New board member profile: Lester Wynne-Jones
Lester joined Westpac in February 2015 as the Westpac Retail Bank State General Manager, for South Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania. Based in Adelaide, he is responsible for Westpac’s retail banking business comprising 59 branches and more than 500 staff. Prior to moving to Australia to join Westpac, Lester already had an extensive international banking […]
Mena Muecke receives OAM
Congratulations to Committee for Adelaide Board member Mena Muecke who was awarded an OAM for service to the community through charitable initiatives as part of the Australia Day Honours. She does some amazing work at Sight for All and it’s a privilege to have her as part of our team.
DAMA Roundtable
Moves to increase our population are gaining traction in Canberra and the Committee for Adelaide, along with Migration Solutions, is playing a key role in helping secure the best outcomes for our State. We’re collating data on future and current skills and labour shortages that can be used as the basis to negotiate Designated Area Migration Agreements […]
New Member – Migration Solutions
We have been working closely with Mark Glazbrook from Migration Solutions on the population issues impacting our state and are thrilled they have joined us as silver members. Migration Solutions was founded in 2001 and has grown into one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive migration agencies. It has two distinct divisions, corporate migration and […]
Adelaide Engage Work Experience Network
We recently participated in the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Adelaide Engage Work Experience Network (AEWEN) program – an international student focused program, bringing student teams and employers together to work on real world projects – and the result far exceeded our expectations. Our group included four students who came from different universities, cultures […]
Minister Tudge roundtable discussions
This follows on from meetings with Minister Tudge and other key Ministers, Shadow Ministers and South Australian MPs in Canberra in October advocating for policy changes to Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs) to meet our specific labour market needs. We’re pleased to see that the City Deal announced last week – in addition to supporting […]
Boards without Borders – Skycity
We had the opportunity to show Skycity’s Expansion Committee around while they were in town in November. With only the afternoon to spare we were able to tailor a package that suited their interests which included a tour and briefing at ASC Osborne, briefing from Australian Naval Infrastructure and a tour and briefing at Adelaide […]
New board members
Following our AGM held on 12 November, we have some new faces on our Board and we would like to congratulate and welcome: Lester Wynne-Jones – State General Manager SA/NT/TAS, Westpac Leah Grantham – Director Partnerships & Corporate Relations, Adelaide University Matthew Sherwell – Manager Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Santos Katrina Quinn – Business School […]
2019 Innovation Precincts Study Tour
As Adelaide is poised to establish itself as a major centre for innovation, entrepreneurship and social enterprise with a national defence spend, emerging industries such as space and developments at Lot Fourteen (the oRAH site), we’re excited to announce an innovation study tour to Canada and the US from 4-18 May 2019. For more than […]
Boards without Borders – Committees for Cities and Regions Network
It was a pleasure to host members of the Committee for Cities and Region Network from across Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide this month. Through our Boards without Borders program, our CEO Jodie van Deventer led a full-day program which included a submarine tour at ASC followed by a briefing at the Naval Shipbuilding […]
