How to Choose a Baby Formula (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475122695)

Garry Wainscott, born in New Zealand, is a pharmacist by trade, dispensing both human and veterinary treatments prior to moving into the pharmaceutical industry. After eight years with that first company, he was asked to become a key manager with a major US-based international company involved both in pharmaceuticals and in nutrition products, eventually being promoted to a General Management position. After nine years with that company in New Zealand, he transferred to Asian postings, living and working in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in key marketing roles and general management. He spent 26 years managing operations both in South-East Asia and in South Asia before retiring to start his own business, TeknoLink Nutrition, based in Perth, Western Australia. Garry's involvement with infant nutrition began in 1967 when he lobbied the dairy industry and the Department of Agriculture in New Zealand to be permitted to remove the saturated fats from cow milk and replace them with vegetable oils to commence infant formula manufacturing in that country. Working with three regional paediatric groups in Sri Lanka and organising analytical services in Nutrition Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, he enabled the first Sri Lankan breast milk studies in the 1990s. Whilst domiciled in Singapore, he held multi-year tenures as President, Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) and Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore (ASAS). In 1983 he was the founder of Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association (SNDA). In more rent years (2003 - 2006) Garry lectured on various infant nutrition topics to paediatricians at various venues in Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. He was a Guest Speaker, Obstetrics & Gynaecology of Singapore Congress (2005) and a Guest Speaker, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society of Malaysia Congress (2006). Garry graduated from Deakin University, Australia: Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition Master in Health Sciences (Human Nutrition)