Quilty to take the wheel
August 16, 2012
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia
has announced the retirement of
its Executive Director, industry
stalwart Wendy Phillips.
Phillips has been with the Guild
for two decades, joining as its
National Secretariat in 1992.
During her time with the Guild
Phillips also served as its Director
of its Strategic Policy Division and
in 2006 was promoted to the
newly created position of Deputy
Executive Director.
Two years later she was
appointed as the Guild’s Executive
Director.
“Wendy Phillips has made an
outstanding contribution to the
Guild and to community pharmacy
over many years, and is recognised
as a committed, effective and
influential leader,” said National
President of the Guild, Kos Sclavos.
“Wendy has overseen the
development of many major Guild
policies, which have been aimed at
increasing the recognition of the
health care role of pharmacists
and the value of the current
network of community pharmacies
to the Australian health system,”
he added.
Phillips will hang up her hat on 01
December this year, passing her
role over to the former Group
Managing Director of Public Policy
and Communications at Telstra,
David Quilty.
According to the Guild, Quilty is a
“highly regarded strategic adviser
and corporate affairs professional
who has served with distinction at
the highest levels of business and
Government for nearly two
decades”.
During his time with Telstra
Quilty was responsible for
developing and implementing a
Board approved whole-of-company
corporate citizenship and
community engagement strategy.
Quilty’s career has also seen him
work as a chief of staff to the then
Minister for Communications
Senator Richard Alston, a senior
adviser in the Cabinet Policy Unit
and also as a senior adviser to
Prime Minister John Howard.
In his Governmental roles Quilty
advised on health policy issues,
including the PBS.
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