Volume 21, No 1 October 2013

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28 CREDIT MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA • October 2013

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Queensland YCPA Finalists (L to R) Rebecca Richter, Roger Masamvu, Michael McDowell, Tina Oroz, Chris Gevaux and Murray Walter, State Manager, QLD Dun & Bradstreet.

President’s ReportThe 2013 Queensland Young Credit Professional of the Year Award sponsored by D&B was held at Tattersall’s Club in Brisbane and was a testament to the quality of talent in the Queensland credit industry. It is also exciting and promising to see the support of the not-so-young credit professionals who support this event. The AICM Queensland Branch combined the YCP announcement with the presentation of Certificate IV in Credit Management; Diploma of Credit Management excellence awards and two member elevations.

I would like to thank the following Companies that were represented and showed their commitment to excellence by having finalists in the various categories, JBS Australia; NAB; Parmalat; NCI (Brokers) Pty Ltd; Westpac; Hyne & Sons Pty Ltd; Tillys Crawler Parts Pty Ltd; CNW Pty Ltd; Veolia Environment Services (Aust) Pty Ltd; Stoddart Group; and Adbri Masonry.

Queensland Professional Development high achievers in 2013 were; Sarah Mizon – Hyne & Son Pty Ltd, Katrina Sander – Tillys Crawler Parts Pty Ltd, Jane Hay – CNW Pty Ltd, Ashley McNamara – Veolia Environment Services (Aust) Pty Ltd and Maria DioTosio – Stoddart Group.

The Robert Burns Annual award for Excellence for a Certificate IV in Financial Services graduate, commenced because of the generosity and foresight of staff of Robert Burns and other Ferrier Hodgson staff in the 1980’s who gave of their time and earnings from teaching at TAFE to set up a fund for this award. This years’ recipient is Katrina Sander of Tilley’s Earthmoving Spare Parts.

The Les & Peg Crook Memorial Excellence Award for a Diploma in Financial Services graduate recognizes the contribution of a founding member of the Queensland Branch Les Crook, a past president and who with his wife Peg gave over 20 years of service to the Institute by giving freely of their time and expertise in an endeavor to raise the profile and professional level of our industry. The recipient this year is Ashley McNamara of Veolia Environmental Services.

The AICM from time to time bestows on members, recognition, by way of elevated membership status. This month the Queensland Branch had the pleasure of presenting two elevations.

The first elevation was to the level of Fellow and was awarded to Ron Freier CCE who is a past Qld President. Ron has also served as a Director on the Australian Board holding the Certified Credit Executive Portfolio. He has been instrumental in advancing the aims of the institute particularly the Queensland Branch in the area of promoting professionalism within the public sector. Ron currently is assisting with administration of the Branch. Congratulations on a well deserved award.

The second Elevation was to Life member

for over 20 years continuous service, having served as a National Director, Division President, a current Fellow of the Institute, a previous Executive Officer, a qualified RTO trainer and for having made significant contribution to the Credit Industry. Toni Sawyer LICM CCE has contributed to the development of the Institute of Credit Management’s goals and has impacted on the lives and careers of many in the industry nationally. Toni has been instrumental in maintaining professionalism in training and education. We congratulate Toni on her elevation to LICM CCE and we thank her for her dedication and commitment.

The Dun & Bradstreet sponsored Young Credit Professional of the Year drew a highly competitive field of candidates across both consumer and commercial credit spheres. The YCPA finalists in Queensland in 2013 were; Chris Gevaux – NAB, Roger Masamvu – JBS Australia, Tina Oroz – Parmalat, Michael McDowell – NCI (Brokers) Pty Ltd and Rebecca Richter – Westpac.

Members and guests at the Queensland awards dinner.