register integrated with finance, and reset interpreting and captioning pricing and rate structures.

Result

Cost-to-profit visibility by contract, used to renegotiate on margin and delivery, alongside new state and federal government contracts won.

Approach

A simple rhythm, applied with discipline

No frameworks for their own sake. Every engagement follows the same three moves, with honest weekly reporting throughout.

01

Diagnose

Clarify objectives, constraints and what good looks like, using the organisation's own data rather than assumptions.

02

Deliver

Prioritise the work, remove blockers and execute with a tight weekly rhythm that leaders and boards can follow.

03

Embed

Hand over clean documentation and an operating cadence the team can run without me.

Experience

Career at a glance

From field operations to the executive table, with health, disability and community services at the centre. Full detail is on LinkedIn.

  • Oct 2025 - Present

    Chief Revenue Officer, and Acting Chief Technology Officer

    Expression Australia
  • Feb 2025 - Oct 2025

    ICT Program and Project Manager

    Expression Australia
  • Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

    Quality Advisor, ISO and NDIS Compliance

    Expression Australia
  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2024

    Project Manager and Service Improvement Coordinator

    Alfred Health
  • Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

    Telehealth Officer

    Alfred Health
  • Apr 2018 - May 2021

    Emergency Response and Natural Resource Management

    Melbourne Water
  • Digital transformation
  • Program and portfolio delivery
  • System integration and automation
  • Commercial strategy and pricing
  • Contract negotiation and tendering
  • Vendor and procurement management
  • Board reporting
  • Change management
  • Power BI
  • Salesforce
  • Finance and payroll systems
  • ISO and NDIS compliance

Contact

Let's make the complex simple.

Whether it is a contract, an interim or fractional role, or a permanent position, send me a note about the organisation and the problem you want solved.