Meet the team


Phil Rasmussen Technical Director Phil is an experienced Medical Herbalist with a busy clinic in Auckland where he has practiced since 1995. Before pursuing herbal medicine he worked for more than ten years as a pharmacist, and undertook research on... View full profile>>	Anne Kilford *Quality Assurance Manager* Anne joined Phytomed in May 2016. Anne has previous experience in various QC and QA roles in the dairy industry and more recently Production Management in pharmaceutical manufacturing. She holds qualifications in Food Science... View full profile>>	Kevin E Lin *Production Operations Manager* Kevin graduated in 1982 from School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical University (Pharmacy College of Fudan University) and was then employed as a Pharmaceutical Engineer at Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Industrial Research... View full profile>>


Clinton Rule Operations Manager Clinton joined the Phytomed team in February 2016. Clinton has a broad background with over 10 years’ experience in manufacturing operations, quality management, food safety compliance and auditing. His... View full profile>>	Trish Moy Regulatory Affairs Manager Trish is a highly experienced Pharmacist who joined Phytomed in 2002 after both hospital and industry experience, as the company’s first Quality Assurance Manager, ensuring that all manufacturing processes were performed to the... View full profile>>	Toalima Ake Customer Services Manager Toalima has spent the last 9 years honing her customer service skills within the cinema industry before joining Phytomed. Becoming part of the Phytomed team is quite a change in direction for Toalima, but one she relishes. Determined to... View full profile >>


Rochelle Bailey Sales & Technical Coordinator Rochelle’s interest in the Natural Health Industry began in 1998 when she studied Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Sivananda Hatha Yoga. She has always had an interest in nutrition, and is passionate about the importance of ... View full profile>>	Nerena Morris *Territory Manager, West & North Auckland and Upper North Island* Nerena graduated from the University of Auckland in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science, and then followed her studies with Medical Herbalism and Naturopathic qualifications, graduating in 1996 from... View full profile>>	Sherri Seeley *Territory Manager*, Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Sherri has always had a fascination & love of plants & has used herbs for family health for many years. While raising her two sons, she commenced home studies in herbal medicine & ran a small business creating herbal crafts, eventually moving into nutritional/natural health... View full profile>>


Trina Delis *South Island Territory Manager* As a naturopath, Trina is passionate about helping people be the best they can be. She graduated from the Canterbury College of Natural Medicine in 1995, after completing a 4 year full time Diploma of Naturopathy... View full profile >>	Natalie Potter *Production and Supply Chain Coordinator* Natalie joined Phytomed in May 2017 in a role which can vary from sourcing and purchasing herbs and packaging, to planning production and the coordination of our imports and exports... View full profile >>	Suzy Walsh *Customer Service & Technical Officer* Suzy is originally from the UK and came to Auckland in 2015 to study a degree in Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine. Previously she worked in the financial services industry and chose to leave this lifestyle to follow... View full profile >>


Ziba Mehta *Marketing Coordinator* Ziba joined Phytomed in December 2017 and works on helping her team make great marketing decisions. After having worked extensively in the banking and financial sector for the last four years, she decided to fuel her creativity... View full profile >>

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