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President’s Report Dear ADAWA family, As the adage goes, ‘the only thing constant in life is change’. There have been new variants of Omicron emerging that require us to constantly adapt to these dynamic circumstances – and now there’s a further change with the introduction of a new CEO for ADAWA. Let’s look at the Omicron landscape first. There have been increasing cases of infection with the new variants of Omicron. This means that we must continue to practice risk assessment and risk mitigation principles for COVID-19. There have been additional side-effects from this pandemic. We are aware of the increasing shortage of staff, which has affected all industries. The shortage of Dental Assistants has been highlighted at a Federal ADA level and this is on their priority list. Focusing on ADAWA, I am pleased to announce that a new CEO has been appointed. The search and selection process for the new ADAWA CEO was a thorough and exhaustive process with the help of a CEO search company, Gerald Daniels. A selection panel was selected, not only from ADAWA Councillors but also from External Stakeholders, with the aim of representing our community as a whole. After multiple rounds of interviews, the selection panel was successful in the selection of our next ADAWA CEO, Trevor Lovelle. ADAWA Council has ratified the selection panel’s choice and Trevor will be starting as the new CEO of ADAWA from August 15. Trevor has been the CEO of the Aged and Community Services Western Australia (ACSA) and has considerable experience in leading both State and National not-for-profit, member-based
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organisations. His vast experience in Corporate Governance, along with Human Resources Management, will be an exceptional addition to achieving ADAWA’s future goals, objectives and vision. Once Trevor is in office, our media team will undertake a comprehensive cover, which I am sure will satisfy the curiosity of all our members, in regard to our new CEO. ADAWA council thanked our outgoing CEO, Dr David Hallett, at his last council meeting for his tremendous work and stewardship over the past eight years. It was a pleasure to also see the many members who especially came to say goodbye to Dr Hallett at our last General Meeting.
It is the strength of the ADAWA membership which has ensured smooth transitions. Dr Hallett has kindly agreed to stay on for the next three months with ADAWA to ensure a smooth transition but also to continue to assist with certain dental-associated matters as required. ADAWA will soon be progressing to formulate a strategic plan for the future benefit of our members and our association as a whole. We are always going to encounter changing times and it is the strength of the ADAWA membership which has ensured smooth transitions.
