Activating Supply Chain Opportunities
with Major Projects
Friday 8 April 6.45 am - 8.30 am
Networking
Please see our guest list for today below. Feel free to walk around and meet everyone. Use today as a networking opportunity.
Company
Name
Company
Name
ICNWA
Industry Capability Network Limited
Industry Capability Network Limited
Industry Capability Network Limited
Industry Capability Network Limited
Industry Capability Network Limited
Jobfit Health Group
Jobfit Health Group
Jobsbank
John Holland Group
Kingston Plant Hire Victoria
Kingston Plant Hire Victoria
Konform Civil Construction
Konform Civil Construction
Kpi Utilities
Laing O'Rourke
Laing O'Rourke
LJF Commissioners Office
Mas National
Mescada
MSS Security
MSS Security
MSS Security
MSS Security
Multiplex
Multiplex
National Government Liaison Manager
National Sales Manager
Negri Construction Group
North East Link Project
North East Link Project
North East Link Project
Outlook (Australia)
Outlook (Australia)
Pacific Hire
Panku Safety Solutions
Panku Safety Solutions
Patriot Environmental Management
Patriot Environmental Management
People 2U
People 2U
Prime Facilities Management
Prime Facilities Management
Prime Facilities Management
Prime Facilities Management
Prime Facilities Management
Projection (Australia)
Projection (Australia)
Rangedale Drainage Services
Shamrock Civil Engineering
Shamrock Civil Engineering
Social Traders
Transtech Electronic Controls
Victoria University
Victoria University
Victorian Government
Wawirra Supplies
Wawirra Supplies
WImtech
WImtech
WISE Employment Ltd t/a Clean Force Property Services
WISE Employment Ltd t/a Clean Force Property Services
Ray Loh
Andrew Kiloni
Karen Lenton
Ken McCutcheon
Mike Swart
Phil Allen
David Boyle
Lisa White
Corinne Proske
Jim Green
James Fenton
Chris Lewicki
Dario Colo
Tristan Fountian
Steve Hey
Peter Bolanis
David Laird
Tony Luo
Leeann Rayner
Sean Lacey
Jamie Adams
Jane Pham
Michael Brodie
Siggy Rehburg
Laura Brown
Andrew Fehervari
Garry Chilcott
David Turnbull
Richard Negri
Joe Piasecki
Duncan Elliot
Kieran McIvor
Lorna Stone
Matthew Whelan
Robert Tymoszek
Jadah Pleiter
Travis Ling
Angela Carpenter
Craig Froud
Ben Tucker
Grant Savari`
Damien Smith
Kasia Wrzesinski
Peter Green
Todd Wonnacott
Tony Pound
Glenn Millar
Isabella Stranges
Chris Janka
Jack Walker
Kieran Connolly
Mike McKinstry
Fabian Picone
Louise Robinson
Shannon Ryan
Cathy Simmonds
Brody Tzvetkoff
Kira-lea Tzvetkoff
Darryn Knauer
Ray Siegersma
Susan Bowman
Tim Potter
Peter Angelico
Dee Keca
Robert Paladino
Wayne Close
Nicole Broe
Renee Briggs-Gordon
Daniel Dickson
Simon Berridge
Alex Quirk
Simon Walker
Tony Mavromatis
Michael Dawson
David Gough
Rakshitha Rao
Sam Higgins
James Hart
Chris Sprott
Marcus Tehan
Prem Saini
Robin Varghese
Malcolm Clark
Lisa Kinross
Jack Deer
Katherine Anastasios
Michael Bergonzo
Ronnie Bassi
James Rose
Taya Permezel
Jane Barnett
Leanne Hill
Nanette Fitzgerald
Jill Walsh
Josie Broad
Abu Bakar
Tamara Fitzpatrick
Chris McBride
Deon Coote
Amanda Rodgers
Kim Ralston
Adam Baker
Marcus Jennings Sykes
David Griss
Matthew Arblaster
Matthew Gossip
Glenn Reynolds
Joe Selvaggi
Lionel Dukakis
Nicky Winmar
Peter O'Brien
Owen Timothy
Troy Green
Nathan Brown
Robert Gangi
Jennifer Conley
Christopher Roberts
Tariro Makwasha
Andrew Bradley
Andy Balmain
Colin Young
Dianne Smith
Diego Cardozo Tamayo
Glenn Renshaw
Grant Jennings
Jo Hitchin
John Cameron
John Sands
Kelvin Ng'ang'a
Ken McCutcheon
Lynn Johnson
Marianna Costa
Paul Morris
Rebecca Lee
Derek Lark
Abhi Arora
ABECK Group
AGA
AGA
AGA
AGA
AGA
Ai Group Apprentice and Trainee Centre
Alfasi Hire
Altair
Apricity Finance Group
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Australian Steel Institute
AWS SERVICES VIC
AWS SERVICES VIC
Boom Logistics
Brooks Hire Service
Build Enviro Consulting Group
C3X
Calbah Industries
Calbah Industries
CETEC
Civil Contractors Federation
Construct Traffic
Construct Traffic
Construct Traffic
Construct Traffic
Coolon
Coolon
Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
Department of Transport
Eagle Lighting
Earthco Projects
Earthco Projects
Elite Roads
Elite Roads
Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia
ESO Surveyors
ESO Surveyors
Essity
Essity
Evergreen Contractors
Evergreen Contractors
Express Demolition
First Nations Traffic Management
First Nations Traffic Management
First Nations Traffic Management
FMG Engineering
FMG Engineering
Gangi Germicidal Systems
Gangi Germicidal Systems
Geelong Manufacturing Council
Hempel
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICN Victoria
ICNL
ICNQLD
Questions
Feel free to email us with any questions you may have from today's Keynote Speaker Presentations. We will answer these to the best of our ability and get back to you as soon as we can.
Please put in the subject line 'ICN Grand Prix Breakfast - Speaker Questions' or 'ICN Grand Prix Breakfast - Enquiry'.
Program
Opening Addresses - Grant Jennings MC
Welcome to the Grand Prix - Andrew Westacott, CEO, Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Welcome from ICN Victoria - Dianne Smith, CEO, ICN Victoria
Nanette Fitzgerald, Associate Deputy Secretary, Industry Development and Participation, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Peter Bolanis, Senior Procurement Manager, Laing O'Rourke
Duncan Elliott, CEO, North East Link Project
Speakers
Andrew Westacott
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Andrew Westacott is the longest serving Chief Executive of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC).
Andrew commenced at the AGPC in 2006 as the General Manager - Operations before later being appointed Deputy CEO. He was appointed as CEO in February 2011. He is currently a Director of Karting Australia and a Member of the Organising Committee for the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame Awards. He has previously been a Member of the Formula 1® Commission and the Australian Motorsport Foundation.
Prior to commencing at the AGPC, Andrew started his professional life as a chemical engineering project manager before taking up senior positions in logistics, procurement and supply chain management with MasterFoods Australia New Zealand and Uncle Ben’s of Australia. He then moved into major events in 2005 and played a key part in the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games as Group Manager for Venue Delivery and Capital Projects.
He has a love of sport and sporting events and is committed to showcasing Melbourne and Victoria to the world through the Formula 1® Australian Grand Prix and the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
Dianne is CEO of ICN Victoria which, supported by the Victorian Government, has been working for local industry since 1984 to increase local capability and economic growth opportunities for local industry.
Previously, Chief Executive of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce and Chief Executive, Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC), Dianne uses knowledge gained from over 20 years in the visitor economy, working in regional and metropolitan positions in marketing, visitor services, policy and strategy. Other roles in the sector included Manager - Tourism Partnerships, Parks Victoria, for nine years, Executive Director, Ballarat Tourism and Marketing & Visitor Services Manager of Melbourne Zoo. She has worked in the hotel and computer industries, and holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.
Dianne represented regional Victoria on the State Government’s Community Support Fund Community Advisory Panel in the late 1990s. She was a member of Victoria University’s Vice Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board (IAB) from 2016 – 2019. Dianne is currently a non-Executive Director of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board and is the Deputy Chair.
Dianne Smith
Chief Executive Officer
ICN Victoria
Nanette Fitzgerald
Associate Deputy Secretary, Industry Development and Participation
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Nanette Fitzgerald is the Associate Deputy Secretary, Industry Development and Participation with the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. In her role she oversees the implementation, delivery and compliance with the Local Jobs First Policy including the Major Projects Skills Guarantee, and has also been overseeing the development of the Victorian Government’s Fair Jobs Code. More broadly, her role encompasses industry development with a particular emphasis on the manufacturing sector and key subsectors including food and medtech, managing the implementation of initiatives that help drive broader outcomes including investment, employment, inclusion and trade outcomes.
Duncan is the Chief Executive Officer at North East Link Program (NELP). Duncan was appointed to this special purpose Program in April 2017. The North East Link will finally complete the missing link in Melbourne, building the missing freeway link between the Metropolitan Ring Road at Greensborough and the Eastern Freeway. As well as building Victoria’s longest twin road tunnels, the design delivers an overhaul of the Eastern Freeway, Melbourne’s first dedicated busway, completion of the Ring Road in Greensborough and a North East Trail with more than 34km of walking and cycling paths.
Along with Level Crossing Removal Project, Rail Projects Victoria, West Gate Tunnel Project and Major Road Projects Victoria, North East Link Program forms part of Victoria’s Major Transport Infrastructure Authority.
Duncan has also worked for Victoria's State road agency, VicRoads for 18 years, with his last 5 years as a Regional Director, responsible for road construction, planning and maintenance both in metropolitan Melbourne and South Western Victoria.
Duncan Elliott
Chief Executive Officer
North East Link Project (NELP)
Peter Bolanis
Senior Procurement Manager
Laing O'Rourke
Peter is a highly qualified engineer with over 15 years’ experience in senior commercial, procurement and contract management roles with major local and multinational organisations in the construction, infrastructure and manufacturing industries.
His expertise is end-to-end procurement of direct and indirect commodities, managing up to $2,400 million of spend across critical and non-critical portfolios in construction and infrastructure projects.
Peter has a strong track record in driving change by developing and executing strategies, a national/global procurement framework and managing complex contractual arrangements to maximise value and minimise risks. He is a proven leader who is committed to organisational diversity, development and motivating teams through clear communication, a shared vision, and setting challenging objectives.
Currently the Industry Engagement Manager with ICN Victoria having commenced as a regional Industry Adviser.
Extensive background in manufacturing within the construction, technology and medical device sectors.
Genuine passion for Australian manufacturing and the opportunities it provides for innovation and economic growth.
Grant Jennings
Industry Engagement Manager
ICN Victoria
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