Kim Miles is currently Chief Executive of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, and Executive Director, Decade of Bone and Joint New Zealand, positions he has held for the last ten years. Prior to these roles Kim has been Chief Executive of the Researched Medicines Industry Association, the Wellington Manufacturers Association and Rhone Poulenc New Zealand Limited.(formerly May and Baker NZ Ltd)
Kim is a graduate from Victoria University, Wellington, and in his early career worked in the Agrochemical and Veterinary Divisions of May and Baker before moving into the pharmaceutical sector as Chief Executive of the company that became Rhone-Poulenc New Zealand Ltd.
In his current position with the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association he has a strong role in representation for the profession as well as advocacy and public relations. He is also responsible for the overall management of the Orthopaedic Advanced Training Programme and the Orthopaedic Continuing Professional Development programme..
In his role as Executive Director, Decade of Bone and Joint, New Zealand Kim has worked closely with the New Zealand BJD programmes, including more recently the preparation and publication of “The Crippling Burden” – a study of the burden of musculoskeletal disease in New Zealand.
Kim brings a strong commercial and administrative background in health to the Advisory Board of the International Coordinating Council, with particular reference to the musculoskeletal sector.
Jack Skrolsvik
Jack Skrolsvik has worked both as Chairman and as NAN Coordinator for BJD in Norway. He has participated in the international BJD congresses in Ottawa, Durban, Gold Coast and Washington. He has a genuine will to contribute for the BJD Worldwide in the years to come.
Starting in 2000 Jack Skrolsvik was appointed General Secretary in the Norwegian Rheumatism Association in 2004. His main concern is the patient. Over time Jack Skrolsvik established close relations with the political arena in Norway. In addition he has been involved in the Nordic Rheuma Council and met with many Nordic politicians in this respect - both The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. He also has established close relations with the medical society, the Norwegian Medicines Agency, and relevant units such as the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Directorate for Health Affairs.
His background is as indicated information and communications. He therefore will, in the coordinating committee initiate two main aspects.
1 -Advocate for the users/user perspective.
2 -Streamline and differentiate the BJD message/idea according to different target audiences.
Jack Skrolsvik started his professional career as an assistant Account Manager in the advertising business. He worked in Philips Electronics for more than 14 years as Marketing Manager. He coordinated Nordic activities from Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He involved himself in activities for the Institute of International Research, the Norwegian Marketing Congress and also Norwegian Advertisers Association. This both as speaker and as Organizing Manager. He went back to the advertising side and acted as Senior Account Manager for big Norwegian and international companies such as Orkla (Norwegian), SAS (Scandinavian), Novartis, Mets Tissue (Finnish), Jernia, Norwegian banks, Norsk Hydro/Yara, Procter & Gamble, Bang & Olufsen (Danish) and Mental Health Norway.
Jack Skrolsvik graduated with a Diploma in Information and Marketing from the Norwegian Institute of Marketing and Information - later part of the Business Institute of Norway. He studied International Marketing in The Netherlands run the University of Brussels and studied Action Marketing in Rambouillet and Paris in France.