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 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

A fantastic turnout to our Economic Breakfast.

Economic Breakfast presenter Aiden Depiazzi with Lisa Marr (Instant Waste Management), Rowan McClarty (WA Division Director), Cheri Bowater (Summit Rural), Sarah Bracegirdle (NCI), Frank Vredenbregt and Kevin Allen (Equifax).

prestigious event, the Young Credit Professional Awards. At the time of writing this, we have once again been reminded that COVID-19 is not going away, and we are closely monitoring the circumstances around the country, with contingency plans ready should we need to change the date or venue because of government restrictions, so please stay tuned.

And lastly, we are also at that time of the year when we hold our AGM (which will occur on the evening of our YCP dinner, just prior to the event starting). The AGM is your opportunity, as members to have your say and hear from your Council on the outcomes of the previous year and to vote on council member (re)elections – I strongly encourage all members to attend the AGM and the YCP Gala Dinner following and support your Institute and its Young Credit Professionals rising through the ranks. – Troy Mulder MICM CCE WA Division President

Economic Breakfast

On 18 May the WA AICM held its 2021 Economic Breakfast at Doubletree by Hilton in Northbridge, Perth. Aiden Depiazzi, a Senior Economist from Deloitte Access Economics, demonstrated why he was recommended to the AICM. Obviously knowledgeable, our members were informed in clear layman’s terms what the Deloitte team believes to be relevant information regarding the WA and National markets, the economic recovery after the pandemic, as well as the impact on Credit Professionals.

The takeaway from the presentation was that economic growth in 2021 and into 2022 will be strong and driven by households and international exports – coming off a low base in 2019 and 2020 – however net debt will still be close to $1 Trillion by 2024-25 and the budget will need to be brought back into balance at some point. In the meantime we should continue to make hay while the economic sun shines.

Amanda Clarke, Scarlett D’Agnone, Fiona Newman and Ma Luisa Jabonero (all Westrac) with Mariana Pereira and Elny Martin (both SV Partners).

Colin Wagstaff (QBE), Nichola Caddy (Digital Process Servers), Cheryl Dickinson (Vinidex), Edwina Reed (Brickworks), Chantale Victor (Freo Group), Sharon Ruisich and Sharlene Rowan (both BGC).

Cheri Bowater (Summit Rural), Brenda Woodger (Credit Solutions), Melissa Sharpe (Turner Engineering), Stella Hulm (Credit Solutions), Sumeeta Kabra and Sarah Robinson (both from CBH Group).

Daniel Saccoccio (Equifax), Zoe Anderson and Elisabeth Kirkby (both RAC Finance) with Suzanne Harrison and Meagan Ibbott (both Department of Transport).

The WINC Initiative – Women in Credit Luncheon #strongertogether

Friday 11th of June the AICM in Perth held the annual Women in Credit Luncheon at the Double Tree Hilton at Elizabeth Quay. Sarah Bracegirdle from NCI introduced Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Christine Layton to tell us of her experiences and of the research happening in this field of women’s health. She was very honest and straightforward about the issues facing women with this disease.

Our wonderful presenter Ruth Hatherley of Moneycatcher.

Rikki-Lee Schulze presents Ma Luisa Jabonero with her raffle prize. Ying Cheng and Stacey Khor (both Bankwest), Sally Hutchinson and Natasha Petrie (both BRI Ferrier), Melanie de Jager, Sue Tyrell, Donna Lopez and Tessa Alberti (all Capricorn Coop).

The Australian Institute of Credit Management welcomes our Partners for 2021

National Partners

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Divisional Partners

Daniel Saccoccio from Equifax thanked all attendees on behalf of Equifax for their support during the pandemic environment. With that, he introduced Ruth Hatherley, CEO of Moneycatcha Pty Ltd.

Ruth shared with all of us her personal mission to inspire more women in credit to innovate and change the industry. With Ruth’s single purpose vision of “Connecting you with truth by creating systems of ultimate speed, efficiency & security”, she delivered a very inspiring presentation on having a unique voice and to add value always in the space which we inhabit.

Moneycatcha Pty Ltd has now worked with a number of financial and government organisations to improve how they optimise, report on and manage the risk of data in their businesses. We were all in agreement amongst the attendees the fact Ruth’s presentation was truly inspirational to Women in Credit”.

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