President

Mrs. Val Johanson
With over 30 years experience in government and industry, as former Head of Food Standards, former Head of Surveillance in the Therapeutic Goods Administration, former CEO of the Complementary Healthcare Council Association in Australia and more recently working in the global market, Val Johanson BSC MSC Qual. has a passion for natural healthcare and a comprehensive knowledge of the Australian natural products industry, relevant regulation and the challenges facing exporters.  Val recognizes the need for good appropriate regulation to ensure Australian products are safe and high quality, but believes that regulation should be  in line with the low risk nature of these valuable products to ensure that consumers in Australia have access to a wide choice of natural products and that our products are price competitive in the global market.   She has spent the last fifteen years working tirelessly to achieve that appropriate regulation in Australia and New Zealand, and recognizes the value of a dedicated group of industry partners to identify the problems, find solutions and a united voice to lobby for change.  

Secretary

Mr. Ben Nilsson
Ben Nilsson has been involved in the Import/Export business for 20 years and has experience in fields as diverse as surface coatings, food raw materials and specialty additives and for the last 12 years, in the area of nutritional raw materials and supplements. During this time he has visited China on many occasions from Shenzhen to Shanghai and Qingdao to Qingzhou. He was a speaker at the Guangzhou Nutritional Products Expo in 2009 and is General Manager of Australian Nutritional Supplies, a company supplying raw materials to manufacturers of therapeutic goods in Australia and New Zealand.

Vice President

David Mumford
David Mumford is a marketing & business graduate that has spent the last 15 years in the Australian health industry developing and marketing natural health supplement brands and is the Sales & Marketing Director of RBK Nutraceuticals Pty Ltd. David has expertise in promoting and marketing Australian health supplements and has established successful distribution networks throughout the world covering Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, Korea, Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia among many other regions.He also has experience regarding international regulatory import regulations as an active exporter he has to comply with different government regulators with varying requirements. David also has an understanding of the Australian TGA and its requirements in gaining a TGA license for his company’s packaging facility.David regularly attends international trade shows and conferences and has a great knowledge of the international health supplement industry and can utilise his skills to promote the Australia New Zealand Health Care Association to the world.

Vice President

Michael Ge Wu
Michael Wu has successfully implemented initiatives for export, logistics, business development, for product development, contract manufacturing, research and development and planning and execution of Healthzone’s business acquisition activities. Michael holds a Master of Commerce Degree, a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Vice President

Dr. Sonia Wang
Dr. Sonia  Wang has a PHD in medicine from University Of New South Wales, Australia with a major in public health.  She’s been working in the industry for more than fifteen years. Her strong technical and research/development background in the public health and nutraceutical industry along with her updated nutritional knowledge will make sure that the R& D team in GMP pharmaceuticals continue to develop high quality products for its valuable customers.

Vice President

Mr. Karl Ye
Mr. Karl Ye achieved Master Degree of Science from Wuhan University, China, majoring in International Economic Information Management. Mr Karl Ye is the Directorof GMP Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd.

He has had more than 18 years marketing and project management experiences in pharmaceutical and health care industry in Asian Pacific area, such as China, Australia and New Zealand. As an active industry player and one of the creators of Australian New Zealand health Care Association. 

Mr. Karl Ye is also appointed as a Justice of the Peace New South Wales.

Vice President

Mr. Kevin Lu
Chemical Engineering Bachelor Degree, Master Degree of Science University of New South Wales. Kevin has had supervisory experience in a number of pharmaceutical & non-pharmaceutical businesses and has currently totalled many years pharmaceutical management experience. He is responsible for the implementation of quality systems as well as the overall operation of the manufacturing. He is also currently nominated on TGA license for responsible production and as a Justice of the Peace New South Wales.