WELCOME TO THE TENTH INDUSTRY LEADERS FUND · WELCOME TO THE TENTH INDUSTRY LEADERS FUND ... The grants were presented by Carolyn Hewson AO. ... The guest speaker was Nigel Smart,

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WELCOME TO THE TENTH INDUSTRY LEADERS FUND

NEWSLETTER FOR SCHOLARS

In this newsletter you can read about the following:

Page 3 Chairman’s Message

4 Coming Events 2018 –

4 February Training Day

5 ILF Scholars Leaders are Readers Book Club

5 April Cocktail Function

5 June Training Day

5 Drive Day

6 Past Events Roundup –

6 Holden Plant Tour

11 Training with Prof George Day

14 Mercedes-Benz Drive Day

17 ILF Award Ceremony

22 INSEAD Masterclass

22 Scholars Network Cocktail Function

26 Mentoring Finale Event

29 Half Day Training with David Griggs

32 Scholars in Focus

32 Scholars in the Media

45 Scholars In-Depth with Kelly Keates

48 Scholars In-Depth with Andrew Kay

51 Scholar Lapel Pin

51 Key Dates for 2018

52 Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

Please tell us what you are doing, achievement’s in your business or whatever you feel

is worth sharing with your fellow Scholars.

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Chairman’s Message

As we get ready for another summer and all the

frivolity and merriment (and food!) that goes with it, I

would like to wish you all a happy, safe and relaxing

break, and a prosperous and healthy New Year.

The Industry Leaders Fund has welcomed another

19 Scholars in 2017 who will undertake their

training soon (if not already). I would like to

personally welcome you to the ranks of diverse and

passionate individuals that make up the ILF

Scholars. The ILFSN committee strives to facilitate

events and training throughout the year to continue

to add to our Scholars skills, knowledge and the opportunity to collaborate socially and

professionally.

I hope you were able to spare 5 minutes of your busy schedules to complete the survey

that was sent to you by Suzi. The committee takes pride to ensure what we offer is

relevant, timely and of good use to you all. If at any point you stumble across something

that you believe the network would benefit from, please send Suzi a quick email and

she will follow up -the more input we have in this area the better!

I would also like to thank the ILF board for the ongoing support of the ILF program

which is such a positive and beneficial program, directing our Scholars to esteemed

higher education locally and internationally. Your careful management of the resources

at hand allows so many individuals to enrich their knowledge and have an opportunity

they may not have otherwise had. That leads me to thank Geoff Vogt for his tenacious

scouting of exceptional candidates that continues to grow our rich and diverse selection

of South Australian Leaders.

My twenty-three year old son Alex said to me the other day “Mum, the time just seems

to be going so much faster now that I am old.” I had a quiet chuckle... ‘Old’... But I knew

he was speaking the truth even if it was horribly clichéd – for me the year has flown by

at an alarming rate! Now the Holiday period is before us, I find it beneficial as a leader

to take the time to relax (hard for us I know!) and reflect on both the successes and

adversities of 2017 to make 2018 bigger and better.

I look forward to working with you all once again next year.

Best Regards Kris Lloyd

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2018 COMING EVENTS – AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Training Afternoon – 2 February at 12.30

Facilitator: Ann Verbeek

Workshop: Creating & Claiming Value in Negotiations

Location: To be advised

Negotiation is a critical skill in all dimensions of life and society. In particular, business

managers and leaders are constantly required to influence multiple stakeholders in

order to get things done and manage change and conflict.

This course will enable the participants to know how to better prepare to navigate

agendas, mange people and projects both in their work and in life. Value Negotiations

focuses on systematic ways to negotiate and influence. It aims to help increase

awareness of negotiation process as well as assumptions and behaviours.

The objective of the workshop is not to learn a series of theories, but to improve each

participant’s ability to address negotiations and conflicts. At the close of the session

participants can expect to have improved ability to:

Recognise negotiations everywhere, and potentially, risks and opportunities

Spot your and other’s assumptions

Understand and take into account your own and other’s negotiating preferences

Diagnose, prepare and conduct negotiations

Generate more valuable deals

Build better working relationships

Reflect and learn from your and others’ experience

Continue developing negotiation and influencing skills on your own

Invitations will be circulated before Christmas.

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Leaders are Readers Book Club – 15 February

NEW EXCLUSIVE ILF SCHOLAR DEVELOPMENT OFFER FROM YOUR COMMITTEE THE ILF SCHOLARS LEADERS ARE READERS BOOK CLUB Openbook Howden launched Leaders are Readers for their clients in August 2017. The first book read was Bullshift and it was discussed at facilitated sessions in November. The feedback from participants was really positive. Sarah Leo at Openbook Howden has agreed to build a group exclusively for ILF Scholars. Invitations to an introductory information breakfast session to be held on 15 February will be sent shortly. Brief details are: FREQUENCY 1 meeting per quarter (4 meetings per year)

TIME Breakfast session, 7.30am – 8.30am

MEMBERS 8-12 members per group

CONTENT Session hosted by Openbook Howden at 2-14 Paul Street, St Marys. If more than one group we can consider a location in the northern suburbs.

Discussion with other leaders centred on the chosen leadership book. ie, Key learnings and application. Areas for reflection.

INCLUDES Breakfast

A copy of the chosen book (4 books per year) The first book is Bullshift written by Andrew Horabin, after which books will be selected by the group.

Summary notes following each meeting.

Leadership facilitation during the meeting by Wayne and Gabrielle Enright of True North Leadership.

COST Annual membership of $365 + GST

This represents outstanding value for money.

FURTHER EVENTS – DIARISE NOW

Cocktail Function – April (details to be advised)

Training Afternoon – June (details to be advised)

Drive Day – June (details to be advised)

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PAST EVENTS ROUNDUP

Holden Plant Tour – 24 August

30 lucky Scholars had the privilege to see the Elizabeth Holden Plant in action before it

closed down. It was amazing to hear how Holden strived for perfection to the very end,

even though the staff and management knew the end of an era was here.

Photos from the day:

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Kelly Keates, Jeremy Hawkes & Michael Hamilton

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Michael Segredos & Peter Cox Emilio De Stefano & Simon Ridgway

Jamie Getgood (Holden), Hamish Hogben & Dr Douglas Fahlbusch Kelly Keates & Linh Bui

You will find further photos on the ILF website:

https://industryleaders.com.au/functions-events-photo-gallery/


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Training with Professor George Day – 30 August

A half day training session was held by the University of South Australia, Australian

Centre for Business Growth. Many thanks go to Professor Jana Matthews and Joanna

Reppucci-Arvanitis for organising the event for the ILFSN.

A special thank you to

Philippa Crawford (ILF 2016) for providing the wine and

Ulli Spranz (ILF 2015) for providing the cheese.

It was an opportunity to learn from and work with Prof George Day, internationally

renowned innovation and marketing consultant and Professor at the University of

Pennsylvania. Prof Day has taught at Stanford University and the University of Toronto,

and has held visiting appointments at MIT, the Harvard Business School, and the

London Business School.

During the workshop Prof Day and the ILF Scholars shared an interactive session on

what it takes to grow faster through innovation, enabling the Scholars to apply a full-

spectrum innovation approach (14 possible growth pathways) to their company. These

pathways enable leadership teams to stretch, push and reimagine every dimension of

their strategy.

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Photos from the event:

Geoff Vogt, John Scott & Tom Williams Dr Jordan Parham, Meagan Franklin, Prof George Day & Anne Hinton

Linh Bui, David Hart & Dr Derek Rogers Jo Hugman & Ben Marsh

Michael Peachey, Ben Rowe & Philippa Crawford Prof George Day

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Ben Rowe, Philippa Crawford & Johnathon Matthews Dr Jordan Parham, Anne Hinton & Ben Marsh

Dr Derek Rogers & Meagan Franklin Prof Jana Matthews & Prof George Day

Prof George Day & Geoff Vogt Meagan Franklin, Jo Hugman & Michael Peachey




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Mercedes-Benz Drive Day – 8 September

Mercedes-Benz hosted a wonderful day touring the Adelaide Hills in a variety of their

prestigious cars. The Scholars enjoyed the drive, taking turns at driving all the cars and

having a lovely lunch at the Uraidla Hotel.

Photos from the day:

Ben Macey & Emilio De Stefano

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Michael Segredos, Steve Todd, Mercedes driver, Darren Turner, Emilio De Stefano, Paul Haysman, Ben Macey, Paul Griffin (Mercedes) & Grant Schroeder

Lunch at the Uraidla Hotel

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Michael Segredos & Darren Turner




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Grant Awards Ceremony – 18 September

A record 200 guests attended the Grant Awards Ceremony held at the National Wine

Centre. This year there were 47 applicants, with 19 grants worth $237,000 being

awarded to assist the successful Scholars study their chosen course.

The grants were presented by Carolyn Hewson AO. Carolyn has more than 35 years’

experience in the financial sector. She was an executive director of Schroders Australia.

Carolyn is a non-executive director of BHP Billiton and Stockland Corporation, serves

on the Federal Government Growth Centres Advisory Board and is on a number of

other boards. Carolyn gave an excellent speech on the importance of industry to the

success of society.

The ILF has now invested $1,528,000 to 122 Scholars in eight rounds of awards.

Photos from the night:

2017 Scholars with Geoff Vogt & Carolyn Hewson AO

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Carolyn Hewson AO & Geoff Vogt Michael Matarazzo

David McNeil, Richard Colebatch, Col Peters AM, Stephen Richter, Stephen Ludlam

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Haley & Daniel Platten Bill Northcott & Hannah Murdoch

Andrew Wallace & Jamie Higgins Darren Turner

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Oscar Fiorinotto David & Rebecca Jucha

Dr Cindy Dennis, Andrew Vlassopoulos & Victoria McClurg

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Maggie Beer, Chantale Millard & Kelly Nestor

David Evans & Carolyn Hewson AO Daniel Le Feuvre




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INSEAD Masterclass – 20 October

INSEAD holds masterclasses in Adelaide from time to time

primarily for their alumni. For the first time in 2016 INSEAD

offered an exclusive opportunity for ILF Scholars to attend a

masterclass. The second masterclass was delivered on 20

October by INSEAD Professor of Economics, Loic Sadoulet

at Jolleys Boat House, with 8 Scholars taking up the

opportunity to attend.

Testimonial by Steve Todd (ILF 2012)

I’ve been to both of the INSEAD masterclasses, ‘Innovation Beyond the Start-up’ held in

May 2016 and ‘Managing in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity & ambiguity)

World’ held in October 2017, and have found them excellent events. Of course being

delivered by a world leading business school you expect to learn something (I hadn’t

heard the phrase VUCA until the recent event – perhaps I need to read more!). Both the

presentations have been delivered in a very entertaining manner to make them very

engaging. The fact that the whole event is delivered in the great surroundings of Jolley’s

Boathouse allowing you to network with similar minded people in a very acceptable

atmosphere just makes the whole event a bit of a no brainer. I can only recommend that

you attend the next one and see for yourself – see you there.

Cocktail Function – 23 October

The second ILFSN Cocktail Function for the year was

hosted by Macquarie Private Wealth.

The guest speaker was Nigel Smart, COO of the Adelaide

Football Club. Nigel explained that the Adelaide Crows

are the first mainstream Australian sporting club to invest

in competitive video gaming known as eSports.

The Crows acquired Sydney-based Legacy eSports, an organisation best known for its

League of Legends team which is one of eight competing in the top-tier Oceanic Pro

League.

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Photos from the event:

Neil Gibbins & Nigel Smart Sam Saunders & David Jucha

Andrew Kay, Dr Daniel Johnson, Neil Gibbins & Nigel Smart

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Steve Todd, Chantale Millard & Annie Flannagan

Stephanie Morris, Geoff Vogt, Michael Hamilton & Christine Molitor

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Kym Welsby, Paul Haysman & Peter Cox

Daniel Wilson, Ben Marsh, Jock Duncan & Michael Hamilton

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Dr Margaret Law & Grant Schroeder Anthony Kittel & Chris Stathy



Mentoring Finale Event – 30 October

The wrap up of the mentoring program was held at Deloitte Private Business. The

feedback was very positive and there was a lot of interest from the mentees to hold

another round.

Mark Canny and Jarrod Starkey were paired for the ILF mentoring program based on a

matching of the issues and needs Jarrod had listed on his enrolment form with the

experience and expertise listed by the ILF Honorary Board member, Mark Canny. They

developed a very successful relationship despite being located 400km apart. If you have

never been a mentor or mentee you might find their insights interesting.

WE ARE PLANNING TO OFFER A NEW MENTORING PROGRAM EARLY IN THE

NEW YEAR.


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Mark Canny’s Mentor Experience

I volunteered to be involved with the program as there seemed to be a real demand

from potential mentees. I didn’t have a clear idea about how it would work but there

was a commitment from the ILF to provide resources so I was willing to be involved.

The launch meeting was very useful and the Resource Book take-away gave an

excellent framework for the whole process. I was paired with Jarrod Starkey from

Whyalla Hose and Fitting Services. The pairing was just right. Much of my work

experience had been with businesses that were having trouble and the issues facing the

Whyalla business community at the time (following the Arrium administration) are well

documented.

For me there were two key learnings from the mentoring exercise.

Firstly, Jarrod and I agreed that a face-to-face meeting would be an important first step.

We met in Whyalla, I saw Jarrod’s workplace and then we went out for a bite to eat and

a relaxed chat. I am convinced that this was vital in establishing what turned out to be a

successful mentoring relationship.

The second learning surprised me a little. My expectation was that the process would

be quite structured – regular, planned phone calls; agreed actions; occasional meetings.

The arrangement began this way but quickly moved to ad hoc discussions based on

specific issues. Jarrod and I would go weeks without contact and then I would hear

from Jarrod asking for my thoughts on a particular, tricky topic. Sometimes the issue

could be resolved in one call; sometimes we needed more data and multiple

discussions. I quickly realised that this approach added the greatest value to Jarrod

(and that, after all, was the whole point of the exercise). This was an important learning

for me.

All in all, the program was a valuable exercise with learnings on both sides.

Jarrod Starkey’s Mentee Experience

When the opportunity came up to partake in the ILF mentor/mentee program I didn't

hesitate to put up my hand up as a mentee. For me, I saw a unique opportunity to be

paired with a mentor who could provide me guidance on important business issues,

while having no ties with the organisation, therefore having the luxury to take the

emotion out of my working environment.

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For me personally, 2016 had been a particularly difficult year, with Arrium (our largest

customer) entering into Voluntary Administration in early April, thus leaving the business

that I work for, Whyalla Hose & Fitting Services (WH&F) out of pocket in excess of

$500k, and on the brink of closure. To further compound the loss of income, highly

trained staff resigned and took up more secure roles, some with Arrium, while others

chose to leave Whyalla and take up positions in Adelaide.

As luck had it, I was paired with Mark Canny as my mentor, and to initiate the first

mentor/mentee meeting, Mark took it upon himself to visit Whyalla and spend an

afternoon at WH&F, and then go out to tea. This I believe was the start of a great

mentor/mentee relationship, and I felt at ease discussing the challenging times WH&F

had faced, and the obvious delicate journey we still had in front of us.

After our initial kick off meeting we set some evenings aside to discuss what my wants

and needs were, and what was required to achieve these goals.

From there Mark set me a couple of tasks, one of which was to locate a company within

the region that I could possibly take up employment with. It was during this task that I

realised that I needed to remain at WH&F, thus contributing to the stability of the

business during the Voluntary Administration (VA) process.

From what I have read, the mentor/mentee relationship is predominately a framework

that encapsulated a structured format, however what worked best for me was an ad hoc

arrangement.

I would find myself calling or emailing Mark an issue, and for there we would work

through it, some very quickly, others over several phone hook ups and emails, and after

I solved each issue with Mark’s guidance, it was days, weeks or even months before I

made contact again.

The number one thing I took out of the mentor/mentee experience was that during the

VA I had slightly lost my way, and with Mark’s help I was able to get back on track, and

for that I will be forever grateful.

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Training Day with David Griggs – 13 November

The half day training seminar “Presenting & Pitching for Success” presented by David Griggs was held at Industry Leaders Fund. The event was generously sponsored by William Buck which meant no cost for the ILF Scholars.

Thank you to Kris Lloyd for organising the donation of wine and cheese.

David Griggs is a successful speaker, speaking coach and business pitch consultant with a difference. He works with leaders, CEO’s and other professionals to transform them into persuasive and inspiring speakers. David led 26 Scholars on a fascinating interactive and highly entertaining journey into the land of effective presentations on 13 November. The presentation covered basic facts such as

only use slides that are easily readable, and don’t worry about the number if they are simple

Look the audience in the eye, don’t look at the slide screen

Presentation style is more important to engage the audience than content.

David used his acting skills to demonstrate great attention grabbing techniques and calming methods amongst other skills that will guarantee success. Everyone was required to give a short presentation, and although David only pointed out a few examples I believe we all knew at least one thing we would do better the next time. The day was filled with laughs and learning and 90 percent of those in the room rated the content and the presenter as outstanding. The other 10% rated David as good.

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Scholar comments included:

Very engaging and thought provoking

Very relevant – Could not fault

Seminar was great

This was great – Would have liked a bit more on chunking speeches, but there was a lot to cover

David was great and the length of the session was ideal.

The lesson we at the ILF learned was that November is too busy for many Scholars to make time for training. If you missed out because of this we are sorry, but it is likely we will have David back again on a similar topic.

Photos from the event

David Griggs

Emilio De Stefano, Hannah Murdoch, David Hart Kym Welsby, Luke Ayling, Darren Turner

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Daniel Le Feuvre, David Jucha, Max Toovey Daniel Wilson, Johnathon Matthews

Geoff Vogt, Chantale Millard, Derek Rogers David Hart, Emilio De Stefano, Hannah Murdoch

Cher-Min Teo, Mary Hamilton Chantale Millard, Annie Flannagan

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Annie Flannagan, Emilio De Stefano Kellly Keates, Darren Turner, Jamie McKeough



SCHOLARS IN FOCUS

SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA The following Scholars and their businesses where featured in the media. Nick Femia (ILF 2017)

SA Mushrooms have recently released a new mushroom high in Vitamin D. It delivers your daily dose of the vitamin in just 3 mushrooms. Ed note: - What an excellent healthy breakfast idea.


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Jeremey Hawkes (ILF 2014 & 2013) Bowhill Engineering have been busy for the last 9 months or so building steel girders for the Darlington Upgrade project on South Road. The girders were used in the construction of two 3,000 tonne bridges.

Bowhill Engineering were also listed on the Advertiser’s Jobs SA Honour Board. Chantale Millard (ILF 2017)

Chantale Millard has launched an SA made cheese, adding to the Maggie Beer range. The handcrafted cheeses made with South Australian milk will complement their iconic fruit pastes.

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Scott Begbie (ILF 2016) and Andrew Vlassopoulos (ILF 2016) Adelaide based designer & manufacturer APC Technology has partnered with Raytheon Australia to provide radio operator consoles as part of SEA 1654 program that will overhaul the Royal Australian Navy’s maritime operational support capability.

APC Technology - Nicu Pop, Manufacturing Technician and Scott Begbie, Managing Director

Anthony Kittel (ILF 2010), Ben Marsh (ILF 2013), Jo Hugman (ILF 2014) REDARC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Raytheon Anschütx a German naval navigations systems integrator to partner for future Australian naval projects. While the MoU initially covers key integration activity for Ratheon Anschütz’s integrated navigation and bridge systems for Australian naval projects, it also opens export opportunities by integrating REDARC into the Raytheon Anschütz international supply chain. REDARC were named a 2018 Global Media Award Winner for their range of high-powered DC-DC Battery Chargers, the BCDC1225D and BCDC1240D at the SEMA show in Las Vagas. REDARC was recognised for being ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems) certified by risk management experts SAI Global for the last 20 years. The ISO 9001 is one of the main drivers for continual improvement and ensures that REDARC are continually recognised as one of the world’s best managed responsible electronics manufacturing companies.

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REDARC were also finalists at the Defence Teaming Centre (DTC) Awards for the Outstanding Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Award, which recognises an SME that has excelled in their engagement with the defence industry and has successfully adaped to build their capabilites within the defence industry. Even though he’s managing director and co-owner of Redarc, Anthony Kittel sought the imprimatur of a key outside influence when deciding on a recent interstate investment – his advisory board. The Australian Institute of Company Directors article reported, An increasing number of SA business leaders are looking to outside expertise for insight and assistance.

REDARC's factory floor in Lonsdale

Victoria McClurg (ILF 2016) Victoria McClurg, owner of Barossa Valley Cheese Company has been appointed to the board of Food South Australia; congratulations Victoria. Ed note:- Victoria tells us she is supercharging the growth plans for Barossa Cheese, inspired by her course at Stanford.

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Toby Strong (ILF 2016)

Toby Strong recently launched Urban Brew, ethically sourced biodegradable coffee pods. Toby’s philosophy is best summed up by core values – Deliver happiness, not just a product. Openness, honesty and authenticity. Be convenient, but not at the expense of the environment. Offer the best possible price by substituting inefficiencies not quality. Love the product and our service, or money back.

Ed note:- If you love coffee pods why not give the little Aussie battler a go; help the environment, help an Adelaide business match it with the huge multinational conglomerates and enjoy a great brew. Oscar Fiorinotto (ILF 2017) Supashock say’s advanced manufacturing jobs and export opportunities will flow from a new partnership deal agreed in India. The growth will come from its alliance with an Indian automotive manufacturer to develop vehicle suspensions. This is an example of the huge opportunities for SA businesses in the Indian defence market. India is SA’s fourth largest trading partner. Joe Matto (ILF 2014) PakPot (plastics moulding specialist) was a new start-up in 2014 with no customers, orders or contracts, they are now growing and doing well. PakPot have captured a good portion of the in-mould labelling (IML) food market and keep adding value to the PakPot brand with their quality IML products and service to food brand owners. Demand is strong and the plant is running around the clock employing South Australians. Joe Matto general manager of PakPot Packaging explained that a recent project started with a review of the Chobani thermally processed tub, and evolved into designing a twin chambered package with live hinge that utilised the injection moulding process in conjunction with the in-mould labelling (IML) process.

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“The 18-month process involved developing multiple product designs until we were all satisfied and then progressing into prototype tooling to confirm the design concept, including application of the IML, before progressing to manufacture production tooling and automation. From the research we undertook, we believe this Flip design to be one of a kind.” Joe said. Ed note:- PakPot makes world leading food packaging product on world leading machinery developed in house. Well worth a look if you get a chance. Steve Todd (ILF 2012) Kay Brothers Amery Vineyards produced the top winning wine in the 2017 McLaren Vale Wine Show. The 2016 Kay Brothers Griffon’s Key Grenache was the highest scoring wine at the 2017 Wine Show as judged by an impressive panel of international and Australian judges. The winner of the first ever inaugural James Halliday Grenache Challenge was Kay Brothers ‘Griffon’s Key Grenache”. The Challenge was run in association with the McLaren Vale Wine Show 2017 and supported by McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Association. It bought together Grenache wines from across Australia for a competitive tasting to celebrate this old variety.

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Richard Sims (ILF 2012) and Phil Sims (ILF 2017) Robern Menz is a winner at the 2017 South Australian Food Industry Awards, gaining the Statewide Super Consumer Award. Linh Bui (ILF 2016) Hot Melt Packaging Systems (HMPS) won the Moore Stephens South Australia Service Provider Award at the 2017 South Australian Food Industry Awards. Kris Lloyd (ILF 2014) Kris Lloyd received the Bickford’s Group Leader Award at the 2017 South Australian Food Industry Awards. Cheesemaker (Woodside Cheese Wrights) Kris Lloyd is the founder of Ferment the Festival which was held on 20-22 October. The program included masterclasses, tasting and a variety of bars and entertainment venues, spread around Rundle Park. It started with a feast prepared by patron Jock Zonfrillo and a team of eight leading chefs and also included a major tasting from the Great Wine Capitals of the World, hosted by Paul Henry. The festival had something for everyone and was a huge success, well done Kris.

Kris Lloyd (in red) with Ferment the Dinner chefs at the end of the event

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Kris Lloyd appeared on the Sunrise Breakfast show on 30 November showcasing produce from South Australia. Ed note:- Watch out for more great events from Kris next year. Dr Jordan Parham (ILF 2015) Dr Jordan Parham is now CEO of FCT Combustion Pty Ltd (Asia-Pacific). Based at

FCT’s head office in Thebarton, Jordan has been given responsibility for growing FCT’s

business of high temperature combustion products and services into the Asia-Pacific

region. Jordan was previously Engineering Manager at FCT Combustion and took over

the new role on 1 September. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the

University of Melbourne Business School with ILF support and has also benefited from

an ILF mentor over the last 12 months.

Corrina Wright (ILF 2012) Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards celebrated the release of the Hunt for Mrs Oliver, its latest sparkling wine, with a degustation dinner at Madam Hanoi. Ed note:- Apparently Mrs Oliver is easier to see after three or four glasses of sparkling especially in the company of good friends. John Scott (ILF 2013) SMR Technologies a leading car sensor manufacturer is developing a device to radically simplify bladder cancer testing. The non-invasive device uses biosensors to test urine and avoids uncomfortable follow up tests where tubes are inserted into the urethra to access the bladder. In an industry-university collaboration led by SMR Technologies in Adelaide, researchers from the University of SA and Flinders Medical Centre are preparing the device for hospital trials. John Scott now works at Detmold Group of Companies.

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Peter Charlesworth (ILF 2013) Codan has more than doubled full-year net profit and declared a special dividend, for the new financial year with a “strong balance sheet’. The SA communications technology company said it had a net cash balance of $21.4 million and had a strong year, including its radio communications division producing its best result in eight years. The company posted an underlying net profit of $44.7 million, up 112 per cent on 33 per cent higher sales. Andrew Downs (ILF 2013) and Adrian Fahey (ILF 2016) SAGE AUTOMATION, a privately-owned entity with a turnover of $72 million and about 270 global staff has now moved in the Tonsley precinct – the former manufacturing site of Mitsubishi. The new custom-built facility will house 120 SAGE staff, the head office, national manufacturing facility and the group’s three brands – SAGE Automation; internet of things and big data consultancy business Nukon; and NSAG which is a joint venture with Spanish defence shipbuilder Navantia. SAGE Automation provides industrial automation and control services and was founded in 1994 by managing director Andrew Downs in his family’s backyard shed. Neil Gibbins (ILF 2014) Vintage Energy co-founded by Neil Gibbins, former Chief Operating Officer of Beach Energy, and Reg Nelson, former Managing Director of Beach, announced an $8.5 million deal to farm into Comet Ridge’s Galilee Basin Sandstone gas project in Queensland. For that investment Vintage will earn a 30 per cent stake. It is the second deal struck by Vintage, which has also agreed to invest at least $100,000 in a project in the South Australian region of the Otway Basin, owned by Rawson Oil and Gas. That project is not far from Nangwarry in the state’s southeast. Ed note:- If you are looking for a sure fire investment Vintage is expected to IPO in the first half of 2018. Do your own research – we are not investment experts.

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Alf Ianniello (ILF 2011), Tom Clifford (ILF 2013), John Scott (ILF 2013) and Zoe Detmold (ILF 2016). Detmold Packaging has been developing a coffee cup for the past 18 months which is much easier to recycle, with hopes its use can divert large amounts of waste from landfill into recycling. The company has run six trials in four states with its new cups, involving their own collection bins. The trial aims to show the product is recyclable and also that a sufficient stream of uncontaminated product can be collected, with larger organisation such as hospitals and airlines the sort of areas where it could initially provide a compelling business case. Mary Hamilton (ILF 2017) Hugh Hamilton Wines is celebrating 180 years in the business, making them the oldest wine family in Australia. The Australian reports ‘This black sheep of the wine industry does it her way’ meaning Mary Hamilton the CEO of Hugh Hamilton Wines is one of only a few female bosses of a winery. Mary utterly refuses to sell her wine at the major supermarkets, and is ripping out proven grape varieties to plant an obscure grape from the former Soviet republic of Georgia called saperavi. Hugh Hamilton Wines can’t keep up with the demand, and there is currently a limit of one bottle of Saperavi per Black Sheep club member, with the winery to soon have three vineyards planted with saperavi. Carrie Trembath (ILF 2017) Beach Energy shares soared after it raised $201 million to help fund its $1.585 billion buyout of Lattice Energy. The company’s biggest shareholder, Seven Group was among those who bought in to help fund the buyout of Lattice from Origin Energy. Ed note:- The buyout more than doubled the size of Beach. Beach Managing Director, Matt Kay is the brother of Wirra Wirra Managing Director, Andrew Kay (ILF 2014).

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David Hart (ILF 2014) Companies in Australia are turning to the Industrial Internet of Things to streamline production and reduce costs to remain globally competitive. The Internet of Things is essentially a collection of connected devises and objects that collect and share data – the industrial application of which allows companies to potentially transform the way they work. Dematec Automation has been helping companies streamline their operations for almost three decades. Water is now Dematec’s biggest industry. The company was engaged by HydroPlan to work on the $22 million Gawler Water Reuse Scheme, which captures stormwater from the often-dry Gawler River north of Adelaide and pumps it through 43 km of pipelines to holding dams and underground aquifers to be used to irrigate vineyards in the western Barossa Valley. Dematec also provides the control and industrial communications systems support at Techport Australia, the nation’s premier naval hub at Port Adelaide. The site is home to Australia’s two largest naval projects – construction of three Air Warfare Destroyers and the Collins class submarine sustainment program. “At this site there’s a huge amount of infrastructure in place to deliver all the services required for the construction, maintenance and commissioning of those vessels.” David Hart said. “So there’s a huge amount of data that is getting generated and pulled together in one place.” Jon Seeley (ILF 2014), Mark Coupe (ILF 2013) and Michael Hamilton (ILF 2016) Seeley International, won this year’s Business SA exporter of the year award, recognised for more than 30 years of exporting to markets across the world. Frank Seeley founder of Seeley International is planning to step up his campaign for a national rebate scheme to encourage people to invest in energy-efficient air-conditioners. Seeley International recently bought US commercial and industrial HVAC business Integrated Comfort. Jon Seeley, group managing director said “the purchase complements and extends Seeley’s hyper-efficient commercial product range, and presents opportunity to fast-track the company’s international expansion plans in the US”. Ed note:- It is great to see SA developed super-efficient air conditioning technology providing excellent quality cooled air, saving clients bulk cash at purchase and in operating costs and making a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Dr Derek Rogers (ILF 2014) Saab Australia is set to create hundreds of hi-tech jobs across Australia following a major military contract win. Saab Australia, which has a Mawson Lakes base, is undertaking a recruitment drive to attract software, hardware, systems and cyber security engineers. The move comes hot on the heels of the Federal Government’s choice of Saab to deliver its combat management system for the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of nine future frigates. Saab is looking to significantly increase its workforce from 350 to around 600, following the Government’s decision to support a key role in Australia’s growing defence industry. Kelly Baker-Jamieson (ILF 2016) Online gift retailer Edible Blooms has broken into the European market with the opening of two new bases in London and Geneva. Australia’s largest network of gift delivery stores opened its two new offices at the end of November, supplying the European market under its revamped brand Gift Rebellion. Business partners and sisters Kelly Jamieson and Abbey Baker were set to expand their business last year, but had to put their plans on hold after the UK’s Brexit vote in June 2016. “The UK has for a long time been a prospect for us – we’ve wanted to open there for years,” Ms Jamieson said. “On a strategic level, the UK is the most in demand delivery market outside of Australia and it is a great complementary market for us given the condensed population and weather. “One of our key strategies is to reach the customer faster, and so it’s a really exciting opportunity to do that in the UK. We can deliver right across the UK on the next business day.” Edible Blooms services the Australian and New Zealand markets from sites across both countries and has partnered with Deliveroo and Uber Eats to offer deliveries within one hour. Ms Baker will spend up to a year in London establishing the company’s presence there and overseeing a team of three London-based staff.

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Ed note:- Geoff says if you are stuck for a Christmas gift idea you could do worse that look at the Edible Blooms website. They even have Christmas trees you don’t need to pack away. Peter Cobb (ILF 2016) Laucke owner Mark Laucke hit out at Woolworths for bullying. The flour supplier’s biggest distributor dumped three more Laucke products after negotiations over a wholesale price rise broke down. It followed the previous week’s decision to dump three Laucke products, and leaves nine varieties on offer at Woolworths stores, including the popular CWA (Country Women’s Association) scone mix. Mr Laucke said the decision put jobs and investment at risk, both at Laucke and across the food industry supply chain. Woolworths bowed to public pressure by agreeing to Laucke’s request for a 7 per cent price increase for its popular CWA scone mix, but the retailer refused to accept the same price across six other Laucke products. Will you support the little guys? Congratulations to Peter Charlesworth (ILF 2013), Philippa Crawford (ILF 2016) and Mike Matarazzo (ILF 2017) whose community work as Board members of United Way SA featured on page 8 of the Advertiser on 4 December. The above articles can be seen in more detail on the ILF website. http://industryleaders.com.au/scholar-in-the-media/ Contributions

If there is news about achievements by you or your employer please let us know. Your

achievements are evidence that the ILF is doing useful work. For those of us who

volunteer or work for the ILF this news is a real reward. We know your achievements

are of interest to other Scholars. Please don’t allow bashful tendencies to prevent us all

from being able to celebrate with you.

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Scholars In-Depth

KELLY KEATES (ILF 2012 & 2015)

Kelly Keates is Managing Director of Zonge Engineering and Research Organisation and

Director of Liquid Integrity Systems. Zonge Engineering Aust. was established in South

Australia in 1984 by Dr Ken Zonge as part of a global group with the head office in the USA.

Zonge Engineering Aust. provides electrical ground geophysical surveys for the mining

exploration industry both in Australia and globally. Our recent clients include BHP, Rio,

Teck, FMG, Geoscience Australia and Evolution.

After completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1991 Kelly got her passion for the mining industry

from her time underground at Roxby Downs. Due to the downturn and the fact that she

didn’t have a technical background Kelly struggled to find her way until she managed to

secure a part time office assistant role at Zonge. She loved all of the aspects of the new role

and was soon asked to be a director and given the responsibility of opening other branches.

In 2006 on Dr Ken Zonge’s encouragement Kelly bought Zonge Aust. This brought on a

number of new challenges around her identity as a leader and owner, followed immediately

by the financial crisis.

Over the years the business has grown substantially, introduced new techniques and

instruments, developed new procedures and is currently working on developing new

technologies. The business grows and contracts with the industry booms and busts and

agility helps keep Zonge changing for the better.

Liquid Integrity Systems grew from a client’s requests to help them detect the location of

leaks in their large waste facilities immediately. An innovative system was developed which

detects leaks real time and provides the results to the stakeholder immediately. Liquid

Integrity Systems reduces risk and assists with compliance and aims to provide world’s best

practice leak monitoring, allowing stakeholder informed site management at a competitive

cost. So with a great product that was created at the request of the client the difficulty has

been breaking into the conservative water industry, and help the business to grow while

sustaining Zonge.

Kelly has had the opportunity through the Industry Leaders Fund to attend both Harvard and

Oxford Business Schools. In 2012 she received her first ILF grant and went to Harvard

which was an amazing opportunity and experience. After such a long time between her

Bachelor of Arts and her Harvard experience it awakened her drive to learn more. Although

she knew how to run a business she learnt the difference between owner and leader. In

2015 Kelly was awarded another grant to attend Oxford where she learnt how to apply

leadership skills, in an immersive amazing learning environment.

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In October this year Kelly was overwhelmed and humbled to

have received an outstanding Alumna award from Oxford. “I am

delighted to inform you that you have been selected as an

Outstanding Alumna of the Oxford Advanced Management and

Leadership Programme. This recognition comes to you for

successfully integrating the learnings of the OAMLP in your role

as an entrepreneurial and community leader and in transforming

your organisation – Lalit Johri Professor and Director of the

Advanced Management and Leadership Programme.” She was

the 3rd woman and 15th person to ever receive this recognition

over last 22 years.

Arriving back from receiving the award from Oxford, Kelly was invited to meet with Premier

and Cabinet. It was a great opportunity to talk to the cabinet about challenges and

opportunities in business; some issues they offered to assist with straight away.

Kelly meets State Cabinet

Kelly also works with students encouraging them to keep up with their STEM studies

through the curious minds program and programs with various schools such as Seaview

High, Mitcham Girls, and Blackwood.

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She also has a very active

family (hates the term busy

mother) with three children at

home, Bonnie, Amber and

Angus who along with

husband Rob and dog

Playdough help to support her

with the companies. They

often get to talk to clients or

hear team discussions while

driving to sports or at home

during meal preparation.

Kelly is looking forward to the next

challenges that the businesses will

extend to her while they grow and

expand and thank ILF for their

support on her journey.

Family dress-up

Kelly and family

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ANDREW KAY (ILF 2014)

Andrew Kay joined McLaren Vale’s iconic Wirra Wirra winery back in 2006. Fresh from

a three-year stint in London managing the UK/Europe office for Orlando Wyndham (part

of Pernod Ricard), the move from global giant to regional favourite was an appealing

one.

As Managing Director and CEO, Andrew is hands-on in the business, drawing on his

marketing experience of over 25 years working with category leading brands across the

finance, beverage, dairy and wine industries. It is a style that suits Wirra Wirra, a winery

with a proud history that dates back to 1894 when it was founded by Robert Strangways

Wigley, a South Australian cricketer and well-known eccentric. The cricket ties continue

to run deep at Wirra Wirra with the winery a partner of the South Australian Cricket

Association and sponsor of the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.

Culture is king at Wirra Wirra, which has a reputation for being a fertile breeding ground

for great winemakers and home to many long-serving staff – affectionately known as

The Tribe – who see the world a little differently. The culture, built around the

understanding that making great wine is a serious pastime, but it should always be fun,

was set by Greg Trott, the man behind the modern day Wirra Wirra.

After Wigley’s passing in 1924, Wirra Wirra was left to ruin and it wasn’t until 1969 that

Trott took on the ambitious task of rebuilding the site to its former glory. He had two

decrepit walls as his starting point. With the help of a few locals, Trott achieved the

impossible, set about creating a wine called Church Block and the rest is history.

Andrew says that the Trott DNA left them with a wonderful “USP” in marketing terms,

but that culture is “a beast that continually needs to be fed.” Today Wirra Wirra is

privately owned by members of the Trott family and two other families who bought into

the business many years ago. “For all intents and purposes, we operate pretty much as

a family business, without the yelling and screaming!” says Andrew.

Wirra Wirra suffered a major industrial accident at the peak of the 2008 vintage, which

gave Andrew an insight into crisis management and was an early test of his leadership

skills. The ensuing twelve months saw the winery site recovered and rebuilt, just in time

for the harvest of 2009.

The winery has since gone from strength to strength, winning numerous awards for its

world-class wines and becoming a leading cellar door in the region, renowned for its

tastings, tours and masterclasses. Andrew credits his ILF experience as the catalyst for

much of the direction in recent years.

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“I attended the Key Executive Program at Harvard Business School in 2014,” said

Andrew, “just prior to developing a new 3 Year Plan for the business. I knew when I

returned that “steady as she goes” was not a phrase that I could accept after that

fortnight of learning. We needed to find new ways to grow.”

The result was a focus on leveraging Wirra Wirra’s key assets – its people and the

historic winery site. The business made its first acquisition, buying boutique Adelaide

Hills pinot noir producer, Ashton Hills in 2015 and set about revamping its McLaren Vale

cellar door offering. That saw a shift towards wine tourism with a rebuilt tasting room;

private cellar for masterclasses; meeting room for corporate hire and the launch of a

casual café, Harry’s Deli which has become one of the most popular eating spots on the

Fleurieu Peninsula.

It’s not over yet, with plans recently approved to build a five-star resort on a block of

land adjacent the winery. Andrew is currently targeting investors for the project which if

successful would be the first integrated winery hotel resort of its type in South Australia

in a region that is bereft of 5-star accommodation of any scale.

While Wirra Wirra continues to perform well on the domestic front and in key export

markets such as China - where Andrew has been a regular visitor for a decade - the

importance of the direct to consumer and wine tourism sectors are recognised as crucial

to growth and brand longevity.

Sharing Wirra Wirra at Linyun Mountain, Nanchong China

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Outside of Wirra Wirra, Andrew has worked on his personal development by actively

seeking Board positions. He has been placed on a variety of Federal Government and

regional industry boards and currently sits on the boards of the Centennial Park

Authority and the Joanna Briggs Foundation in South Australia.

“I undertook the AICD Company Directors programme a decade ago,” says Andrew.

“You get to the stage where your undergraduate degree and MBA seem a long time

ago, but it’s important to keep learning. I kickstarted things with the AICD course, then

joined TEC for a few years before the ILF opportunity came along at the perfect time.

It’s nice to be able to put these things into practice outside of my day job.”

On that subject, Andrew devotes his spare time to family, sport and music, keeping up a

regular early morning gym routine and describing himself as a Crows fanatic, cricket

tragic and very ordinary guitarist.

Handing out the goodies to the West End Redbacks

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SCHOLAR LAPEL PIN An Industry Leaders Fund lapel pin has been designed and will be mailed out to all the Scholars shortly, we hope you will wear these pins when attending business functions and events to signify you are a Scholar of the Industry Leaders Fund. People will ask, what is that pin you are wearing? What a good way to explain the ILF and get the name out there.

KEY DATES – 2018

EVENT DATE DETAILS

ILFSN Training Event 2 February Ann Verbeek – Negotiations

12.30 to 6.30pm Location TBA

ILFSN Committee Meeting 6 February At ILF 4.30pm

Leaders are Readers 15 February Book Club launch – Openbook

Howden, Breakfast 7.30 – 8.30am

NMAF Club Breakfast 20 February 7.15 to 8.45am Speaker Peter

Charlesworth

ILFSN Cocktail Function April 6.00pm Date & Location TBA

Applicant Information Evening 8 May ILF 6.00 to 8.00pm

NMAF Club Dinner 15 May 6.00 to 8.00pm Speaker TBA

ILFSN Committee Meeting 4 June ILF 4.30pm (date TBC)

ILFSN Training Event June Details TBA

ILFSN Drive Day June Details TBA

NMAF Club Dinner 21 August 6.00 to 8.00pm Speaker TBA

ILFSN Training Event August Details TBA

ILF Grant Awards Ceremony 24 September 5.30 to 7.30pm

ILFSN Committee Meeting 5 November ILF 4.30pm (date TBC)

NMAF Club Breakfast 20 November 7.15 to 8.45am Speaker Dr Cindy

Dennis

ILFSN Training Event November Details TBA

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WELCOME TO THE TENTH INDUSTRY LEADERS FUND · WELCOME TO THE TENTH INDUSTRY LEADERS FUND ... The grants were presented by Carolyn Hewson AO. ... The guest speaker was Nigel Smart,