Robert Elliot is the Head of Operations ANZ with responsibility for Viatris’ state of the art manufacturing facility at Carole Park in Queensland, and supporting functions. This facility is one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Australia, capable of manufacturing over 3 billion doses of high quality medicine for Australia and over 40 export markets. The facility is currently being upgraded to add high speed automated manufacturing lines that will provide up to 1 billion doses of additional capacity and secure the supply of critical medicines for Australia.
Prior to this Rob was Vice President of Manufacturing for APAC at Mylan, where he oversaw the integration of the Australian and Japanese manufacturing facilities into Mylan.
Rob began his career with Alphapharm more than 39 years ago in product development at Alphapharm and has worked across quality, manufacturing and plant management. A graduate of Queensland University of Technology, with a degree in applied science and graduate diploma in computer science and business, Rob has a passion for developing pharmaceutical manufacturing in Australia and bringing forward the next group of leaders in the field.