David Heffernan was elected to the NSW Branch Committee of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia in 2014 and has served as the NSW Branch President since October. David is Chair of the Government and Public Relations Committee and sits on the Health Economics and Policy and Corporate Governance and Services Committees for the Guild’s National Council. Since graduating in 2001, David has purchased three pharmacies and undertaken his Masters in Politics and Public Policy at Macquarie University. David is passionate about advocating for community pharmacists and ensuring the future viability of the industry, particularly in rural and remote communities.

Professor Trent Twomey was elected as National President of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia in March 2021. Trent has been involved with the Guild for over 10 years and was part of the successful negotiating team for the Sixth and Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreements. He is Secretary of the World Pharmacy Council, immediate Past Chairman and Director of Advance Cairns, a Professor at James Cook University, a Council Member of the Queensland Futures Institute, and a trustee for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. Trent and his wife are both pharmacists and own a small group of pharmacies in Northern Queensland.