Queensland

Mev Mahony (Qld Division Councillor) with members receiving length of membership certificates: Talitha Bere (5 years), Carly Rae-Orth (10 Years), Simon Culotta (25 years) and Maria Teodosio (10 years).

Shawnee-Ann Breslford, Matthew Span, Ellynnah Lamont, Renee Dobson, Georgia Weber (all NCI). Matthew Dashcash, Alina Clarkson, Brett Hilder, Jocelin Vorster, Justin Watson (all Credit Clear).

Presidents Report

We are now at the end of another financial year and looking back at the last 12 months, we have all struggled with challenges and overcome a lot too! At the time of writing, we are looking at the possibility of more lockdowns which add a greater level of uncertainty and disruption to business operations which further highlight the value all the resources and contacts being an AICM member provides.

A quick look at the last few months has seen us successfully host our annual trivia night which was a great way for members to re-connect. In the events space we also have our YCP awards night coming up and we are excited to have CreditorWatch and ARMA come on board as the new sponsors for this very important award. I wish all the contestants all the best and look forward to celebrating your achievements. And not long after that we hope to see you all at the Women In Credit lunch in August. This is always a sellout event and its encouraged to get your tickets early. Qld is also excited to be the host for this year’s national conference! Details are on the website and you can always speak to the office staff if you have any questions.

In the council, we are also happy to welcome Julie McNamara back as the Qld director. After a much-needed break, she is back and eager to continue on the work of advancing the AICM’s strategic goals and representing the needs of the Qld division at a board level. Other than that, our AGM is fast approaching, we will be confirming appointments to council and at the next council meeting, confirming the structure of council for the next year.

With that I also would like to thank our sponsors both National and State for all the help and support you continue to provide. In these times of uncertainty,

Nathan McQuade, James Stewart, Chris Harris-Hughes, Amanda Lake and Sharyn Tregenza (all NCI). A competitive game of heads or tails to get the night started.

George Wolf (CreditorWatch) with Michelle Klemmt, Zack Hart, Brent Cooper and Joshua Bick (all InfoTrack).

The Cleanaway team: Michelle Bidesi, Jerome Tongalea, Nicolle Hewat, Cameron Patrick and Mark Moorhouse. Alida Chan (Oakbridge Lawyers), Stacey Woodward and Merv Mahony (both Qld Division Councillors), Simon Cullotta (CRM Credit Advisory) and Zandalee May McKenzie (Oakbridge Lawyers).

it is good to have you continue to invest in us. A lot of what we do relies on our partnership and as things open up, we hope to have many more opportunities to work together.

And to end things, I would like to say thanks to all our councilors, they do an amazing job and are truly committed to doing what’s in the best interest of our members. Thank you all for an amazing year and we look forward to the next year as it will certainly be a busy one!

– Roger Masamvu MICM CCE Queensland Division President

Melissa Jarvin, Hannah George, Nicole Neal and Cameron Clough (all Results Legal). The Shell Australia team represented by Ashleigh Mason, Talitha Bere, Melissa Bartley, Susan Withers and Michelle Kirby (Queensland Division Councillor).

An amazing night and fantastic turnout for our annual trivia event.

Trivia night

Our annual trivia event is back! After a year off we had over 80 delegates join us at The Lord Alfred Hotel hosted again by the amazing James at Think Trivia who never disappoints and provides an engaging trivia experience for all. Not only did we have the usual trivia questions and some bad sing a longs, all teams had to build their best paper plane and see who could throw it the furthest which was a huge hit!

In the end there can only be one winning team and a huge congrats to Quizzolvency for coming out on top followed by Trashed & Wasted coming 2nd and Broke Back Mountain coming in third.

A big thank you to Results Legal and Vincents who sponsored this amazing event and who also donated prizes for the night. We can’t wait to see you all again for next year’s event!

Talitha Bere on YCP and completing her Certificate IV in Credit Management with the AICM:

I was nominated by my peers in 2018 and 2019 for the YCP awards, even though I didn’t win, it gave me experience by being interviewed by a panel of judges and getting me out of my comfort zone. It has opened me up to some great opportunities, such as meeting and networking with like-minded people as well some great peers and leaders in credit.

This gave me inspiration to want to better myself and to give myself more knowledge and understanding of the

Matthew Guttormsen, Dale Hannan (National Collection Services), Decia Guttormsen (Queensland Division Director), Yvette Besaans and Chantal Bott (both University of Queensland).

Queensland Councillor Steven Staatz shows his colleagues from Vincents, Ashley Leslie and Josephine Decuyper, how to fold a winning glider.

The paper plane competition was a favourite of the night.

credit industry by doing starting my certificate IV in Credit Management in October 2019. It was hard, working full time and studying but I persevered and was fully supported by the AICM, a special mention to Toni Sawyer who was my facilitator and for being such a great support and for giving me so much of her time. I am incredibly grateful to have had her as my mentor.

I have since attended my 1st AICM seminar and a couple of networking events in which I recently received my 5-year AICM membership pin.

I moved companies in the middle of 2020 during COVID-19, leaving a comfortable job and by taking a risk with a new company and industry, and I have recently been accepted on a new and emerging leaders programme within Shell Energy.

Cody Niezgoda (JHK Legal), Rachel Feng (MKP Property Lawyers) with Jemerrie Golaw, Morgan Beames and Costa Stathis (all JHK Legal).

The Australian Institute of Credit Management welcomes our Partners for 2021

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