Health

Gordon McDonald

As President of Calian Health, Gordon McDonald leads one of Canada's largest national health services organizations which, for more than 14 years, has managed healthcare professionals and health programs as well as primary care and occupational health clinics. Gordon is focused on helping customers deliver and manage high-quality health care services for long-term, short-term, cyclical or temporary health care services. A professional engineer, he has over 27 years of experience in engineering, IT, management, health services and business development.

Gordon joined Calian's Health Services team in 2016 and assumed the role of Director as well as Program Manager for Calian’s Health Services Support Contract for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). He led Calian's successful bid for the Health Care Provider Requirements contract to provide health care services for the CAF, RCMP and Veterans Affairs Canada, and subsequently assumed the role of Service Delivery Manager for that contract in September 2017.

Gordon assumed the role of Vice President in 2019 and that of President in 2020. He is responsible for Calian's Health Services operations, with a team of over 1,000 health care providers, operations managers and client delivery personnel across Canada.

Hicham Farhat

Hicham is a Health Services Director and solutions management professional who has been with Calian since 2005 leading both private sector and government health programs. Hicham works closely with operations leads across Canada to ensure high customer satisfaction through delivery excellence. With established national and international partners, Hicham is the primary point of contact for all new health related initiatives.

William Barker

Dr. William Barker, Calian’s Chief Psychologist, has over forty-three years of experience as a clinical psychologist and over forty years’ experience working with law enforcement and other public safety entities. During that time he has performed over 18,000 assessments for psychological readiness of new recruits.

Melanie Holek

Since being appointed as Primacy’s General Manager in 2014, Melanie has led Primacy to grow into the company it is today. She is continuously exploring new ways to expand Primacy’s service offerings while overseeing all operations. She uses her background in business to ensure Primacy is operating to its full potential.

Alexandra McCabe

With over 13 years in the Calian Health Team, Alexandra applies health services expertise to manage highly skilled nursing teams across Canada in support of northern and Inuit communities. Alexandra ensures Calian is viewed as a trusted partner that can respond quickly with practical solutions to rapidly changing needs. She also manages relationships with a number of provincial and federal health customers receiving impactful mental health and primary care services.