Company Profile

The Walck Group (George Walck & Associates Pty Ltd) was established in March 1990 to assist Healthcare companies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, market their products and services profitably.

The marketing discipline operates in a very unique climate. There are no guidelines or specifications to define the actions that are required to succeed. The marketplace determines the standards against which you must act, and be judged. Customers and competitors set the limits and you must constantly be ready to move as the marketplace changes.

Our consulting services are both specialized and varied. We have been purchasers of the kinds of services that we now provide. We understand your needs for timely, accurate, cost-effective work and what it takes to get the job done well.

Our value to you is based on:

Broad healthcare industry experience
Broad knowledge of health industry issues
Broad knowledge of the clinical environment
Ability to understand and contribute to initial client briefing requirements

Companies we have assisted, including valued long-standing clients:

Abbott Vascular Devices	ACMI	Bard Australia
Baxter Healthcare	B. Braun	BBI USA
Becton-Dickinson	BioSensors	Boots Healthcare
Boston Scientific	Cardinal Health	Critical Assist
Device Technologies	Edwards Medical	Endotherapeutics
Guidant	Johnson & Johnson Medical	Kimberly-Clark
Maersk Medical	Medical & Optical	Medtronic
Molnlycke Australia	Pfizer	Pharmacia
QBT AUstralia	ReShape Medical	Schneider Asia Pacific
SSL Australia	Stryker Australia	Synthes Australia
Smith & Nephew	Terumo Australia	Terumo Japan
TYCO Healthcare	Unomedical	USA Commerce Dept
Vacutex	W.L.Gore	Zoll Medical

Managing Director

George A. Walck

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science - Albright College Reading, Pennsylvania (USA) and the Columbia University (USA) Management Program for International Managers. George has held key senior executive positions in the medical, pharmaceutical and consumer products industries in Australia, Asia and the USA.
George founded the company with partner, Annette Lennon in March, 1990. In 1995, Annette left the partnership to raise her two young sons. George Walck is a member of the Market Research Society of Australia.He is also Chair of the Medical Technologies Association of Australia's (MTAA) Code of Practice Commitee.

Associates

Des Hinkley

Des is an Engineer with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and a Masters of Business Administration.
Des has held senior management positions in the Telecommunications and Computer industries.
Des held positions as National Operations Manager for NEC Australia and National Sales Manager at Optus and is a senior consultant to the Health industry and to the NSW Government.
Based in Sydney, Des has worked in recruiting and research in the Health industry for the last five years.

Peter Wilkosz

Peter began his sales and marketing career as a pioneer marketer of Interventional Cardiology and Radiology products in Australia and New Zealand.
He has held several senior international positions in the dynamic Interventional Cardiology and Radiology marketplace including Bard International as Marketing Director Asia-Pacific and Vice President Asia - Pacific, Schneider Asia-Pacific, a division of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, where he served for 8 years.
Based in Byron Bay, Peter has been involved in marketing projects in the healthcare environment for the past seven years.