DIVISION REPORT
Western Australia/Northern Territory
Economic breakfast presenter Aiden Depiazzi of Deloitte Access Economics.
Life member and past national president Frank Vredenbregt receives his CCE recertification from WA Councillor Raff Di Renzo.
Sarah Bracegirdle, Darrelle Harsch, Michael Hall (all NCI) Grace Welch (QBE) Cecilia Lam, Jolyon Ralph and Adam Doyle (all NCI).
Presidents Report My last report in April spoke of how the ‘Wild West’ had been relatively quiet on the event front, yet our Council were (as they are always) hard at work behind the scenes pulling the final details together for several events that we have now been able to hold, with great success and feedback. Whilst on the subject of the WA Council, we are privileged to welcome Cheri Bowater MICM, Credit Risk Manager at Summit Rural to the WA Divisional Council. Cheri has been a long-term member and supporter of the AICM and will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the WA executive, not to mention a welcome injection of fresh ideas to our team, welcome Cheri! Following on from the National Insolvency Seminar series on 22 April (reported on in the April issue of the AICM magazine), our annual Economic Breakfast followed in May, with an eager audience at the Doubletree Hilton 76 CREDIT MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA • July 2021
to hear from our new keynote speaker, Aiden Depiazzi. A highly informative and well received event, which we elaborate on later in this division report. Our thanks to Aiden for his time and insights, and we hope to see him back again next year. In June, we moved to the Doubletree, this time down on the Waterfront at Elizabeth Quay for our Women In Credit (WinC) luncheon, which is fast becoming our most popular event of the year, where we welcomed our female credit professionals and guests to hear from our keynote speakers, Ruth Hatherley of MoneyCatcha and Endometriosis Australia Ambassador, Christine Layton. Both ladies were an absolute pleasure to host, and their stories were engaging, insightful and above all else, inspiring. My sincere thanks to both courageous and captivating women for not only their time, but their authenticity and transparency when telling their stories. We now look forward to our next and most
