National Councillor, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Cate Whalan
Cate Whalan registered in 1995 to be appointed as a pharmacist in the Australian Army. She had postings in charge of Medical Centre dispensaries, medication supply warehouses, and saw operational service with a Field Hospital in Bougainville in 1998. Cate retired from the army to locum and part time pharmacist-in-charge positions. In 2006, she purchased her first pharmacy in Townsville and rebranded it ‘Cate’s Chemist’. Cate has grown the group to include internet sales, pharmacies in a medical centre and an ACCHO. Cate is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has served as a company director in a Primary Health Network and an Academic Health Centre. Cate is a National Councillor of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and is in her fourth term on the Guild’s Queensland Branch Committee.
Session details: Unlocking opportunities in down-scheduling and pharmacist prescribing | Thursday 20 March 2025 | 2.50pm – 3.35pm