The Melbourne Chapter has had a great start to the year with over 30 keen AMCouncil members and associates who got together late February to discuss challenges in transforming culture and behaviour in asset centric organisations. A discussion was had led by Greg Williams, Executive, Executive Director Asset Performance, Yarra Trams, and Julian Watts, Director Engineering & Asset Management, KPMG.
Together they explored the culture and behaviour challenges we all face as asset managers, tackling ones such as what is culture and how does it manifest, why is it important to consider culture and behaviour for asset management, what strategies and tactics work to change culture and behaviour, and what doesn’t work?
You can view the presentations shared during the session at the following links: (Content available for members only. To see our affordable membership options, visit here).
• Asset Data Management System Model
• Culture Change Point of View
Following that an Annual General Meeting was conducted including committee election. We thank outgoing chair Greg Williams for his tremendous efforts with the chapter and welcome incoming chair Julian Watts. The 2019 Melbourne Chapter Committee now stands as:
Chair: Julian Watts
Co-Deputy Chair: Mo Barghash
Co-Deputy Chair: Timothy Gowland
Secretary: Andrew Sarah
General Committee:
– David Washbrook
– Tom Carpenter
– Gopinath Chattopadhyay
– Ian Thomas
– Nicole Opie
– Nathan Peime
– James Carroll
– Varan Karunakaran
– Ian Burns
– Raphael Ozsvath
– Alex Afshar
SIG Liaisons:
– Dianne Scheepers (WiAM)

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Together they explored the culture and behaviour challenges we all face as asset managers, tackling ones such as what is culture and how does it manifest, why is it important to consider culture and behaviour for asset management, what strategies and tactics work to change culture and behaviour, and what doesn’t work?

Following that an Annual General Meeting was conducted including committee election. We thank outgoing chair Greg Williams for his tremendous efforts with the chapter and welcome incoming chair Julian Watts. The 2019 Melbourne Chapter Committee now stands as:
Chair: Julian Watts
Co-Deputy Chair: Mo Barghash
Co-Deputy Chair: Timothy Gowland
Secretary: Andrew Sarah
General Committee:
– David Washbrook
– Tom Carpenter
– Gopinath Chattopadhyay
– Ian Thomas
– Nicole Opie
– Nathan Peime
– James Carroll
– Varan Karunakaran
– Ian Burns
– Raphael Ozsvath
– Alex Afshar
SIG Liaisons:
– Dianne Scheepers (WiAM)