George Savvides

George Savvides (born 20 October 1956) is an Australian businessman. Since 2002 he has been the Managing Director of Medibank Private Limited.

Education

George Savvides is the son of Greek Cypriot parents who arrived in Australia in 1950. He was the first person in his family to go to university. He trained as an industrial engineer and has a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of New South Wales. While working full-time he obtained a Master in Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney, which included a final year thesis on the Japanese TQM & Lean manufacturing process.

Career

He was CEO at Smith & Nephew, Australia (a global medical supplies company, headquartered in the UK), and BOC (British Oxygen Co.) He led Sigma Company Ltd, then a private cooperative supplying pharmacists, through six major acquisitions and then in late 1999 into public ownership and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. He held the position of Managing Director and Director of Healthpoint Technologies Limited for less than a year prior to resigning on 24 April 2002.