Western Australia/Northern Territory

Chris Meadwell (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Jason Louis (BGC), Rowan McClarty (WA Division Director), Kevin Allen (Equifax) and Brenda McGee (Credit Solutions).

Mariana Pereira, Elny Martin (both SV Partners) and Warren Myers (CMP Recruitment). Cheryl Donaldson (Vinidex), Adam Doyle (NCI) and Julie Boyce (Summit Fertz).

Presidents Report

As the curtain closes on another calendar year, there has been plenty of opportunity for us to review and reflect on the previous year, and how fortunate we have been to live in the West, where COVID has been wholly controlled and we have been able to go about our business as close to normal as you can get it in these unprecedented times.

Following a successful first half of the year where we were able to hold our usual events under somewhat normal circumstances (some restrictions were in place however) we turned the straight into the run home to Christmas, rounding out our year with our EOY Sundowner event held upstairs at the Aviary Bar, overlooking the magnificent skyline of the Perth CBD.

In what has been an extremely positive year for the WA Division, we have achieved membership growth of 16% YoY, in what is a challenging environment given that our stocks of credit professionals continue to decrease as more and more organisations centralise credit operations to the East Coast or outsource the function altogether to a third party.

This has impacts not only on our overall membership but makes identifying and recognising our Young Credit professionals all more challenging. We did find this year however, two very deserving finalists in Scarlett D’Agnone from Westrac and Vaibhav Gupta from Metroll who both excelled in their interview, which ultimately saw Vaibhav take out the State title – congratulations again to both candidates.

WA was this year able to realise an ambition this year in what it has not been able to achieve in the past, our very own Synergy taking out the Credit team of the year award! Having come very close in preceding years, the win was well deserved by the Synergy team, and I can say that working in the same industry, I know how passionate and committed this team is to what they do and making

Jason Louis (BGC) received his 25 year membership certificate and Colin Wagstaff (QBE) receives his 5 year membership certificate.

Mark Gibson (Cor Cordis) with Justin Smiley (Cloud Payment Group). WA Division President Troy Mulder welcomes members and guests to the event.

Brenda Mcgee (Crecdit Solutions) with Craig Butler (Synergy) and Steve McGee.

Jeremy Coote (Councillor), Malcolm Field (SV Partners), Jason Louis (BGC) and Trevor Greenhill (Cloud Payment Group). a difference in consumer credit in Western Australia. The WA Council and members are extremely proud of this achievement.

And on a more sombre note, long standing Council Member Byron Savage stepped down from Council late in the year after 12 years of committed service. In that time, Byron was instrumental in a number of changes throughout the WA Division and strongly committed to progression and improvement within the institute. Byron’s impact and insight will be missed, and we wish him all the very best in his future endeavours. We also farewelled Councillor Martin Bigg and thank him for his contributions and have welcomed new councillors, Cheri Bowater of Summit Fertiliser and Vaibhav Gupta of Metroll. Finally, I extend my gracious thanks to our WA Council for their dedication and hard work in progressing our industry and supporting its members: Raffaele Di Renzo, Rowan McClarty, Kevin Allen, Jeremy Coote, Cheri Bowater and Vaibhaz Gupta.

Here’s to 2022! – Troy Mulder MICM CCE WA Division President

Malcolm Field (SV Partners) with Adam Doyle (NCI).

James Watson (Cor Cordis), Chris Meadwell (Mediterranean Shipping Company) and Eric Seignol (AON).

End of year celebration

As the sun began to set on another eventful year in the credit industry, It was great to welcome our WA Australian Institute of Credit Management supporters to our EOY Sundowner in late December, this year doing it in style at the Aviary, with the stunning backdrop of the Perth city skyline.

A very pleasant evening was had by all, with good conversation, good food and wine, and above all, good ideas for the year coming from our members. We were also able to join in and celebrate with Colin Wagstaff and Jason Louis on their membership anniversaries, with Jason notching up 25 years as an AICM member – an awesome achievement!

Thanks to all members and guests for a great evening, to the Aviary and staff for the great venue and food, and a huge shout out to our WA Partners and supporters without whom we wouldn’t be in a position to run such fantastic events:

Partners z BRI Ferrier z Nova Legal z SV Partners

Supporting Sponsors

z NCI z Oakbridge z Spenda Jeremy Coote (Councillor) and Jack Smith (Cor Cordis).

Thank you to these organisations for their ongoing commitment and support of the AICM, its members and our industry.

The Australian Institute of Credit Management welcomes our Partners for 2022

National Partners

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Divisional Partners

Official Division Supporting Sponsors

Our National, Divisional and Professional Partners support and work with the AICM to promote the Institute’s activities, represent the Credit Industry and develop the careers of all Credit Professionals. As these organisations support your Institute and your Industry please consider them when you require assistance.