Dec 5, 2019 | Chapter News
A great turn out to the Perth Chapter event last week and a tremendous amount of support for up and coming young asset management practitioners (YAMP) into the industry. Thanks to Work Management Solutions for sponsoring the event, and a special mention to the following YAMP contributors who shared their industry experiences and challenges within asset management to date from a personal perspective: Ugur Azak; Abei Ding; Jorge Preciado; Mitchell Khaw; and Elizabeth White.
Discussed by the panel was:
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Dec 2, 2019 | Chapter News

Thanks to Gary Penn from Aurecon and Mark Dragar from CutlerMerz for their insightful presentations on risk at the November Asset Management Council Adelaide Chapter event last week. Thanks also to all who have turned up to this years Adelaide Chapter events. Thanks also to the Adelaide Chapter committee members in helping make this year a good year and looking forward to working together in developing next years calendar.
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Nov 27, 2019 | Chapter News
Thursday saw the last Technical seminar for 2019 for the Brisbane Chapter, the session was focused on the heart of any Asset management System, and that is the people. With two eminent speakers in Dr Monique Beedles and Yvonne Pengilly, the audience were provided with many thought provoking points ranging from career development and competencies to the requirements of being a register Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and the associated interaction with Asset Management activities. The opportunity was also taken to outline the AMCouncil strategy for 2020-2023.
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Nov 25, 2019 | Chapter News
Sydney chapter had a good turnout for a presentation on “Long Term Investment Planning” for Sydney Water by Barry Mcdonnell and Tim Boyer, on the 20th November 2019.
Barry set the scene by outlining the challenges faced by Sydney Water in meeting the future demands for a growing Sydney:
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Nov 4, 2019 | Chapter News
Our New Zealand neighbours held a half-day forum, co-sponsored by AM Council and Unison, on driving asset management performance improvement on the afternoon of the 31st October. Topics included: Change management strategy to implement ISO 55001; One year beyond ISO55001, digital strategy; Lessons learnt by Transpower, Asset management and PAS 55; and evolving asset management.
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Nov 1, 2019 | Chapter News
Deeksha Sumanth the NSW Women in Asset management Representative (WiAM) ran a WiAM led event for the Sydney Chapter on the 17 October 2019. A very well attended event with an expert panel discussing ‘What does an Asset management Leader look like?’ Deeksha described the WiAM interest group and certainly encouraged further participation form Sydney’s attending members.
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