Guest: Alex Thompson, Managing Director ANZ at Medline

In this episode of the OneMDX videocast series, we sit down with Alex Thompson, Managing Director ANZ at Medline, to explore his unconventional journey into medtech leadership and the lessons learned across capital, interventional, orthopaedics, and consumables.

Alex shares how a career that began in IT evolved into senior leadership roles across some of the world’s most recognised healthcare organisations, and what ultimately drew him to Medline’s unique culture and customer-first mindset.

We discuss Medline’s remarkable global growth story, its scale across supply chain and manufacturing, and how the business is responding to shifting healthcare pressures around cost efficiency, data, sustainability, and customer expectations in a post-COVID landscape.

At the heart of the conversation is leadership and culture - from how Medline attracts and retains talent, to the principles Alex uses when hiring leaders and building high-performing teams.

A candid and insightful discussion on what it takes to lead in a complex, fast-changing medtech environment, and why culture remains the ultimate differentiator.