Established in 1995, Banyan Work Health Solutions Inc. provides the highest quality disability management services to clients at home, in the workplace and in the community.

Banyan Work Health Solutions offers end-to-end solutions for disability management for employers and insurers. We make sure that our solutions extend from the employer to the employee and align our services to meet the overall strategy and specific needs of our clients. Our suite of services offers the right solution at the right time for both work related and non-work related disability management. Our services extend from disability claims management to a broader approach including program design through to disability plan audits.

Mission Statement

As a national leader in health and productivity solutions, the Banyan Work Health Solutions mission is to:
• Prevent and minimize workplace absence
• Assist employees already off work to return to a healthy lifestyle, including work
• Provide employers and insurers with expanded solutions that make business sense

Core Values

• Our relationships are important to us.
We value the people with whom we work and measure our success in part by the quality, and duration, of our relationships. We recognize that our results are improved when we work within an active collaboration. We will go the extra mile to understand you or your organization’s goals and ensure philosophical alignment because we know this leads to improved outcomes.

• We evolve our services to meet our clients’ goals.
We understand that an out-of-the-box solution doesn’t work in the area of health management and are pleased to offer flexible service deliveries that consistently exceed expectations.

• We are driven by our desire to help the clients we work with.
We firmly believe in an empowerment approach. We are a company of professionals that seek to assist people by fully understanding their individual situation and being capable of introducing a range of solutions and options toward a healthy lifestyle and maximum productivity. Our national team of experts provides trusted support and consultative input to clients and their employees.

Team Bios

Maria Vandenhurk, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer, Partner

Maria Vandenhurk founded Banyan Work Health Solutions in 1995 working as an independent consultant. Banyan has grown into a skilled labour force of some 300 consultants across the country over which Maria remains the Chief Operation Officer.
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Gillian Blair, Vice President, Insurer Services

Gillian Blair has been actively involved in the field of health management for the past 17 years and is currently VP, Insurer Services with Banyan Work Health Solutions Inc.  Through her ongoing liaison with key players in the field of disability insurance, this has led to her interest in mediation and facilitative strategy work and subsequent training in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Methodology. Read more…

Anna Ballon, Vice-President, Specialty Programs

Anna Ballon has worked in the field of return to work and health care management for the last 15 years. She is the Vice-President of Specialty Programs at Banyan Work Health Solutions. Read more…

Michèle Parent, Vice-President Employer Services and Director, Banyan Québec Relations

Michèle Parent has been in the field of occupational health for over than 25 years and is currently Vice-President Employer Services and Director, Banyan Québec Relations. Read more…