Monthly Bulletin - October 2020

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

22 New ILF Scholars awarded their grants on 21 September at the National Wine Centre. Read all about the 2020 Scholars in the new ILF brochure.

In This Bulletin 

1.  Geoff Vogt's summary

2.  Grant Thornton's Federal Budget Virtual Conference
     Wednesday 7 October to Friday 9 October

3. Scholars COVID-19 questionnaire results

4.  Quiz Competition, New question 

5.  Coming ILFSN Events -

     Tuesday 13 October: This event is fully booked 
     Cocktail Function including Detmold Medical Facility Tour

     Monday 9 November:
     Mitsubishi 4 WD Experience Day  

6.  William Buck Economic Outlook Webinar:
      Thursday 15th October, 5.30pm - 6.45pm (ACST)  

7.  IMD Webinar - The Australian & global economy & the road to economic recovery, Wednesday 28 October 5.00pm

8.  Defence Force front line experiences for Scholars

9.  Awards Night recap

10.  Promote your product or service to other Scholars

11.  Scholars in Focus - Patrick Power

12. Scholars in the News

1.  Geoff Vogt's summary 

First, a big welcome to our brand new 2020 Scholars. For those who have not caught up with who they are the list can be accessed on pages 10 to 20 of the
2020/21 Brochure.

This bumper issue of the bulletin is full of opportunities and news.

The opportunities include invitations to join sessions such as a virtual budget seminar, which starts tomorrow, catch up on the latest economic news as it affects Australia in mid-October or another economic update at the end of the month. If it is action you desire, in November we have a day of driving top performing Mitsubishi vehicles on roads and on the sandy beach of Goolwa coupled with plenty of networking with other Scholars.

The highlight of September was the COVID safe Awards night where we welcomed twenty two new Scholars to the ILF Scholar family. They are an outstanding group of individuals.

The low number of female Scholars this year has attracted some attention and I am grateful to those who have provided suggestions. I do not believe this is due to a lack of effort or any bias on the part of the ILF but am keen to discover what more might be done to increase female success. In order to explore options to improve the ratio I am proposing to hold a meeting in November with interested Scholars. If you would like to be part of the discussion please register your interest with Suzi.

In a week’s time Alf Ianiello (ILF2011), CEO of Detmold Group  is hosting a booked out tour of the Detmold Surgical Face Mask factory. The numbers were increased from 40 to 60 on day 3 and it still booked in less than five days. This is a record strong level of interest in any ILF function to date. If you email Suzi and ask nicely she may create a wait list.

There are some great offers from Scholars in the classified section. A reminder if you wish to promote your product with a special deal for your fellow ILF Scholars please let Suzi know.

The Quiz offers you the chance to test your predictive powers and the opportunity to win some great wine.   

Our Scholar in focus this month is Patrick Power and his story is inspirational.

Most of our Scholars are kicking big goals and the media is always interested. Media articles are other releases follow for you to read. If you provide your news stories and releases they can be added to the website daily and listed in each monthly bulletin.   

2.  Grant Thornton's Federal Budget Virtual Conference.
     Wednesday 7 October to Friday 9 October.

There have been plenty of leaks and announcements about initiatives that will be included in the Commonwealth Budget to be released tonight. If you think you know enough this invitation is not for you. However if you believe in the old adage, “never trust the government” you might find some in depth analysis of the full picture very helpful. There have been promises that the government will invest in big infrastructure, provide extra support and cut red tape. In addition to all the recent announcements new initiatives are likely and the budget will make the whole picture much clearer. Armed with this knowledge you can make better decisions to chart your path into 2021.

Very generous sponsors of the Scholars Network, Grant Thornton, have allowed us to invite you to join Grant Thornton’s Federal Budget Virtual Conference.

The virtual conference will run from Wednesday 7 October to Friday 9 October, providing an immediate overview of the Budget announcement on Tuesday, 6 October. 

Spanning over three days, the conference will address topics such as the role of innovation and incentives, the social expectations on mid-sized business, growing out of the recession, and disruptive technologies. There will also be seven sessions to choose from. To see the full agenda, please click here.

The sessions will feature a number of guest presenters and facilitators, including:

·        Hugh Riminton, National Affairs Editor, Network 10

·        Dr Ian Norton, Global Health Emergency Expert

·        Besa Deda, Chief Economist, St. George Banking Group

·        Phillip Coorey, Political Editor, Australian Financial Review

 Click this link for information and to register:

https://go.grantthornton.com.au/Federal_Budget_2020_Industry_Leaders.html

3.  COVID19 Scholar Questionnaire - Overview

COVID19 Survey

With nearly 70 responses the COVID19 survey of Scholars provides some interesting insights and a number of confirmations of “what we all knew”.

See the highlights on a one page summary

See below for a more depth easy to read nine page summary.

4.  New Quiz Competition 

The US election has huge implications for our world. It was looking like a close run race until COVID19 caught up with Donald Trump. This brings a whole new level of uncertainty to the outcome.

There are two US election questions this month:

Will Donald Trump be forced to withdraw from the race?

If he does “go all the way” will he win?

First correct answers received by COB 10 October will win. Send your answer to suzi@industryleaders.com.au

Results announced in the December Bulletin.

The winner to September's quiz, will be announced in February's bulletin.
The question was: Will the 2021 Grand Prix be confirmed to be held at the Bend by 31 January 2021?

5.  ILFSN COMING EVENTS: 

Tuesday 13 October at 5.30pm
ILFSN Cocktail Function - Drinks at Jarmer's Kitchen including a tour of Detmold's Medical Facility

Sponsored by EY and Detomold Group

This event is fully booked.

Monday 9 November, 9.30am to 3.30pm
Mitsubishi Motors 4 WD Experience Day

Drive to Goolwa Surf Club with driver changes on the way so you can experience different vehicles. 

Take turns to drive the vehicles in testing sand undulations and along the beach at Goolwa for two hours.

Return to Angoves at McLaren Vale for lunch at 1.30 pm. Those who attended the Audi drive day in 2019 will recall how good the Angove’s lunch was.

Arrive at Mitsubishi Tonsley by 3.30 pm.

This is a drive day with a difference. It offers real adventure and will teach many of us new lessons.

Geoff Vogt believes these vehicles are quiet achievers. They are great family cars, and excellent workhorses for trailers, boats and outback adventures. The famous camera wholesaler, John Mack, used to drive throughout outback SA and WA, including roads such as the Gunbarrel Highway to deliver stock and display new equipment to retailers and photographers living in isolated parts. John drove Land Cruisers for many years on these trips, but found they were not a bullet proof as legend would have it. John, who is a personal friend of Geoff, says he decided to try a Pajero about 15 years ago and found it to be not only unbreakable but far more comfortable and functional. He does much less outback driving these days but sticks to Pajero as his vehicle of choice.    

This event has been made possible with the support of Shaun Westcott (ILF 2018), President and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Australia.

This event will be big and numbers must be limited.

Scholars wishing to join us will need to watch out for the invitations which will arrive in your in box soon. 

6.  William Buck Economic Outlook Webinar:
     Thursday 15th October, 5.30pm - 6.45pm (ACST) 

Economic Outlook Webinar -   Australia is not out of the woods
We seem to be living in the most uncertain economic times in living memory, and the future appears almost impossible to predict, but to run a business we need to make decisions that require the future to be considered.

This webinar, offered by long term ILF Scholars Network Sponsor, William Buck, to their clients has been generously thrown open to ILF Scholars.

Hosted by William Buck Managing Director, Jamie McKeough and Head of Wealth Advisory Adrian Frinsdorf, with keynote speaker Anthony Doyle, Global Cross-Asset Investment Specialist at Fidelity International.

Fidelity International is one of the largest and most successful fund managers in the world. Drawing on Fidelity International’s global network of research teams, Anthony will discuss some of the current themes developing in global markets and what this means for Australian investors.

Anthony has over 16 years' experience in global financial markets, working for some of the largest investment management firms in Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom. In his role, Anthony regularly discusses market and economic events with the media including the Australian Financial Review, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian. He has been interviewed on Bloomberg, CNBC, The Financial Times, and the ABC.

This special event is by invitation only. You will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation.

Places are limited - book early to secure your attendance at this exclusive webinar.

Date:     Thursday 15 October, 2020      Time:  5.30pm - 6.45pm (ACST)
Location:            WEBINAR (Zoom)

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7.  IMD Webinar - The Australian and global economy and the road to economic recover.

IMD have invited ILF Scholars to join a webinar that is being run for the IMD Alumni Melbourne         

Keynote Speaker, Philip Chronican 

October 28th, 2020    5pm – 6pm AEDT

Chairman of National Australia Bank, Philip Chronican (IMD Alumnus, MBA 1986), will share his perspectives on the Australian and global economy and the road to economic recovery.  Arturo Bris, Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center and Professor of Finance will chair the event.

Date: Wednesday 28 October
Time: 5pm – 6pm AEDT
Digital Application: Zoom

The Zoom link to access the event will be sent upon registration by return e-mail.

>> Registration

8.  Defence Force front line experiences for Scholars

Leadership in the armed forces today is very different from what is depicted in movies about World War 2 or the Vietnam conflict.

Many of the best leadership training programs today are based on modern military leadership methodology. Here is a chance to see some of these techniques being taught and rehearsed.

An ideal way to get an inside insight into how the Australian Defence Force works is to join a Defence Reserves Supportive Employer activity. The Manager of the activities has invited ILF Scholars to join them. Future activities include:

13 November 2020 - Adelaide Universities Regiment (AUR) Exercise Gona.

Scholars are invited to observe an exclusive Army Reserve Officer Training session conducted in a field training environment at Murray Bridge Range. You will have the chance to participate in and observe the many benefits that Army Reserve Officer Training can provide to your employees and your organisation. The day’s activities include:

• Observation of an Officer training tactical leadership activity followed by a Q&A session
• Conduct of a critical decision-making, team building activity
• Participate in a military tactical equipment demonstration
• Speak with current serving soldiers

If interested please email drs.sa@defence.gov.au  and CC Suzi@industryleaders.com.au by 2 November 2020.

9.  Awards Night

The highlight of September was the COVID safe Awards night where we welcomed twenty two new Scholars to the ILF Scholar family. They are an outstanding group of individuals several of whom said out loud in their application interviews, my company or my product “is going to be the best in the world”. It was really exciting to hear South Australian business leaders speak like this after years of hearing understated aims delivered in an apologetic tone. On the night Kris Lloyd AM (ILF2014) made an inspirational speech about the effects of the bushfires and COVID19 on her business at Woodside Cheese Wrights. Both events occurred within three months and each separately nearly wiped the business out. However as a result of her leadership the business is stronger than ever. How about that for test of leadership?

Next the Police Commissioner, Grant Stevens, spoke about his experience and the leadership lessons through the COVID19 period. He explained the tough roles he had performed in the Police Force before being appointed Commissioner and reminded us about the big blackout which had been the biggest thing for him and the Police to manage in recent times. He then explained the effect of COVID19 on his professional life and personal life. He explained how many sleepless nights he had suffered and how his decisions had impacted his son’s eighteenth birthday party. He demonstrated a clear understanding of the effect of restrictions on business right now but also reminded us those restrictions will become worse if COVID19 gets out of control. A fine balancing act indeed. It rapidly became clear that all the previous challenges he had faced, as big as they were, faded into insignificance compared to COVID19.

We were honoured to have the Premier join us for the whole event, changing his schedule so he could arrive in time and departing later than planned, so he could meet as many Scholars as possible.

The award of the first ever Colin J Peters AM Memorial Award, presented by Scott Peters and his sister Nicole Peake to Anthony Kittel (ILF2010) capped off a brilliant evening. I thank everyone for their compliments and kind words about the event.

10.  Promote your product or service to other Scholars

In the interests of supporting fellow South Australian businesses, Scholars are encouraged to promote their products to fellow Scholars in the Bulletin.

New entries will need to be lodged by 5 pm Friday 23 October and should be no more than 50 words. The entry can be repeated upon request for one further month without modification. After that a fresh edited or new entry will be required. Links to your website can be included. Special offers for Scholars only are encouraged.  

Please email Suzi@industryleaders.com.au

Spendless Shoes

David Evans (ILF2017)

For the past 30 years, millions of Australians have enjoyed shopping with Spendless Shoes! With styles for the whole family, it’s no wonder they call us “The World’s Friendliest Shoe People”!

CEO David Evans has provided an online only discount for ILF alumni of 30% off. Enter ILF30OFF at the checkout. www.spendless.com.au

Seeley International

Michael Hamilton (ILF2016)

Seeley International are Australia’s largest air conditioning manufacturer and a global leader in the development of ingenious, energy efficient heating and cooling products
for residential, commercial and industrial markets. We would be pleased to offer scholars a non-obligation assessment for any residential or commercial air conditioning requirements.

Contact Michael Hamilton General Manager – Commercial Sales  & South Africa
Mobile     +61 416 222 460
Phone      +61 8 8328 3201
Fax          +61 8 8328 3966

Address   112 O’Sullivan Beach Road, Lonsdale SA 5160 Australia
Email       mhamilton@seeleyinternational.com
Web         www.seeleyinternational.com      www.climatewizard.com

Detmold Group

Zoe Detmold (ILF2016)

Detmold Medical’s Level 3 Surgical Mask is manufactured locally in South Australia.  It is designed to meet Australian Standard AS/NZS 4381:2015 and is included on the TGA Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).  The single-use face mask is suitable for general community, aged care, wellbeing, GP’s and food service environments.

Face masks can be an effective control measure in the workplace as they prevent droplets of bodily fluids from escaping via the nose and mouth. They also protect the wearer against splashes and sprays (sneezes and coughs) from other people.

Cup & Carry (a subsidiary of the Detmold Group) is now offering discounted face masks to the ILF community. If you need face masks for your home or business, simply follow this link  https://cupandcarry.com.au/collections/masks to see more information or to purchase a carton of 40 or 960 masks. Enter discount code ILF30 at checkout to receive 30% off your mask order.

Alternatively, please contact Zoe Detmold and reference ILF for bulk order pricing or to further discuss your requirements.

We want to help our community to stay safe with our products available for immediate dispatch Australia wide.

Zoe Detmold
General Manager – Detmold Ventures
Mob. 0416 148 824
zoe.detmold@detmoldgroup.com
 

Australian Green Clean

Charlie Aykroyd (ILF2018)

Australian Green Clean are a locally owned sustainable cleaning company providing commercial, venue, ad hoc and COVID-19 cleaning. We are looking to help ILF members with their spring cleaning with an offer of 15% off any clean until 31 October!

Contact us at info@agreenclean.com.au with the subject ILFCLEAN to make the most of the offer.

Wirra Wirra

Andrew Kay (ILF2014)

Iconic McLaren Vale winery, Wirra Wirra is offering scholars a 20% discount off the price of its famous wines throughout the month of October.

Simply head to their online shop at https://wirrawirra.com  and use the promotional code ILFSN20 at the checkout.

11.  Scholars in Focus - Patrick Power

Introduction

Patrick Power is the founder of PowerHealth, which recently celebrated its 25-year anniversary by winning a $30M project to install their healthcare costing software across 291 hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

PowerHealth

Patrick founded PowerHealth as a one-man-band based in Adelaide and has grown the company organically with over 1,000 client hospitals across ten countries.  To this day, Patrick continues to operate PowerHealth from Adelaide, given its highly skilled workforce and low-cost base. In addition, Patrick has always been a strong proponent of South Australia, given the support he has received over the years, such as the Industry Leaders Fund, and in the early days of the company, the SA funded Centre for Innovation Business and Manufacturing.

Specialising in the area of healthcare funding and costing, Patrick has always worked in health and has lived and worked across several countries including Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.  Patrick was South Australian Technology Entrepreneur of the year in 2012 and a South Australian Industry Leaders Fund recipient in 2014, which allowed him to complete a three-year executive program at Harvard University in Boston.  More recently PowerHealth was named the Telstra South Australian medium sized business of the year in 2018.

PowerHealth’s mission is to help its clients deliver the highest quality care at the lowest operational cost, with the purpose of improving healthcare efficiency.  It is one of the world’s leading and most innovative providers of healthcare patient costing and billing software solutions.  PowerHealth is expanding rapidly into global markets due to its enviable reputation developed in Australia, assisted by the international trend toward funding healthcare through activity, or known in the industry as Activity Based Funding, which has emerged as the international standard for hospital payment.

12.  Scholars in the media – Forging ahead in a challenging environment

The following articles are also available on the ILF website. Please send us your news for inclusion in the bulletin – copies of news, articles published in papers or magazines or MP3 recording of live interviews preferred.

The 2020 ILF Scholars announced at the Industry Leaders Fund Awards Night. 
The Advertiser 22/9/2020

Consilium Technology 

Seth Thuraisingham (ILF2018) & Sarah Hibbard (ILF2019)

Consilium says its latest local acquisition will help it gain a “wholistic” edge for AI products in the agribusiness sector. 
The Advertiser 29/9/2020

Mitsubishi Motors Australia

Shaun Westcott (ILF2018)

Mitsubishi is marking its 40-year milestone in the Australian market with ambitious plans to convert Holden loyalists while also driving new technology-led growth and offering a market best 10 Year Warranty. 
The Advertiser 29/9/2020

Robern Menz

Richard Sims (ILF2012) and Phil Sims (ILF2017)

Robern Menz provide violet crumble flavour for Bickford’s milk and Fruchocs flavour for Golden North ice-cream. 
The Advertiser 28/9/2020

BAE
Dr Derek Rogers (ILF2014) and Tom Williams (ILF2015)
Employing 1000 workers in 2021.
&
Naval Group Australia
Dr Margaret Law (ILF2017) and Steven Patriarca (ILF2019)
Employing 100 new staff in 2021. 

The Advertiser 23/9/2020

Dematec Automation

David Hart (ILF2014)

Chief executive David Hart said Adelaide based AML3D, 3D Printing was “a great example of Australian ingenuity, and we’re excited to embark on a co-development program that will only further enhance their offering”.

Codan

Jock Duncan (ILF2011) & Peter Charlesworth (2013)

Codan joins major Defence Industry Cooperative. 
EIDA Newsletter September 2020

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