Few companies can claim an almost 30 per cent dominance in contract value from a government department in a single year, but for Aspen Medical, that's just one of a series of unlikely developments this year.

Founded in 2003 by Glenn Keys, Canberra-based Aspen has established itself as the world's go-to company for delivering medical services where others won't go, including hospitals in Iraq and Ebola clinics in West Africa.