Allied Health Services From Regional Towns to Capital Cities

Dane Mitchell

Managing Director

Dane founded Optimum Allied Health in Yamba in 2013, growing the business from a single gym in a small coastal town to a team of 85+ allied health professionals servicing locations from Sydney to Brisbane. He oversees the strategic direction of the business, partnerships with aged care and community care clients, and Optimum's expansion into new service regions.

Outside of Optimum, Dane sits on the Board of Directors at St Andrew's Village Ballina, an independent not-for-profit aged care and retirement living provider in the Northern Rivers. He is also co-host of the Time Well Spent podcast — an aged care–focused show produced in partnership with Paynters, where Dane and co-host Rose Plater have honest conversations with leaders across aged care, health, and human services about the ideas, reforms, and stories shaping how we age and how we care.

Daniel Willoughby

Operations Director

Daniel oversees the day-to-day operations of Optimum Allied Health, from service delivery and scheduling through to systems, processes, and quality. Before joining Optimum, Daniel held senior leadership roles in workers' compensation and return-to-work services, as well as health management for emergency services. That background gives him deep experience in managing health services at scale, across complex operational environments where reliability and clinical outcomes matter.

At Optimum, Daniel works across all service lines — clinic operations, residential aged care, community care, workplace health, and NDIS — ensuring the operational infrastructure keeps pace as the business grows into new regions.

Jacob Hughes

Director - Team Leader Grafton Clinic

Jacob is a dedicated physiotherapist who graduated from The University of Queensland in 2014 with a Master of Physiotherapy Studies. As the first physiotherapist Optimum ever hired, Jake joined the team in 2014 and has been part of the company's remarkable growth from three people to 85+. Now a partner in the business, he leads the Grafton clinic team. Jake has a strong interest in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy, helping clients return to the activities they love with confidence. He is passionate about providing practical, evidence-based care tailored to each individual.