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Nomura Research Institute ANZ announces strategic partnership with inventiveX to enhance investment in WA healthcare

  • Date 20 Mar 2025
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Pictured: Ron Costanzo (NRI), Anita Ghose (inventiveX), Kaylene O'Brien (NRI)

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Nomura Research Institute Australia and New Zealand (NRI ANZ) today announces a new strategic partnership in Western Australia (WA) with boutique healthcare transformation consultancy, inventiveX.

Underscoring NRI ANZ’s commitment to investing in WA health, this collaboration will bring globally informed, contemporary and innovative services and solutions to WA’s healthcare sector.

Founded in Perth, NRI ANZ has a strong presence in WA and has supported WA Health for more than 20 years. It employs several hundred IT professionals in the state, with almost 10 percent of its total permanent workforce having specialised health industry experience.

NRI ANZ CEO Kaylene O’Brien said: “This exciting partnership reinforces NRI’s strategy and focus on strengthening our impact in the WA health sector, and brings together our combined experience, skill set and capabilities, to further support WA Health to deliver major programs as part of their digital transformation journey.

“Along with inventiveX, NRI also brings together the strength of NRI’s group of companies. Together, we have a shared commitment to placing consumers, carers, clinicians and the broader workforce, at the heart of digital transformation and innovation, improving health service delivery and health outcomes for Western Australians.”

inventiveX CEO and Founder, Adjunct Professor Anita Ghose will lead the partnership for inventiveX. Adjunct Professor Ghose said: “We are thrilled to partner with NRI ANZ on large scale technology enabled transformation in WA healthcare. Our team, with deep expertise across jurisdictions, are clinician led, human centred, healthcare and technology specialists.

“We look forward to working with NRI and alliance partners to contribute significantly to the future of healthcare in WA and to WA Health’s Digital Strategy.”

This announcement marks a milestone in NRI ANZ’s ongoing efforts to help WA’s public sector transform through technology and is aligned to its strategy and focus on strengthening its growth and impact in healthcare in WA.