Garry Fitzpatrick

Garry Fitzpatrick spent 30 years as a self-employed optometrist, establishing and developing a group of six optometry practices and partnership with four optometrists. He is one of the founding franchisees for Specsavers in Western Australia. Mr Fitzpatrick is the inaugural Western Australian practitioner member of the Optometry Board of Australia and served as practitioner member of the Optometry Board of Australia since 2009. He also held positions on several boards, councils and committees associated with Optometry, including prior roles as the deputy chair of the Optometrists Registration Board of Western Australia, chair of the complaints assessment committee of the Optometrists Registration Board of Western Australia, and president of CORA (Council of Optometry Regulatory Authorities for Australia and New Zealand representing all Optometry Registration Boards). Mr Fitzpatrick chaired the Optometry Advisory Board for the School of Medicine at Deakin University since 2010, a role which has involved the establishment (and the provision) of guidance to the School of Optometry at Deakin University. He is also an advisor on optometry matters to the Board of Specsavers Australia and New Zealand.