Flexible MES partnering & solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow
About MES Group
North America’s leading Managed Equipment Services (MES) provider.
MES Group provides flexible Managed Equipment Services to healthcare providers across North America. Our solutions enable access to the latest in medical technologies while helping our clients improve patient care and patient experience through improved hospital environment, enhance productivity at all stages of the value cycle – from planning and installation to user training and maintenance all while reducing capital and operational costs.
Members of MES Group are regarded as highly dynamic and progressive with a solid reputation for excellence. We have, by far, the most experienced team of MES professionals in North America today. We have implemented a large number of MES solutions in both North America and Europe – the last three MES solutions we delivered had a combined value topping $1 billion.
We have a reputation for innovation, responsiveness and quality work that is completed on-time, on budget and without any unnecessary drain on our client’s internal resources. We aim to explain complex matters in simple, concise language that facilitates decision-making and allows the project to proceed without getting bogged down unnecessarily. Our solutions help to ensure that patient care remains at the forefront of our clients’ focus.
Benefits of an MES Solution
As fundamental changes in the healthcare market continue, healthcare organizations and governments face a growing challenge – manage increasing costs while balancing the need to improve access to quality patient care and services. In Canada, the increasing requirements from a declining infrastructure along with an aging demographic and shortage of skilled labour continues to put unsustainable strains on the health care system. And while a global growth in healthcare technology and services investment will continue to benefit Canadian’s over the long run, more immediate challenges will require Canadian businesses and government to adopt innovative solutions.
The MES Group concentrates on the healthcare sector and fully understands how the demands on health systems around the world are on the increase, putting new pressures on governments and health systems in particular, causing budgets to creep upwards relentlessly. We understand how health systems face capital constraints that limit their ability to procure, maintain, refresh and upgrade medical and information technology at a time when the pressures to improve patient care continue to be paramount. Budgets constraints and technology obsolescence are serious problems for most health systems globally.
How can MES Group help?
Our team of professionals work with you to assess your current and future needs. We develop a staged no-risk implementation program that allows you to smoothly transition to an MES solution. We make available the latest technologies in the marketplace for your current and future needs. Your initial solutions and products are upgraded with future enhanced technologies at the end of each lifecycle, all at no incremental cost to you. See our brochure for more information.
Improved Patient Care
Free up physicians and staff to focus entirely on improved patient care
Performance Improvement
Reduce medical technology downtime and improve support
Improved Staff Training
Ongoing staff training reduces risks to patients
Transfer
of Risks
Transfer of financial and operational risks to MES Group allows focus on higher standard of clinical services
Cost
Savings
Significantly reduces costs of medical technology and improves financial predictability
Our Leadership
DENIS A. CHAMBERLAND – Chief Executive Officer & Director
Denis Chamberland currently serves as MES Group’s Chief Executive Officer and Director, bringing over 15 years’ experience working in various sectors, including healthcare. He is a well-known lawyer in public procurement law, public-private partnerships (PPP) and construction. He has worked on all major Managed Equipment Services (MES) projects in Canada, including Humber River Hospital, William Osler Health System, Mackenzie Health, and Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, and on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board MES project in Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Chamberland advises health systems, municipalities, universities, telecom companies, government departments, project sponsors, major contractors, advisors and consultants, funders and developers, and in the last few years has been providing advice on several large aboriginal infrastructure projects. He is Counsel to Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, an established major law firm in downtown Toronto. Over the years Mr. Chamberland was consistently recognized as one of the world’s leading public procurement lawyers by various organizations, including Chambers Global; Who’s Who Legal; Best Lawyers, and The Legal 500. He has published extensively nationally and internationally on PPPs, healthcare managed services, and public procurement. He was the founding editor of a global handbook on public procurement law that was sponsored by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Mr. Chamberland attended York University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA), University of Toronto (MA), McGill University and University of Ottawa (JD).
JASON R. MORETTO – President & Director
Jason Moretto is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, securities and infrastructure development. As MES Group’s President and Director, Mr. Moretto spearheads decisions relating to investments, operations, acquisitions and structured financing. Mr. Moretto co-founded Envest Corp., an independent power producer that provides energy infrastructure solutions for industrial, institutional and government consumers. Previous experience includes serving as Vice President of Corporate Finance at Anaergia, a global bioenergy firm, President of Alpenglow Energy, an energy development firm, as a Director, President and Chief Financial Officer for a number of Canadian and U.S. public companies, and in equity research at BMO Capital Markets, one of Canada’s largest investment banks. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of a number of publicly-traded and private corporations, most recently having served for the Canadian Biogas Association, Seacliff Energy, Envest Corp. and the Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Moretto is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified General Accountant (CGA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
GARY F. KISSACK – Chairman
Gary Kissack has extensive experience working as a lawyer and advisor in various industries. He practices in a number of areas of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, capital markets and securities, corporate finance, energy and technology. He regularly advises Canadian and international companies, underwriters, investors and professional advisors on a range of transactions, including IPOs, private placements, RTOs, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate governance, compensation programs, private equity, venture capital, partnerships, joint ventures and reorganization transactions. Gary often works as co- counsel to leading national law firms specializing in aboriginal law with a particular focus on land claims negotiations, aboriginal and treaty rights advocacy, and consultations with government and industry. He provides advice on major commercial and industrial developments and impact benefit agreements throughout Canada, including in respect of infrastructure, energy transmission, renewable energy generation, logistics and transportation projects. Mr. Kissack has been a member of the Board of Directors of a number of publicly-traded and private corporations in various industries. He has sat on various committees of these boards, including the audit and risk management committee, corporate governance committee (chair) and compensation and human resources committee. As a result of his legal training and past involvement in various private businesses as an investor, owner and operator, he is actively sought out as a sounding board by his clients on both legal and business matters. Mr. Kissack has a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.
IAIN C. BURNS - Director
Iain Burns recently retired (August 2018) as President & CEO of Philips Canada, a position he held since 2001, making him the longest serving President & CEO in the history of Philips Canada. Iain first joined Philips in 1980. Over the course of his tenure, he successfully held a series of executive management positions within Philips Canada, bridging multiple business divisions, including Components, Semi-Conductors, Data Systems, Consumer Electronics, Domestic Appliances and Healthcare. Iain successfully used Philips Canada as a pilot for many of the global Royal Dutch Philips organizational and marketing initiatives significantly raising the profile of Canada within the Philips family throughout the world. In 2006 he successfully integrated the Consumer Electronics and Domestic Appliance divisions resulting in the global formation of the Personal Health and Wellness division, a leading supplier of consumer Health and Wellness solutions to the Canadian consumer market.Over the past several years, Iain successfully transitioned Philips Canada from a primarily Consumer Electronics based company to become a leader in providing Health Solutions to both the Canadian hospital and consumer markets. Iain has more than 10 years’ experience working in Managed Equipment Services (MES), most recently securing a strategic partnership with Mackenzie Health worth more than $300 million, delivering innovative MES solutions to the existing Richmond Hill facility and the new Vaughan hospital over the next 15 years. The partnership is the largest MES deal of its kind in Canada, designed to advance Mackenzie Health’s ‘smart hospital’ vision.
Our Testimonials
"By structuring and efficient and effective approach to the negotiations’ process, the skills that members of MES Group brought to the table ensured that our healthcare team has ongoing access to the best medical equipment available, on the best terms available in the marketplace. I highly recommend them.”
Terry Villella
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Mackenzie Health
"The MES Group team brings a high level of expertise to the table. We were successful in implementing the first MES program in North America because of their knowledge and guidance. Their attention to detail allowed the experience to go smoothly and to achieve terrific results. I highly recommend them.”
Dina Longo
Director Medical Imaging
Humber River Hospital
They are a terrific service-oriented multi-disciplinary team that brings the full range of capabilities to the table – financial, technical, procurement, legal, process and project management. As a result of their guidance and expertise, we have secured a robust and sustainable equipment replacement plan over 15 years for all of our imaging related equipment in the hospital. We would never have been able to afford everything we are now getting without the this comprehensive MES contract in place. I highly recommend the MES Group. They are a wonderful group of people to work with.
Jo-Anne McCue
Director, Diagnostic Imaging/Laboratory
William Osler Health System
Contact Us
Address:
77 King Street West, Suite 3000
P.O. Box 95, TD Centre North Tower
Toronto, ON M5K 1G8
Phone:
1.416.277.3081
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