Ryan Bondfield
Ryan helps clients work out which ideas are worth backing - and whether existing programs are delivering on their promise. A health economist with more than six years’ consulting experience, he looks at what services cost, what they achieve and whether a different approach could deliver more. His work spans primary and community healthcare, mental health, workplace safety and social services. Recent assignments include putting a value on preventing asbestos-related disease to testing the case for bringing primary healthcare and social housing together.
Ryan’s superpower
Ryan’s superpower is assessing value when the evidence is imperfect. Programs rarely come with a perfect dataset, and some important benefits are difficult to put a dollar value on. Ryan combines economic modelling and program data with insights from qualitative research to build a fuller picture of what a program is worth.
He makes the assumptions clear, explains where the evidence is strong or thin, and turns detailed analysis into advice clients can use - without needing to become economists themselves.
How he got here
Ryan joined HealthConsult after roles at Scyne Advisory and Urbis, working across health, education, justice and community services. Along the way, he has:Ryan holds first-class honours in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in econometrics and politics, from the University of Sydney.
- Examined the value of prevention: led the cost-benefit analysis of asbestos management options to inform the national strategic plan, assessing potential health benefits over 50 years.
- Tested a different model of community care: evaluated cohealth’s proposed redevelopment at 365 Hoddle Street, examining the financial viability and wider benefits of expanding primary healthcare alongside social housing.
- Helped improve health procurement: managed a review of processes and developed tools to improve coordination between HealthShare Victoria and the Victorian Department of Health.
- Assessed what services deliver: conducted cost-effectiveness analysis of icare return-to-work provider outcomes and contributed economic analysis to evaluations of preventive eye care and the Australian Family Partnership Program.
Ryan holds first-class honours in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in econometrics and politics, from the University of Sydney.