Derek Fails BSc.(Hons.), M.C.Optom.
Derek graduated in optometry in 1987 from the University of Bradford in Yorkshire.
After completing post-graduate exams with The College of Optometrists, he moved
to Tasmania.
Derek worked for Grist optometrists in both Hobart and Launceston and
Fent optometrists before taking on a management role with Gibb and Beeman
optometrists.
He was appointed to the Optometrical
Registration Board
of Tasmania for a three year term in 1996.