PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

People ON THE MOVE A wrap on the latest appointments and industry movements within the Australian ophthalmic sector.

CYLITE INTRODUCES NEW SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER Matthew Wensor, a stalwart of more than 23 years with Carl Zeiss, has taken a position of senior product manager with Cylite, a Melbourne manufacturer of the new Hyperparallel-OCT (HP-OCT). “An opportunity to work with the team developing the next generations of OCT isn’t something that comes along very often in your hometown,” he said.

DEAKIN GRADUATE BECOMES LECTURER AT UWA Deakin University Master of Optometry graduate turned academic, Dr Khyber Alam, has been appointed lecturer in the School of Allied Health at The University of Western Australia. Alam, an Afghan refugee who arrived in Melbourne aged 13 with his family in 2007, received the Deakin Young Alumni of the Year award in 2019. He has also completed a PhD in vision impairment and an MBA at Deakin University. A NEW BRAND MANAGER FOR MYOPIA MANAGEMENT Jacqui Regan has recently been appointed as CooperVision's brand manager for myopia management – ANZ. She is an experienced healthcare marketer, having worked at agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi Healthcare, Leo Burnett and more recently Medicine X, a healthcare digital communications agency. She has completed a graduate certificate in marketing and is completing her master’s in marketing at Curtin University.

EXPERIENCED INDUSTRY FIGURE JOINS PROVISION AS BUSINESS COACH Tina Adel recently started at ProVision as a business coach. She has over 20 years’ experience in the optometry industry, having held practice manager, account manager and most recently various strategic management roles. Tina’s experience and history relating to both business growth and supporting individual development give her a solid foundation and insight into understanding the challenges and potential opportunities of independent optometry. CHANGES WITHIN THE UNSW’S OPTOMETRY SCHOOL Regine Chapman-Davies has recently transitioned from a visiting clinical supervisor to part-time staff optometrist at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

NEW BOARD CHAIR FOR THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION Jane Madden has joined the foundation as board chair as former Victorian Premier John Brumby announced his retirement at a recent AGM. Jane has a passion for international development and more than 25 years’ experience across public and private sectors, with positions at senior levels of Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Trade and Investment Commission, and Prime Minister and Cabinet, and diplomatic postings to Japan, South Africa and France, including as Australia’s Ambassador to UNESCO.