Ian Gardner

Experience

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  ICI Australia

  Apr 1982 - Oct 1985

  Medical Officer for NSW

  Occupational Physician for the State based operations of a diversified chemicals, plastics, explosives, fertilizer, paints, pharmaceutical company.

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  IBM Asia Pacific

  Oct 1985 - Jul 1998

  Program Director, Health Safety & Environment

  Initially appointed as Managing Physician, IBM Asia Pacific; then Senior Managing Physician; then Program Director, Health Safety and Environment management, Asia Pacific. Jobs undertaken both in SYDNEY, Australia and TOKYO, Japan.Responsible for all health, safety, medical and environmental programs throughout the IBM Asia Pacific region, covering some 19 countries, around 50000 employees and approximately 1500 expatriates and family members.

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  Australian Department of Defence

  Oct 2001 - Jun 2015

  Senior Physician in Occupational & Environmental Medicine

  Responsible for expert, timely and actionable specialist Occupational & Environmental Medicine advice to the Defence senior leadership, including garrison Australia and Deployed Operations. Also provision of expert OEM services to other State/Territory governments e.g. Northern Territory, and to Federal agencies such as Comcare.

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  Department of Veterans' Affairs

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2019

  Chief Health Officer / Principal Medical Adviser
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  Dr Ian R Gardner Pty Ltd

  Jul 2019 - now

  Managing Director

  Recently retired as Chief Health Officer/Principal Medical Adviser, Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs. Now focussing on Occupational, Environmental, Public Health and Toxicology matters for mainly government clients in multiple States and Countries. Continuing to have a special interest in Veteran and Defence issues, including in the research space. Significant ongoing involvement in AFFF (PFOS/PFOA) and ASBESTOS matters, as well as workplace and environmental carcinogens.