victoria | tasmania

President’s report

What a wonderful start to the year! We have hit the ground running with 3 of our milestone events.

We hosted the 17th Annual Golf Day and Lou Caldararo did a brilliant job organising this event. I hosted the NAB economic breakfast and Mary Petreski our VP hosted our Risk and Insolvency Seminar. A big shout out to my council team for their commitment in creating 3 fantastic, knowledge sharing and well thought out events.

I’m also excited to announce our new Life Member, Brian Kay. He has been an invaluable member of our division; his knowledge of credit is profound and on a personal note he has been my rock and sounding board while I have been President. Congratulations Brian!

I am delighted to announce Rothwell Lawyers will be joining AMPAC and Esker as one of our divisional sponsors. We are thrilled with this appointment and excited to work with Tracey and Amanda.

What’s next for the VIC/TAS Division?

l Networking lawn bowls –Thursday 20th April l Tasmania Economic breakfast – Thursday 11th May l Melbourne WINC Luncheon –Friday 19th May

YCP is around the corner so please start thinking of younger members in your team to nominate.

Lastly, I will be heading overseas on extended leave until July. Mary Petreski will be stepping in as the President of VIC/TAS during this time. I am looking forward to writing to you when I return and a big thanks as always to our divisional sponsors AMPAC, Esker & Rothwell Lawyers as well as our incredible council members.

– Michelle Carruthers MICM, President

Economic Breakfast

Over the last couple of years, we have been lucky to have an economist from NAB present an Economic update, this year was no exception. Brody Viney, NAB’s Chief Senior Economist allowed us to reflect on the past, as well as giving us valuable insights into the future economy.

A statistic that I enjoyed hearing was that the population growth is running at an annualised rate of around 2.3%, which is well above the preCOVID norm of around 1.6%. This will help close the labour shortage that I witness every day when speaking with Credit managers. Our members asked lots of questions and our attendees truly took something away from this event.

– Michelle Carruthers MICM, President

Golf Day Friday 17th February 2023

The Southern Golf Club this year was in amazing condition for the 17th Vic/ Tas Golf Day. Despite the sweltering 38-degree heat, attendants enjoyed a fantastic round of golf! It was once again a sold-out event, with over 90 people in attendance.

The winning team was NCI with Simon