Thank you to all who nominated to join the AMCouncil Brisbane Chapter Committee. All nominations were accepted at last night’s Annual General Meeting and the re-election of Ella Hingston as Chapter Secretary was confirmed. Keith Paintin (Chapter Chair) and Peter Pennell (Vice-Chair) who were re-elected last year in 2020 for a 2-year term remain in position.
The Brisbane Chapter Committee for 2021 is as follows:
The New Zealand Chapter AGM was held on the 18th March and a full strength committee elected including new committee member, Wayne Hatcher.
We are happy to announce the 2021 AMCouncil New Zealand committee line up is:
The Perth Chapter AGM was held on the 17th March and a full strength committee elected including six new committee members: Mark Bourhill, Neen Barry, Robert Musca, Robert Pradera, Adam Rotapel and Garth Walter.
We are happy to announce the 2021 AMCouncil Perth committee line up is:
AMCouncil Sydney Chapter’s first event of the year was held 17 March 2021. The online event had over 100 registrations and was hosted by Women in Asset Management. David Spiteri – incoming Chair of the Sydney Chapter committee – gave an insight into upcoming events for Sydney Chapter and the opportunities for involvement from supporters and members over the year.
Thursday 25th February saw the Brisbane Chapter present a hybrid technical session on Asset Management basics, with over 120 attendees either in person or online. This was presented by Chapter Chair, Keith Paintin, and Committee member, Steve Walker. The session addressed some basic Asset Management questions such as:
Our Perth Chapter kicked off their 2021 schedule of events with an in depth look at asset management from Water Corporation’s perspective. First at the lecturn were Jakob Verhoef (Principal In Service Assets Regional) and John Nazimek (Principal In Service Assets Metro) who shared how Water Corporation is improving their understanding of risk across a wide range of assets. They explained how Water Corporation is using data to prioritise asset renewals and shared their journey developing Asset Class Management Plans.