This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's deletion discussion page. |
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Rob Gerrand (born 16 October 1946) [1] is an Australian company director, marketing and management consultant, and a writer of science fiction. [2]
He is a director of Melbourne Primary Care Network (which operates the North Western Melbourne PHN), [3] SANE Australia and the Dax Centre. He chaired an AICD Director Nexus group – a confidential monthly series of meetings of directors from diverse boards to improve corporate governance—and now Chairs its successor, Director Next. [4]
Former board work includes: Chair of Parks Victoria, [5] Chair of Healthy Parks Healthy People Global, a director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, [4] the Mental Health Research Institute, Alfred Health, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (where he was Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Strategic Marketing Committee), Melbourne City Marketing, the Melbourne Convention and Marketing Bureau, the Koorie Heritage Trust. He was founding President of the Monash Alumni Association, Chair of theatre company Theatreworks and was a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Bond University School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management, and a member of the Advisory Board of Sakura Sky Media. [5]
Rob also heads the marketing and communication consultancy Gerrand & Associates, which gives strategic and business development advice for largely blue chip clients, and was a consulting partner to SenateSHJ. He is a former General Manager, Group Public Affairs at ANZ Banking Group, a former Director of the marketing and communications consultancy Turnbull Fox Phillips, and a former Corporate Affairs Manager at the Victorian Arts Centre. [5]
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute, has won the prestigious Golden World and Golden Quill international public relations awards, [5] and was awarded the PRIA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service to the public relations profession in Australia. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in Arts at Deakin University in 1994. [5]
His short stories have appeared in the following publications:
He founded the Victorian Arts Centre Magazine in 1982, and was its Editor-in-Chief until 1987. Together with Bruce Gillespie and Carey Handfield he was a partner in the Australian publishing company Norstrilia Press, 1975–1985. The publishing house was revived in 2022.
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the development of penicillin.
Andrew John Refshauge is a former Australian politician who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1983 and 2005, and a senior minister in the Carr ministry.
Alison Croggon is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, and librettist.
Lee John Harding was an Australian freelance photographer, who became a writer of science fiction novels and short stories.
Charles Michael "Chilla" Porter was an Australian athlete and political figure. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later served as general secretary of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1978 to 1987.
Bruce Gillespie is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine SF Commentary. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published Greg Egan's first novel.
Charles Barrington Goode AC is a prominent Australian director of public companies. He resides in Melbourne.
Kenneth Baillieu Myer, was an American-born Australian patron of the arts, humanities and sciences; diplomat, administrator, businessman and philanthropist. He was a member of the notable Melbourne retailing Myer family. Myer made significant philanthropic and personal contributions to the development of major national institutions, most notably the Howard Florey Laboratories of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, the School of Oriental Studies at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Arts Centre and the National Library of Australia. In 1959, he became Benefactor and Co-Founder of The Myer Foundation with his brother Baillieu Myer AC. He was also the founding chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
John Malcolm Rodney Wylie is a leading Australian investment banker. He was previously managing director and Head of Corporate Advisory of Lazard, Chair of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust and Chair of the Australian Sports Commission. He is President of the State Library of Victoria Board.
Michael Richard Kidd is an Australian medical practitioner, academic and author. He is Professor of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems at the University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He is a past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) a past president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
Andrew Charles Darbyshire AM is an Australian software company executive, philanthropist, author and speaker. He is chairman of Pacsoft, a software development company, and is also active in several charitable and fundraising organisations. He is chairman and Founder of Caitlin's Retreat, chairman of The Click Foundation finding a cure for epilepsy. member of SecondBite Fundraising Committee, board member of Florey Neurosciences Foundation Council, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In the past, he was a board member of the Song Room, board member of the Zoos Victoria Foundation, board member of the Petstock Foundation, and chairman of the board of CAPRA @ Monash University, and a member of The Rees Advisory Group. He was named a member of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community as a supporter of research into child-related brain conditions, through contributions to special needs children and their families, and to the arts."
Kate Richards is an Australian writer, doctor and medical researcher. She writes and speaks about her experiences with mental illness, and is the author of two books on the subject.
Julie Bernhardt is an Australian physiotherapist and clinician scientist, a Principal Research Fellow and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Head of the Stroke Division at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne. Bernhardt is Principal Investigator of the 'A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial' (AVERT) and a leader in the field of stroke recovery.
Shitij Kapur is a medical doctor and administrator; he is the 21st president and principal of King's College London since 1 June 2021. Previously, he was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences and assistant vice-chancellor (health) of the University of Melbourne from 2016 to 2020.
Brian Matthews (1936–2022) was an Australian literary scholar, biographer and short story writer. He is considered Australia's foremost scholar of Henry Lawson and Lawson's mother Louisa.
Eve Ash is a Melbourne-based psychologist, motivational speaker, filmmaker, author and entrepreneur. Eve is the CEO and founder of Seven Dimensions and co-created the Cutting Edge Communication Comedy series starring Erin Brown and Emmy Award winning Kim Estes. Eve's books Rewrite Your Life! and Rewrite Your Relationships! were co-written with Rob Gerrand and published by Penguin Books. Her documentary Shadow of Doubt about the murder of Bob Chappell and conviction of Susan Neill-Fraser was nominated for best feature documentary at the AACTA Awards.She produced and stars in a 6 part TV series: Undercurrent: True Murder Investigation. Her latest film, Man on the Bus, won the audience award at the Jewish International Film festival 2019. Eve was a Director/ Board Member of the Australian Film Institute and Film Victoria.
Naomi Milgrom is an Australian businesswoman and philanthropist. Her private company ARJ Group Holdings owns women's clothing retailers Sportsgirl, Sussan and Suzanne Grae.
Judith Ann Whitworth is an Australian medical researcher in the areas of kidney function and blood pressure. Now an Emeritus Professor, she is the former Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research at the Australian National University (ANU).
Professor Anne Kelso is an Australian biomedical researcher specialising in immunology and influenza. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Government's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Norstrilia Press is a small press publishing house based in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1975 to coincide with Aussiecon, Australia's first world science fiction convention, by Rob Gerrand, Bruce Gillespie and Carey Handfield. Its primary aim was to publish science fiction, fantasy, critical essay collections and other genre works that were unlikely to see publication by other publishers.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
  | This article about an Australian writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
