Mark Callaghan
CEO
Mark comes to Phytomed with a very strong track record of success in the senior leadership of some of ANZ’s large FMCG organisations. He is a fabulous addition to the team. Mark began his career at Colgate-Palmolive in Petone before moving overseas with them. He eventually joined Cadbury in Auckland and over 15 years moved through a number of strategic/marketing/GM roles before becoming Managing Director for Australia & New Zealand. More recently, he led Frucor NZ, one of NZ’s ‘Best Employers’.
Mark is very excited to be part of the Phytomed team; cementing Phytomed’s first 20 years, he is focused and enthusiastic about getting the organisation ready for the next 20!
Phil Rasmussen M.Pharm., M.P.S., Dip. Herb. Med.; M.N.I.M.H.(UK), M.N.H.A.A., M.N.Z.A.M.H.
Technical Director
Phil is an experienced Medical Herbalist with a busy clinic in Auckland where he has practiced since 1993. Before pursuing herbal medicine he worked for more than ten years as a pharmacist, and undertook research on antidepressant drugs and serotonin for a Masters degree in Pharmacology. He is a regular lecturer at several naturopathic and herbal colleges, presented at conferences in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, and written extensively on herbal subjects for both practitioner and consumer publications, for many years. Phil is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Auckland, and was Deputy Chair of the Interim Expert Advisory Committee on Complementary & Alternative Medicines (IEACCAM), established by the Australian and New Zealand governments between 2006 and 2008.
Phil founded Phytomed Medicinal Herbs Ltd in 1996 to produce high quality, NZ-made herbal medicines for health practitioners, and in 2000 the Kiwiherb brand was launched as the retail offering of Phytomed Medicinal Herbs. As well as providing leadership & governance in the business, Phil is passionate about research and heads the New Product Development team, creating premium formulations based on traditional and clinical evidence validated by good science.
Trish Moy
Compliance Manager
Trish is a highly experienced Pharmacist who joined Phytomed in 2002 after both hospital and industry experience, as the company’s first Quality Assurance Manager, ensuring that all manufacturing processes were performed to the required high quality. She lead the company to attain its first MedSafe Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Good Manufacturing Practice Licence in 2007. Trish left the business to manage and develop the Oncology Pharmacy Department at the Auckland City Hospital Department of Pharmacy. She returned to Phytomed in 2016 as the company’s first Regulatory Affairs Manager, responsible for regulatory activities in both domestic and export markets. In October 2019, Trish became Phytomed’s first Compliance Manager, adding QA management to the Regulatory function.
Trish has NZ qualifications in pharmacy, herbal medicine and quality assurance.