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Rollo Manning
My current role
Health Entrepreneur
Region
Australia-wide operationMy background
I worked initially in retail pharmacy before joining the drug company Glaxo Australia where I rose to the position of Marketing Services Manager responsible for new product launches, sales training, marketing planning and government liaison. During this time I maintained an interest in rugby union (through the Victorian Rugby Union) and community development (through Apex Australia). In a voluntary capacity I attained the position of Zone President and National PR Director for Apex Australia. I was responsible for relocating a mentally retarded children's center from the inner Melbourne suburbs to a new site and also was Chairman of the organising committee for an International conference under the aegis of the World Council of Young Men's Service Clubs.
Through my involvement with Apex I was appointed as a Social Development Consultant to the Social Welfare Commission promoting the Australian Assistance Plan from 1973-75.
I then became the first Director of Public Relations for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and followed this with my own consulting business in Canberra until 1987 when for family reasons I opened a new pharmacy in Queanbeyan, NSW.
On selling this in 1995 I traveled to Darwin where after one year in retail pharmacy I joined the Territory Health Services as a Rural Pharmacist looking after the needs of 23 remote Aboriginal communities in the Katherine region. I was soon after promoted to Darwin as Senior Pharmacy Policy Officer and as such represented the NT Government on a number of National committees and working parties including National Competition Policy reforms and remote Aboriginal health medication issues.
The Tiwi Health Board, in 2000 presented the opportunity to see what could be done with improved pharmacy service and this lead to the establishment of the first Aboriginal health service owned and operated pharmacy business in Australia.
The company Mirrijini Pty Ltd was established to promote the concept to other places and to provide employment and training opportunities for Tiwi people.
During this time I became aware of the broader need for social development in Aboriginal communities and have been working on plans for reform in this area over the past two years.
I now devote my time to Mirrijini on the pharmacy side and the establishment of a social planning mechanism for the Tiwi people that could be adopted in other communities.
I am willing to share my ideas with others on either pharmacy services or social development in remote Aboriginal communities.
My current priorities are:
- Promoting a greater understanding of the role of public relations in marketing, government liaison and lobbying activities.
- Conducting social entrepreneurial activities that will enhance the opportunities for Aboriginal people, especially those living in remote communities.
- Acting as an advocate for remote living Aboriginal people who want to improve their social capital and opportunity for children in the future.
- Promoting the consumers rights in sourcing pharmacy services and ensuring all developments are directed towards assistance to the consumer.
- Developing systems to improve the quality use of medicines in remote Aboriginal communities.
Biography
1938 Born in Sydney
1950-55 Educated at Barker College, Hornsby, NSW
1959 Graduated pharmacist from Sydney University
1963 Joined Glaxo Australia
1968 Graduated Management Certificate RMIT
1973 Joined Social Welfare Commission, Canberra
1975 Joined Pharmacy Guild of Australia
1980 Commenced own PR Consultancy in Canberra
1987 Opened Manning's Pharmacy, Queanbeyan, NSW
1996 Traveled to Darwin to work in pharmacy
1997 Joined Territory Health Services
1998 Appointed Senior Policy Officer (Pharmacy)
2001 Joined Tiwi Health Board
2003 Obtained Graduate Diploma Public Relations - Deakin University
2003 Commenced own PR/Pharmacy Consulting business in Darwin.
| Contact | : | Rollo Manning |
| Phone | : | 08 8942 2101 |
| Mobile | : | 0411 049 872 |
| : | rollom@iinet.net.au | |
| WWW | : | http://www.rollomanning.com |