Rob Gerrand
Rob Gerrand (born 16 October 1946)[1] is an Australian company director, marketing and management consultant, and a writer of science fiction.[2]
Director and management career[edit]
He is a director of Melbourne Primary Care Network (which operates the North Western Melbourne PHN),[3] SANE Australia and the Dax Centre. He chaired an AICD Director Nexus group – a confidential monthly series of meetings of directors from diverse boards to improve corporate governance—and now Chairs its successor, Director Next.[4]
Former board work includes: Chair of Parks Victoria,[5] Chair of Healthy Parks Healthy People Global, a director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,[4] the Mental Health Research Institute, Alfred Health, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (where he was Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Strategic Marketing Committee), Melbourne City Marketing, the Melbourne Convention and Marketing Bureau, the Koorie Heritage Trust. He was founding President of the Monash Alumni Association, Chair of theatre company Theatreworks and was a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Bond University School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management, and a member of the Advisory Board of Sakura Sky Media.[5]
Rob also heads the marketing and communication consultancy Gerrand & Associates, which gives strategic and business development advice for largely blue chip clients, and was a consulting partner to SenateSHJ. He is a former General Manager, Group Public Affairs at ANZ Banking Group, a former Director of the marketing and communications consultancy Turnbull Fox Phillips, and a former Corporate Affairs Manager at the Victorian Arts Centre.[5]
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute, has won the prestigious Golden World and Golden Quill international public relations awards,[5] and was awarded the PRIA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service to the public relations profession in Australia. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in Arts at Deakin University in 1994.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Transmutations (Editor, Outback Press 1979)[6]
- Fortress (novel, Bookman Publishing 1993)[7]
- Rewrite Your Life! (self-help, co-written with Eve Ash, Penguin Books 2002)[8]
- Rewrite Your Relationships! (self-help, co-written with Eve Ash, Penguin Books 2004)[9]
- The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: a Fifty Year Collection (editor, Black Inc. 2004)[10]
- The Millennium Job (novel, Norstrilia Press 2022)[11]
Short stories[edit]
His short stories have appeared in the following publications:
- The Altered I (ed. Lee Harding, 1975)[12]
- Envisaged Worlds (ed. Paul Collins, 1978)[13]
- Alien Worlds (ed. Paul Collins, 1979)[14]
Other[edit]
He founded the Victorian Arts Centre Magazine in 1982, and was its Editor-in-Chief until 1987. Together with Bruce Gillespie and Carey Handfield he was a partner in the Australian publishing company Norstrilia Press, 1975–1985. The publishing house was revived in 2022.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ von Ruff, Al. "Rob Gerrand - Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ "Rob Gerrand". SFBookcase.com. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ ""North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network Board update"". PHN North Western melbourne. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ""Florey Institute"" (PDF). The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health Annual Report 2013, p23. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 ""SANE Board members and directors"". SANE. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ Contento, William G. "Transmutations". Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fortress. Melbourne : Bookman. 1992. ISBN 9781863950008. Search this book on
- ↑ Ash, Eve; Gerrand, Rob (August 2006). Rewrite Your Life!: Scripts for Success. Penguin. ISBN 9780143001355. Search this book on
- ↑ Ash, Eve; Gerrand, Rob (2004). Rewrite Your Relationships!. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780670041381. Search this book on
- ↑ Gerrand, Rob (2004). The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Black. ISBN 9781863953016. Search this book on
- ↑ "Austlit - The Millennium Job". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit - The Altered I". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit - Envisaged Worlds". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit - Alien Worlds". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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