Monthly Bulletin - August 2020

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

MiniJumbuk, Darren Turner (ILF2015) (right side of photo)
Assisted families in need of rest easier after bushfires.
See the blog below and read Darren's story of how the ILF helped him manage MiniJumbuk successfully through the pandemic.

In This Bulletin 

1.  Geoff Vogt's summary

2. Scholars questionnaire

3.  Promote your product or service to other Scholars

4.  Quiz Competition, New question & winners for July  announced

5.  Coming Events - 
     Cocktail Function with Robert Gerard AO
     ILF Grant Awards Presentation Evening 
     Detmold Factory Tour
     Mitsubishi Drive Day

6.  Defence Force front line experiences for Scholars

7.  Darren Turner - How the Industry Leaders Fund helped  me manage our business successfully through the pandemic.

8.  Scholars in the News

1.  Geoff Vogt's summary 

Like free wine? Answer our quiz for your chance to win.

We are hoping to restore ILF face to face activities soon, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. See coming events below.

How about some retail therapy. This month you can get the energy to find a treasure with Gelista icecream, get the equipment to find treasure with Minelab, get a beautiful beverage to celebrate your treasure find from Wirra Wirra and get some IT advice from Blue Crystal to ensure the investments you acquire with your treasure are properly managed. Looking to buy a CBD property or for a finance guru to add to your team?
Look in Section 3.

You will read about the ILF awards night and have an opportunity to experience a soldier's life (the exciting bits). Darren Turner tells how MiniJumbuk adapted over the last six months and there are links to stories of amazing Scholar achievements. Also we have advance notice of a questionnaire which will provide us all with feedback about the ways we are coping with COVID-19.

2.  Scholar Questionnaire

The ILF believes you, its Scholars, are amongst the top business leaders in SA. Your responses to the current crisis have been amazingly good. In order to learn from all of you and we are inviting you to respond to a short 8 minute survey. If we can collate the views of the elite business leaders who are ILF scholars then we can send to each responder a valuable, thought provoking picture of these actions. 

The Questionnaire has been drafted by Darren Turner (ILF2015) and David Evans (ILF2018) with input from Geoff Vogt and Mark Canny.

We have kept it deliberately short. It will hit your inbox by early next week. Please participate; the value to everyone depends upon the number of responses we get.

3.  Promote your product or service to other Scholars

In the interests of supporting fellow South Australian businesses, it has been decided that Scholars will be permitted to promote their products to fellow Scholars in the Bulletin from the July edition.

New entries will need to be lodged by 5 pm Wednesday 26 August and must 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

Jason Nagy (ILF2019)

Selling CBD Office building

Jason Nagy, Managing Director of Logic Plus,  has advised his IT business has outgrown their current premises and they need to move. Growth of this nature makes the day for the ILF board and management; it is what we are all about.

It could make the day for another ILF Scholar as the building, which has been effectively owner occupied, is being placed on the market. Jason’s contact details are included at the foot of this notice. If you are interested please contact Jason direct. 
Jason's email address is jnagy@logicplus.com.au and his phone number is
0412 832 226.

Matthew Stein (ILF2018)

Finance Person with Strong Commercial Experience

Matthew Stein has advised that a colleague has recently finished up with Spotless – where Matthew worked with him for many years. Matthew says "he is one of those rare financial talents that sees a lot more than numbers, and really gets into helping run the business".

If interested please contact Matthew for further information and a CV.
Matthew’s email is mstein@trical.com.au and his phone number is 0408 128 366.  

Peter Charlesworth (ILF2013)

https://www.minelab.com/

4.  New Quiz Competition -

Will SA go into complete lock down like Victoria by 31 August?
First correct answer wins a bottle of quality wine from an ILF Scholar's winery.

Send your answer to suzi@industryleaders.com.au by 14 August 2020

Winners of previous quiz

Congratulations to Calvin Stead who was the closest at predicting the CPI change for the June Quarter to the nearest decimal place.

Congratulations to Cameron Thompson who won the footy quiz.

They both won a bottle of Ashton Hills Vintage Rose

5.  COMING EVENTS 

ILFSN Cocktail Function - late August? to be determined

Speaker - Robert Gerard AO (Gerard Industries Pty Ltd)

This event will be hosted by Morgan Stanley. 
Further details will be provided soon. 

ILF Grant Awards Presentation Evening
to be held at the National Wine Centre at 5.30pm
on Monday 21 September

The Industry Leaders Fund red letter day will be different this year.

We have a high quality interesting array of new Scholars to introduce.

The Hickinbotham Hall at the Wine Centre has been booked and we have a hold on the Exhibition Hall if extra space is needed. Invitations will be sent shortly on condition that the event may have to be cancelled or invitations withdrawn if stricter COVID-19 restraints are implemented. 
 

Detmold Factory Tour

See the new face mask production line - hear about the challenges of getting complicated production off the ground in double fast time.

Date in October to be confirmed.

Thanks to Alf Ianiello (ILF2011), CEO of Detmold, supported by Zoe Detmold (ILF2016) and John Scott (ILF2013)
 

Mitsubishi Drive Day 

Mitsubishi Australia 4WD Drive Day - An opportunity to put the outstanding range of Pajero & Triton vehicles through their paces courtesy of Shaun Westcott (ILF2018) CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Australia.

Indicative timing November 2020, delayed due to strong demand for these vehicles and hence limited stocks at present.

6.  Defence Force front line experiences for Scholars

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:

15-17 October 2020 - Exercise Executive Stretch.

You will sleep in military accommodation, eat meals at the RAAF Edinburgh kitchen/mess hall and undertake military training activities including: Night Vision Goggle field exercise, Pre-Enlistment Fitness Assessment, Outdoor Obstacle Course, Protected Mobility Vehicle ride, Battle Simulation System exercise and other exciting activities.  

If interested please email drs.sa@defence.gov.au  and CC Suzi@industryleaders.com.au by 1 September 2020.

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

Employers 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.

7.  Darren Turner - How the Industry Leaders Fund helped me manage our business successfully through the pandemic.

Just over three months ago, our national retail customers including department stores and specialty homewares chains closed their stores around Australia and we were heading into a full lockdown Australia wide.  We transitioned to a three-day working week prior to Easter, but with a strong digital presence amongst our national retailers, April sales were better than we predicted only dropping by 50% on original forecast.

By the end of May sales had recovered to budget and both June and now July are record months across our business including wholesale to retail, online and our own retail shops in SA.  Forecast sales for FY 2021 are up by 20% as are our employment numbers with over ten new employees joining the business in June. 

There are four key touch points that have influenced our success all relating back to my ILF experiences and I would like to share with you how they played a key role in preparing me and our business, MiniJumbuk for a COVID-19 crisis.

Like many of us, I was fortunate that Geoff Vogt approached me introducing the ILF and in 2015 -16 I attended the GLOBAL CEO PROGRAM, thanks to an ILF scholarship.  I learned many lessons from attending that course over the three weeks - three months apart in three different countries.  The case studies combined with world class teachings opened my eyes, but I gained even more by interacting and learning from other CEOs.  Two key learnings I took away were strong leadership through crisis and change, plus the importance of strengthening your people at Board and Senior Management level.

It took some time, but I eventually convinced my partners in late 2019 to bring in a new shareholder and COO with global experience and he joined the Business in February.  This played a key role almost immediately and provided the additional support and management skills the business needed.

The ILF Scholars network provides training and networking events throughout the year exclusively for Scholars and I have been fortunate to be part of and currently chair the committee, that helps organise these events. 

8.  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.

REDARC

Anthony Kittel (ILF2010), Ben Marsh (ILF2013), Jo Hugman (ILF2014) and Tarnia Conti (ILF2019)

Multiple award winner at the 2020 Endeavour Awards for Manufacturing

Maggie Beer Products

Chantale Millard (ILF2017)

Achieved a 220 percent boost to online sales due to Maggie Beers daily videos on social media during SA COVID-19 lock down. The Advertiser 10/07/2020

Shareholders in Longtable Group voted to change its name to Maggie Beer Holdings. The Advertiser 17/07/2020

Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop and The Farm Eatery are back open, with daughter Elli Beer and head chef Tim Bourke back at the helm. The Advertiser 3/8/2020

Rising Sun Pictures

Alana Newell (ILF2019)

Tony Clark who heads this Adelaide visual effects company said SA’s management of the pandemic would help to “supercharge” activity in local production. 
The Advertiser 18/07/2020

BAE Systems Australia 
Dr Derek Rogers (ILF2014) & Tom Williams (ILF2015) 
and
ASC Shipbuilding
Matt Sinnett-Jones (ILF2018)

Employing 18 shipbuilding apprentices working at Adelaide’s navel shipyard. 
The Advertiser 14/7/2020

Naval Group 
Dr Margaret Law (ILF2017) & Steven Patriarca (ILF2019)
and
ASC Shipbuilding
Matt Sinnett-Jones (ILF2018)

Partner in search of submarine engineers of the future. 
Australian Defence Magazine 17/07/2020

Ping Services
Matthew Stead (ILF2019)

Has raised $1.3m in seed funding to accelerate its global growth. 
The Advertiser 14/7/2020

Oz Minerals

Jane Wang (ILF2019)

A stronger first half has given SA copper-gold miner the confidence to bring forward $45m to spend on projects at its Carrapateena mine by December. 
The Advertiser 23/07/2020

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