Company Profile
Our
Visitor's Centre and Cafe located near Ballina NSW, hosts over
40,000 visitors per year. Today TP Health is one of the top 10 natural health companies in Australia and also has distribution in over 30 countries around the world. We started in 1976, researching how to get tea tree oil back into commercial production.
We started the world’s first tea tree plantation and pioneered
the early research which enabled tea tree to be registered as a therapeutic.
In 1984 we incorporated as Thursday Plantation Pty Ltd, and in 1993 we
became Thursday Plantation Laboratories Ltd and this same company then
evolved through a name change to become TP Health Ltd in 2003.
TP Health produces products under the brands Thursday Plantation, Greenridge, Sunspirit, Nature’s Remedy, OK, Eureka!, and we license Veromax and Bekunis. We have our own manufacturing and packaging plants in Ballina (NSW) and in Toowoomba (Qld). We are licensed for therapeutic manufacturing by the TGA in Australia. We have a national sales team based out of Sydney and our international sales team travels the world.
We are committed to a whole herb philosophy. We believe the power of natural therapies, as distinct from synthetic pharmaceutical actives, lies in the marvellous complexity of the whole plant. We are totally committed to evidence based results. All our products work and our core position on natural therapies can be summed up in 3 statements:
Right Ingredients • Right Strength • Right Dose
Heritage
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story from this extract, click here.
"...Christopher and Lynda persevered and started to produce Tea Tree
Oil from a traditional bush cutting method. Their first
batches of oil that they tried to sell were shunned by
the essential oil buying world. By now Christopher had realised that only
a handful of people really understood the true value of this oil. He became
obsessed with the mission of bringing Australian Tea Tree Oil to the world."
Christopher Dean sitting on top of Tea Tree leaf bags ready to head to the still, 1979.
Using a kerosene lantern and candles for illumination they would hand fill the bottles in their wooden shack in the forest. Labels were hand drawn with crayons and the bottles driven out in their old station wagon. A table was set up and detailed hand written signs outlining much of the history and extraordinary medical research that had previously existed on Tea Tree Oil was laid out for all to see.
It was through this early marketing, direct to the hippies in the markets, that Tea Tree Oil began to take root. The magic of this oil was contagious..."
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Vision Statement
To be recognised as a leader in complementary medicine, offering
safe and effective treatments to enhance human health and wellbeing
around the world.
Mission Statement
Core values
What we say is true, is true. What we promise, we deliver. Every action undertaken by us at TP Health is designed to enhance the life experience of those doing the action and for whom the action is done. That is we are improving life experiences for those within the company, for our suppliers, and for our external customers.
TP Health is committed to excellent products. As a competitive advantage, we seek to produce products which excel in their actions and in their effectiveness, thus delighting our customers.
TP Health maintains a balanced, middle-of-the-road “green consciousness”. We are deeply committed to the effective preservation and management of the earth’s resources including wilderness.
A pristine grove of Tea Trees at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, a protected area in NSW.
We are opposed to the depletion of resources to the point where the survival of self-sustaining systems is threatened. We believe in environmental responsibility in all areas of the company. This includes selection of raw ingredients and materials, the disposal of waste, and the recycling of products, conservation of energy and conservation of other valuable resources such as water and fuel, and the ideal of using the minimum packaging necessary to achieve the ends of supplying our customers well.
We are committed to safe working conditions. Safety procedures are prepared and shared with all staff.
Corporate Governance
TP Health Ltd is a public unlisted company with over 60 shareholders and board comprising 7 directors: 3 executive directors and 4 non executive including the Chair. The board comprises the following:
B.Bus, C.Eng, CPA, MBA, FAIM, AAIM, FAICD
Non-Executive Chairman
Chairman of Optiscan Imaging Limited, Kailis and France Foods Pty Limited, Australian Convenience Foods Pty Ltd and Deputy Chairman of Vision Systems Limited. Director of Ricegrowers’ Co-operative Limited, Venture Capital Partners Trustee Board. Member of the Australian Competition Tribunal to the Federal Court.
Founder, Executive Director/ Deputy Chairman
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Anthropology) (Sydney University). Founded the business with Lynda Dean in 1979. Chairman (1984-2005) and Board member since 1984. Founding President and life member of the Australian Tea Tree Industry Association. Chairman of ATTIA Technical & Safety Committee. Founding Member of the Federal Tea Tree Advisory Committee of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (8 years). Member of NSW Innovation Council (6 years). Current Board member and past President of the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia. Chairman of the Northern Rivers Community Foundation Inc.
Founder, Non-Executive Director
Bachelor of Arts (UNE Armidale). Diploma of Asian Studies (USQ). Past President and Vice-President of Regional Council - Australian Business Limited. Past State Councillor - Australian Business Limited. Past Board member of Small Business Development Corporation. Vice-President - Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre. President Byron Bay Community Association. Founded the business with Christopher Dean in 1979. Board member since 1985. Received Order of Australia Medal in 1999 for services to the Tea Tree industry and the community. Listed in the inaugural Australian Financial Review Boss magazine Top 30 True Australian Leaders for 2001. Authorised Marriage Celebrant.
Non-Executive Director
Member, retired, of the Australian Society of Accountants (Certified Practising Accountant). Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) (University of New South Wales). Joined company full time in 1986. Board member since 1987. Former partner with Coopers & Lybrand and former Group Financial Controller with Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, now BOC Australia Limited.
Managing Director
Bachelor of Engineering (Mech.), University of Sydney. Advanced Management Program, Harvard University. Former regional director of Reckitt & Colman (with 27 years experience in Australia and overseas subsidiaries). Former councillor of Australian Business Limited (Chamber of Manufacturers of NSW).
Non-Executive Director
Bachelor of Science (Hons) PhD in organic chemistry. Postgraduate Business Administration Certificate (London School of Economics). Former Managing Director of Lloyds International and Parkland Properties. Former Chairman of Parbury Limited, Lloyds Bank NZA, Lloyds Corporate Advisory Service, Centaurus Corporate Finance and Tyco Investments Australia (Limited) formerly Wormald International Limited. Chairman of Environmental Training and Employment NSW Inc and Rainforest Rescue.
Non-Executive Director
Richard is a graduate of UNSW in Commerce and Law and is a principal of the Wade Investment Group which specializes in investment in human healthcare. He previously held a number of management positions in his family’s pharmaceutical businesses. Prior to that he worked in corporate finance with County Natwest and Bain & Company and practiced as a solicitor with Allen Allen & Hemsley. He is a director of Giaconda Limited, EnGeneIC Ltd and mirACL Ltd.
Investors
TP Health has a diversified spread of shareholders and we welcome those
who may be interested in investing with us. From time to time some
of the privately held shares of TP Health Ltd may be offered for
sale. If you wish to be notified, or to register your interest in
any such offers,
download our Expression
of Interest form, send it to us and you will be entered on
the Register of Interested Parties. When a parcel of shares is available
you will be notified.
Regulation
In accordance with required regulation, all our therapeutic products are
manufactured to full TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) requirements.
We own two licensed manufacturing plants in Australia and even our
cosmetic products are produced under the same exacting conditions.
Our production conforms to ISO 9001, and GMP (Good Manufacturing
Practices) as well as the TGA therapeutic standards. We do not test
cosmetics on animals.
Quality Assurance
We maintain two laboratories for complete Quality Assurance using the latest analytic equipment to confirm product stability.
Product ingredients undergo rigorous testing in the Quality Control labs at TP Health Ballina In Australia today all claims must be supported by evidence, and only certain claims are allowed to be made even if evidence is available to support other claims which are not admissible. There is much more we could say that is not permissible under Australian regulations.
All our products conform to the core philosophy:
Right Ingredients • Right Strength • Right Dose