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Heather Allan - National Director COPD National Program, The Australian Lung Foundation
Heather Allan has managed the COPD National Program for The Australian Lung Foundation for seven years. The COPD National Program works collaboratively with clinicians, patients, governments and other NGOs and professional organisations to reduce the impact of COPD in Australia. Prior to joining the Lung Foundation, she worked in various senior roles in public health in New Zealand, served for four years as the Executive Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and ran her own communications and strategic planning consultancy.
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John D Anderson - Founder, Contiki Holidays
John Anderson founded Contiki Holidays in London in 1962 when, at the age of 22, he discovered he did not have enough money to travel through Europe. Under John's leadership Contiki became an internationally recognised brand and one of the world's leading tour operators. John also conceived the idea of ‘The Ellerslie Flower Show’, the largest event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, and is the author of Only Two Seats Left, an autobiography and travel tale detailing his experiences with Contiki. |
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Stephen Armstrong - Manager, Economic Analysis & e-Health, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Stephen Armstrong is National Manager, Economic Analysis & e-Health at The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s National Secretariat in Canberra. Since starting at the Guild in 1998, Stephen has been involved in three Community Pharmacy Agreement negotiations and the negotiations leading to the PBS Reforms. He is the Guild’s leader in statistical, economic and financial modelling, and is the architect of the Guild’s ScriptMAP dispensing analysis service. Stephen was previously an economist for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. |
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Patrick Ball - Professor of Pharmacy, Charles Sturt University
Patrick Ball was recruited to Australia in 2004 as Professor of Rural and Remote Pharmacy at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, where he also holds an appointment as a Clinical Pharmacist at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. His previous roles include Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Otago, Dunedin and Clinical Pharmacist responsible for parenteral nutrition and critical care at the Children’s Hospital, Birmingham. Patrick is the author of over 150 research publications. |
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Terry Battalis - Pharmacy Owner
Terry Battalis is the Pharmacy Guild of Australia NT Branch President, a National Councillor and the Chair of the Rural, Remote and Indigenous Special Interest Group. He is a pharmacy owner in remote NT, where he is heavily involved in aboriginal health with experience in Section 100 (AHSRA) supply and in the Quality Use of Medicines Maximised for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (QUMAX) program. Terry currently represents the Rural Pharmacists Australia on the National Rural Health Alliance.
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Dr Cameron Bell - Gastroenterologist & Director, Bowel Cancer Australia
Dr Cameron Bell is the former head of the Department of Gastroenterology at Royal North Shore Hospital and a founding Board member of Bowel Cancer Australia. From 1999 to 2003 he served as the Honorary Secretary of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) and is its current Treasurer. He is a member of the Program Advisory Group for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, has been a member of the national (Colonoscopy) Quality Working Group and recently chaired the Cancer Council's Working Party dealing with revision of NHMRC Guidelines relating to Surveillance Colonoscopy. |
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Phil Chapman - Director, Lease1
Phil Chapman has over 30 years’ experience in retailing, retail property marketing, management and leasing with companies including Coles (Kmart), Woolworth’s (Big W), L. J. Hooker, Knight Frank and Byvan. In 1997 Phil formed Advantage Retail Management (ARM) to directly attack the inequities in retail property relationships between Shopping Centres and Retailers. In 2005 ARM was repositioned as Lease1 and is considered one of Australia’s leading retail shop lease consultants. |
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Lillian Chen
Lillian Chen is a community pharmacy owner with two pharmacies in south-west Sydney. From 2005 to 2011 Lillian was a committee member of the NSW Branch of the Pharmacy Guild and the National Women and Young Pharmacists’ Committee. In 2006 she was the Congress Chair of the Pharmacy Women’s Congress in Sydney and has been an MC and presenter for the past three congresses. She is currently a co-Vice President of the University of Sydney Pharmacy Alumni Association. Prior to pharmacy ownership Lillian was a scientific affairs consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. She is passionate about promoting and mentoring young pharmacists into leadership roles and pharmacy ownership.
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Dr David Colin-Thomé OBE
David Colin-Thomé is the former UK Primary Care Czar (National Clinical Director for Primary Care). He is the Honorary visiting professor at Manchester Business School, Manchester University and the School of Health, University of Durham. He publishes regularly on primary care reform and has also conducted several overseas advisory visits specializing in primary care development. With the development of Medicare Local in Australia, David is ideally placed to provide advice to community pharmacy on how to take advantage of the new paradigm. |
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Kosta Conomos - Executive Director, Retailer Service Pacific, The Nielsen Company
Kosta has more than 20 years experience within the Retail Industry in multiple roles ranging from store operations to merchandising, marketing, category management and retail research. Prior to joining The Nielsen Company Kosta worked for Dairy Farm International (Hong Kong) and Woolworths Supermarkets Australia. In 2001 Kosta joined The Nielsen Company China heading the Retailer Services team. In 2006 he moved to Kuala Lumpur to head Nielsen’s Retailer Services for Malaysia and Singapore businesses and in 2008 relocated to Australia to head Nielsen’s Retailer Services for Australia and New Zealand.
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Dr Martin Cross - Managing Director, Alphapharm
Dr Martin Cross has held a number of national and international management positions in marketing and sales with ICI Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca and Novartis Australia and New Zealand. He has also been prominent in wider industry roles, serving on the Board, and latterly the Executive, of Medicines Australia, as Chairman of the Medicines Australia Timely Access Strategic Committee, as a Board Member of the Pharmaceutical Industry Council (PIC) and as Chairman of the PIC Industry Development Taskforce. Dr Cross commenced as the Managing Director of Alphapharm in early 2010.
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Sarah Culverhouse - Senior Health Trainer and Educator, Blackmores
Sarah Culverhouse is a qualified naturopath who has worked for Blackmores in the role of educator and health trainer for 13 years. During this time she has developed and presented numerous seminars for a range of audiences. Sarah has a particular interest in the integration of complementary medicines into pharmacy practice and has recently completed a research project investigating incentives to complementary medicine recommendation by pharmacists in an Australian community pharmacy setting. |
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Patrick Davies - Chief Executive Officer, Symbion Pharmacy Services
Patrick Davies has been in executive management roles with Symbion for almost 20 years, having held various roles across the group’s corporate, pharmaceutical, primary care and consumer products divisions. Patrick has significant relationship management skills and his expertise in creating and driving a positive culture for employees saw him appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Symbion Pharmacy Services in January 2006. |
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Aaron D’Souza - Pharmacist Consultant, GuildCare
Aaron D’Souza is a passionate advocate for professional practice change through the use of IT solutions. Aaron’s industry achievements include developing the Mirixa Australia and GuildCare programs and services, regular conference and university speaking engagements as well as leadership through professional organisations. Aaron was the 2007 PSA Young Pharmacist of the year and has experienced pharmacy practice in settings across the world including HIV/AIDS prevention work in Ghana. |
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Jana Fulcher - Community Pharmacist, Terry White Chemists Stafford
Jana Fulcher has over 10 years of pharmacy experience and a strong focus on the practical implementation of professional services. She is currently employed as Pharmacist Manager at Terry White Chemists Stafford and is engaged as a pharmacist consultant for GuildCare. Jana has presented at several conferences including APP2011 and FIP 2010. In 2010 she was awarded the Australian College of Pharmacy-IMS Health Young Pharmacist Innovation Grant. |
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Nicholas Goad - Principal, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Nicholas Goad joined the Boston Consulting Group in 2003 and is a core member of the Consumer & Retail and Marketing & Sales practice areas. His projects have included building a holistic pricing strategy for a US drug store retailer, creating a new distribution strategy for an Australian juice and dairy company, and developing a grape sourcing strategy for a wine company. Nick has spent five months in London with BCG and was the 2007 Ambassador to the Sydney office. Prior to joining BCG, Nick was a financial analyst for a retail real estate firm. |
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Assoc Prof Michael Greco - Director, Client-Focused Evaluations Program (CFEP)
Associate Professor Michael Greco is Director of Client-Focused Evaluations Program (CFEP), an organisation involved primarily in the provision of patient and colleague feedback to clinicians and healthcare organisations, with the aim of enhancing quality and professional development. Michael is a Board Director for a GP Division of General Practice and holds honorary professor and senior research fellow posts at the School of Medicine, Griffith University and the Peninsula Medical School, UK. His academic background focused on healthcare, evaluation and clinical pastoral education, and includes a PhD in medical education and a Bachelor of Theology. |
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Ross Greenwood
Ross Greenwood is the Nine Network’s Finance Editor and a regular on the Today Show, Nine News and A Current Affair. Prior to joining the Nine Network Ross was a regular commentator on BBC television, CNN, Sky News and Bloomberg, editor of Business Review Weekly, Personal Investor and The Age's Money Section and founding editor of Australia’s Shares magazine. Ross has practical finance experience as a director of the share market-listed investment company WAM Capital and as investment chairman of the industry superannuation fund for journalists and entertainers. His journalism has won numerous awards. |
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Dr Paul Grundy - Global Director Healthcare Transformation, IBM
Dr Paul Grundy is president of IBM’s Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and an adjunct professor at the University of Utah’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. Prior to joining IBM Dr Grundy worked as a senior diplomat in the US State Department, supporting the intersection of health and diplomacy. He was also the medical director for the International SOS, the world’s largest medical assistance company. An active social entrepreneur and speaker on global healthcare transformation, Dr Grundy now concentrates his efforts on driving comprehensive, linked and integrated healthcare.
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Jane Halton - Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing
As Secretary for the Department of Health and Ageing, Jane Halton is ultimately responsible for the efficient administration of the Department and for the corporate and strategic directions for the Department and portfolio. She also provides the most senior policy council on major and sensitive policy issues to the Ministerial team. |
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Professor Ian Harper - Partner, Deloitte Access Economics
Ian Harper is one of Australia’s best known economists. He has worked closely with governments, banks, corporates and leading professional services firms at the highest level. As a member of the Wallis Inquiry, he was at the forefront of financial market reform in Australia. Ian has served as Chairman of the Australian Fair Pay Commission, an independent statutory body whose role was to set and adjust minimum wages in Australia, and has been was elected to a Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
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Troy Hazard - Marketing & Business Consultant
Troy Hazard has worked as a marketing and business consultant for over 60 franchise and multinational brands in 16 different countries. Troy’s expertise lies in providing strategic advice on how to combine traditional business initiatives with solid integrated marketing initiatives. His past clients include Eagle Boys, Kenny’s Cardiology, Donut King, Baskin Robbins, Subway, Liquorland, The Professionals Real Estate and Goodyear Auto Service Centres. |
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Dr Michael Hewitt-Gleeson - Founder and Principal, School of Thinking
For over 25 years Michael Hewitt-Gleeson’s sales and marketing strategies have been successfully implemented by companies such as IBM, General Electric, Coca-Cola Amatil, Telstra and ANZ Bank. In 1979 Michael co-founded the School of Thinking with Edward de Bono. He holds the world’s first PhD in Lateral Thinking and currently runs the longest-running program in the world for teaching thinking, innovation and creativity skills.
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Michael Holden - Chief Executive, National Pharmacy Association, UK
Michael Holden was appointed Chief Executive of the National Pharmacy Association for the UK in January 2011. From 2005 to 2010 Michael was Chief Officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Pharmaceutical Committee, during which time he actively led the expansion of community pharmacy services including the development of the Healthy Living Pharmacy initiative. In 2008 Michael established balance, an associate consultancy working with the NHS, the pharmaceutical industry and community pharmacy. Michael has also established his own community pharmacy group and has worked with Pharmacy Alliance developing pharmacy services.
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Mark Hooper
CEO & Managing Director, Sigma Pharmaceuticals
Mark Hooper has a broad range of experience in finance, commercial and operational matters primarily in the mining and pharmaceutical industries. He is a former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the Pharmacy and Consumer business of Symbion Health Limited, and from 2001 to 2006 was the Chief Financial Officer of Sigma. Mark was appointed Managing Director of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited in 2010. |
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Andy Jackson - General Manager Australia & New Zealand, IMS Health
Andy Jackson has 20 years of global experience with IMS. Since 2004 Andy has been located in the IMS Europe headquarters in London working across multiple markets as well as being a key member of the European leadership team. He has played a key leadership role in transformational initiatives driving increased value and offerings for IMS clients in Europe. Now back in Australia, Andy will be looking to leverage his experience to drive continuing improvements to IMS offerings, consulting and service business and go to market capabilities. |
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Michelle Kenway - Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist
Michelle Kenway is a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist, Women’s Exercise Instructor and author. Michelle has worked extensively in the field of women’s health and women’s exercise both as a private practitioner and within the women’s health unit at Mater Private Women’s Health. Michelle is a regular presenter for medical specialists, general practitioners and allied health professionals in the field of pelvic floor and exercise. She is also a freelance women’s health writer and author of the acclaimed women’s pelvic floor safe exercise publication Inside Out. |
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Nick Logan - Community Pharmacist, Nick Logan Pharmacist Advice
Nick Logan is an owner/manager in a community pharmacy in Artarmon, where on a daily basis he spends time on business management, professional pharmacy services and, as a “forward dispensing” pharmacist, interacting with my customers. In 2009 his pharmacy was awarded the ‘Small Pharmacy of the Year’ and the overall ‘Pharmacy of the Year’ by the Pharmacy Guild, and Nick was personally awarded the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s ‘Pharmacist of the Year’. |
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Dr Shobhan Manoharan MBBS, FACD - General & Cosmetic/Laser Dermatologist
Dr Shobhan Manoharan completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland and subsequently undertook specialist training in Dermatology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, the Queensland Institute of Dermatology and in the United Kingdom. He has published extensively in international peer-reviewed dermatology journals, holds a visiting consultant position at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and is a senior clinical lecturer with the University of Queensland. Dr Shobhan Manoharan’s subspecialty interests include acne, procedural and cosmetic dermatology, skin cancer surgery and teledermatology. |
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Andrew Matthews - National Director of Quality Assurance and Standards (QAS), The Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
As the National Director of QAS at The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Andrew Matthews is responsible for the Guild’s Quality Care Pharmacy Program. Andrew has been both a community and hospital pharmacist, and was formerly the Director of Pharmacy and (acting) Director of Allied Health at Calvary Hospital, Canberra. He continues to teach as a casual lecturer at University of Canberra, and has held various academic appointments in a full-time, honorary and casual capacity at ANU Medical School, Charles Sturt University, University of South Australia and other tertiary institutions. |
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Andrew McLachlan - Professor of Pharmacy (Aged Care), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney and Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Hospital
Andrew McLachlan is a pharmacist, academic and researcher with experience in clinical and experimental pharmacology. His research interests centre on understanding the causes and consequences of variability in response to medicines and how this informs their quality use. Andrew chairs the Human Research Ethics Committee at Concord Hospital, serves as the inaugural Chair of Australia’s National Medicines Policy Committee and is a member of Pharmaceutical Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines. |
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Dr Colin Mendelsohn - General Practitioner
Dr Colin Mendelsohn is a General Practitioner who has been involved in researching, teaching and writing about smoking cessation for 25 years. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals and is the editor of Your Health Newsletter. |
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Ray Moll - Senior Commercial Manager, Guild Finance
Ray Moll has worked in the banking and finance sector for over 20 years and gained extensive experience in retail and commercial lending. Ray is qualified in accounting and marketing and holds a real estate license, which coupled with his banking experience has provided him with the right skills to develop and deliver tailored solutions for his clients. In recent years Ray has specialised in pharmacy lending, which has given him in-depth knowledge of the industry and its specific needs.
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Dr Gary Mortimer - Lecturer Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, QUT Business School
Gary Mortimer has spent the last 25 years in the retail sector for major Australian organisations. As a lecturer at QUT Business School, Gary’s teaching interests include market research and retail marketing principles, and his research interests lie in the areas of marketing practice and retail operations, particularly consumer behaviour in food retailing and grocery shopping. His research of male consumer behaviour in the supermarket has received national media interest. |
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Dr Geraldine Moses - Senior Drug Information Pharmacist, Mater Health Services
Geraldine Moses is a doctor of clinical pharmacy, specialising in drug information. Based at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Geraldine she operates the Adverse Medicine Events Line, a national telephone-based adverse drug reaction reporting service. Geraldine is also an accredited pharmacist and provides training for for Home Medicines Reviews (HMRs). She is regularly involved in pharmacy education and training at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level. |
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Paul Naismith - Chief Executive Officer, Fred IT Group Pty Ltd
Paul Naismith is the CEO of Fred Health as well as a practising pharmacist. In 1991 Paul collaboratively created the original Fred Dispense software with a vision to provide better patient outcomes through connected computer systems. In 2009 Paul launched eRx Script Exchange, the first Australia wide electronic prescription service linking doctors and pharmacies. Paul is a member of the advisory board for PDL, a Fellow of the Australian College of Pharmacy Practice and Management, and a director of the Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company.
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Cathie Reid - Managing Partner, APHS and APHS Packaging
As Managing Partner for APHS and APHS Packaging Cathie Reid is responsible for delivering community pharmacies with an outsourced solution for their medication compliance packaging. The company formed with the merger of the Active Care Pharmacy group, co-founded by Cathie and her husband Stuart Giles, and the APHS Pharmacy Group, of which Cathie and Stuart took full ownership in 2010. Cathie was the 1998 Victorian Pharmacy Manager of the Year and is a recent winner of Queensland's Telstra Business Women's Award. Her primary focus is seeking innovative solutions for community pharmacy and the aged care population. |
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Toni Riley - Community Pharmacist & National Councillor, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Toni Riley is a National Councillor of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Chair of the Agreement Consultative Committee (ACC), which was involved in the negotiation of the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement. Currently a director of the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacists, Toni is a strong advocate for improving the services and technologies available to rural pharmacies and the status of women within pharmacy. In September 2011 Toni was appointed to the Federal Government’s National Lead Clinicians Group. |
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Craig Rispin - Business Futurist
Craig Rispin is a business futurist and innovation expert whose expertise lies in emerging business, people and technology trends, and how companies can profit from them. Craig has over 20 years’ experience working with some of the most innovative companies in the world in the IT, consumer electronics, internet and broadcasting industries, and has consulted with CEOs of leading companies worldwide.
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Stephen Roche
CEO & Managing Director, API
Stephen Roche was appointed CEO of API in 2006 having joined the company in 2005 as Head of Strategic Development. Stephen has strong operational and leadership experience, including management of complex businesses in the healthcare sector and other industries. His previous roles have included Chief Operating Officer Healthcare Services for FH Faulding and a number of management roles at CSR. He was also the Group General Manager of Healthcare Services at Mayne.
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Peter Saccasan - Director of Pharmacy Services, RSM Bird Cameron + Guild Accountants
Peter Saccasan is Director of Pharmacy Services nationally at RSM Bird Cameron and Guild Accountants. Peter and his team have been providing expert pharmacy advice for over 10 years, helping pharmacy owners to buy pharmacies, improve pharmacy performance and manage their tax and cashflow. Peter is a Fellow and a national director of the Australian College of Pharmacy. He writes regularly in the pharmacy press, and is a regular speaker for the College and the Guild on pharmacy management issues.
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Dr Adem Sav - Senior Researcher Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University
As a Senior Researcher with at Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Dr Adam Sav’s research interests include workplace health and safety, men’s health issues, work-life balance, health promotion and public health, with a recent focus on the health issues of minority/cultural populations. Dr Sav has also demonstrated competency in teaching in the areas of health promotion, health research methodology, public health project management, and workplace health and safety. |
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Kos Sclavos - National President, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Kos Sclavos has been National President since 2005. Kos has been the driving force behind many industry initiatives, including eHealth developments and many of the new Fifth Agreement programs. Prior to his national presidency Kos spent nine years as the Queensland Guild Branch President and six years as National President of the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management. In 1999 he was awarded the PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year Award and in July 2008 was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Griffith University. |
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Frank Sirianni - Managing Director, Medici Capital
Frank Sirianni is Managing Director of Medici Capital, a financial services and management consulting practice which provides integrated financial solutions, finance and capital raising services for the health sector. As a management and finance consultant specialising in the pharmacy industry, Frank consults to owners and prospective owners of community pharmacies, lending institutions, industry bodies, manufacturers and wholesalers. He has a unique and analytical approach to consulting assignments and has completed research for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Commonwealth and State Health Departments, lending institutions and wholesalers. Frank has published authoritative papers and reports on valuation, rents, business benchmarks, practice development and industry outlook for pharmacy. |
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Graeme Smith - Chief Scientific Officer, MyGene
Graeme has a passion for science and evidence based healthy living. Graeme’s position at MyGene is that of a biomedical researcher with experience in molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology. Graeme's focus is on understanding the complex interactions that occur between genes and the environment and these affect various health conditions.
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Anthony Tassone - MC, Community Pharmacist
Anthony Tassone has been a co-proprietor of community pharmacies since 2006. In 2008 Anthony joined the Pharmacy Guild Victorian Branch Committee, and is currently the National Professional Development Manager for the Pharmacy Guild’s Guild Pharmacy Academy. He has also been recently appointed as Community Pharmacist Member of the Victorian Pharmacy Authority. Anthony has co-hosted APP since 2008. |
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Norman Thurecht - Partner, Johnston Rorke
Norman Thurecht joined Johnston Rorke in 2003 after 8 years with an international accounting firm specialising in retail industries, and in 2006 became a partner. Norman works closely with clients, focusing on managing and driving their business and improving profit results. He is regularly invited to participate in conferences by pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, generic manufacturers, and other industry groups or businesses related to pharmacy and the healthcare industry. |
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Leanne Toby - Professional Risk and Development Manager,Guild Insurance
Leanne Toby has over 20 years’ experience in the health sector, including 10 years of clinical practice in acute care. Following this Leanne specialised in education, staff development and risk management, and since 2005 has gained valuable experience in developing and implementing customised risk management solutions for healthcare organisations. She is passionate about creating straightforward and practical tools for responding to risk. |
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Greg Turnbull - Director of Communications, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Greg Turnbull joined the Pharmacy Guild of Australia in 2008 as Director of Communications. Prior to this Greg worked for the TEN Network in a variety of roles including Executive Producer of Network News (Sydney), Executive Producer of Meet the Press and Political Reporter. Greg’s previous roles include Senior Media Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley and Prime Minister Paul Keating, and Media Operations Manager for World Expo 88 in Brisbane |
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Danny Urbinder - Senior Educator, BioCeuticals
Danny Urbinder has worked in the health industry for over 20 years. After studying naturopathy and nutrition at Southern School of Natural Medicine, Danny went on to work in private practice and also spent several years in functional pathology. Prior to joining BioCeuticals he worked as an account manager in Corporate Health and Fitness, developing health programs and educational services for a wide range of companies and institutions across Australia. |
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Marion Whalan - Divisional Manager, Workplace Relations and Small Business, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Marion Whalan has over fifteen years experience in workplace relations and human resource management across a diverse range of industries. Before joining the Guild in March 2009, Marion worked in the land management, public health, family law, small business and tertiary education sectors in both state and federal jurisdictions. In 2001 she completed a Masters in Human Resource Management (majoring in Employment Law) at the Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga NSW. |
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Noel Whittaker
Noel Whittaker is one of Australia’s leading financial commentators with weekly columns in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (Melbourne) and The Sunday Times (Perth and Brisbane), regular appearances on Channel 10 and a weekly radio broadcast on the Fairfax network. In 2003 he was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in recognition of his services to the financial services industry and in 2011 was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community in raising awareness of personal responsibility in matters of superannuation, household budgeting and estate planning. |
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David Willick - Practice Principal/Senior Financial Planner, Guild Financial Services
David Willick has had over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including working with Westpac Private Bank and operating his own financial planning practice. David believes in a holistic approach to financial planning and enjoys working closely with his clients to optimise their financial position. |
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Rae Wilson - National Director Guild Pharmacy Academy, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Rae Wilson has worked in Professional Development for over 30 years. In her role as National Director of the Guild Pharmacy Academy Rae is able to draw on her experience with organisations such as Telstra, KPMG, Smorgon Group, Drake International and membership groups including Aged and Community Care Victoria and the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Rae is highly committed to lifelong learning and is currently completing her Master’s degree in Education majoring in Adult Learning at the University of Tasmania.
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Jane Winter - Medical Affairs Manager for Nestle Healthcare Nutrition
Jane Winter is the Medical Affairs Manager for Nestle Healthcare Nutrition. She is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and has experience working in both clinical and public health settings. For nearly 10 years Jane was a lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at Deakin University, and she currently studying towards her PhD on the topic of nutritional risk in the elderly. |
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Gilbert Yeates - Deputy Chairman, PDL
Gilbert Yeates has over 30 years’ experience in a diverse range of practice settings. He has managed and owned community pharmacies in both regional and metropolitan areas, has been an accredited pharmacist and has lectured part-time in pharmacy practice. Gilbert is currently employed as the Community Services Development Manager for Mater Pharmacy Services. Gilbert has served on the Pharmacy Guild’s Queensland Branch Committee, is a current member of the PSA Queensland Branch Committee and is a member of the Allied Health Advisory Group for the new Gold Coast Medicare Local. |
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Assoc Prof Frank Zumbo - School of Business Law & Taxation, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales
Frank Zumbo has been a long time consumer advocate and is one of Australia’s leading commentators on competition, consumer and franchising law. For the past 20 years he has been at the forefront of competition and consumer law reform, has served in an expert capacity on Federal and State Government Advisory Committees and is a longstanding adviser to Governments, Members of Parliament, and industry associations on business law and policy issues. |
