South Australia
Eddie Bastiani (Oakbridge Lawyers) with Clare Venema (SA Division Vice President).
Merna Spain (Brice Metals) with Alice Carter (Lynch Meyer).
Trevor Goodwin (National President), Karen Goodwin and Daryl McKenzie (NCI).
President’s Report
I take this opportunity to congratulate our welldeserving winners and look forward to seeing the achievements that our wonderful credit professionals will produce in this coming year. I thank Cameron Henderson from Oakbridge Lawyers for putting forward his nomination for the ultimate prize: 2021 National Young Credit Professional of the Year. He was the nomination for the SA division but was unsuccessful. However, congratulations on putting forward such a strong application and a great interview – well done Cameron! The SA Division Council is excited to see some new faces stepping into Councillor roles and I look forward to the energy and enthusiasm that they are sure to bring to their new responsibilities. In addition, I welcome Oakbridge Lawyers as our new division partner. Their participation in the AICM is very much appreciated. Our current team is certainly up to the task of supporting our SA members but we welcome any members who are willing to assist – either on Council
2021 marked another difficult year under the pandemic in SA, your strong committee are planning for increased events and face to face activities. We will be hosting a number of exciting events in 2022 and are looking forward to a bigger and better year! Last year’s Pinnacle Awards, held on 25 November at the Havelock Hotel, was well attended with many familiar faces and some new faces in the credit industry. The Pinnacle Awards presented a great opportunity to recognise the achievements of leaders in credit and was a nice time to catch up with colleagues before the Christmas break. The winners of the SA Division of the Pinnacle Awards were as follows: z Credit Manager of the Year: Andrew Butterworth MICM – Elders Rural Services; z Senior Credit Officer of the Year: Angela Turnock, Newtons Building & Landscape Supplies; and z Consultant of the Year: Maria Scacchitti MICM – NCI Commercial Collections.
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DIVISION REPORT
Gemma McGrice (Councillor) with Quentin Yip (NCI).
