Cromwell appoints new COO

CROMWELL Group has appointed a new chief operations officer in Pat Howard.

The appointment follows the departure of Paul Cronan who resigned from Cromwell to return to Canberra for family reasons.

Prior to joining Cromwell, he was the general manager of the High Performance Unit for Australian Rugby Union.

Prior to his position with the ARU, Howard was director of Rugby at the renowned Leicester Tigers Rugby Club in the UK. In 2003, he co-founded and held senior operational roles with pharmacy management business Rx management, where he remains on the company’s board of directors.

Cromwell’s executive chairman Paul Weightman said Howard brings a wide range of skills to the role including the necessary experience in process and system management to drive the operational performance of the group.

Howard holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and is currently undertaking an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

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