Gunther is an architect by profession and health planner by specialisation with 30 years of experience in the field. As one of Australia’s leading hospital planners, he has an inherent ability to understand the impacts that decisions made during planning and design can have on the project outcomes and facility operations. Gunther is recognised as a thought-leader and strategist for sustainable healthcare.
Gunther is a member of the Queensland Branch Council for Australasian College of Health Service Management, immediate past CEO of the International Academy for Design & Health and pas Chair for the Ministerial Health Infrastructure Advisory Council advising then Health Minister Hon Lawrence Springborg on matters relating to hospital design and planning.
Gunther is a frequent speaker at health sector events nationally and internationally where he champions out-of-the-box thinking on health system and health facility design to improve health care efficiency and sustainability.
