western australia | northern territory

– Troy Mulder MICM CCE WA AICM Division President

Economic Breakfast

WA Division’s first event of the year was the annual Economic Breakfast presentation by Aiden Depiazzi of Deloitte Access Economics at the Doubletree By Hilton in the city. We had 40 attendees, a great turnout for first event of the year. Aiden’s presentation provided good insights into how the economy is coping with the rises in interest rates and inflation.

The WA economy is well placed to weather any possible downturn with the resources sector particularly strong due to the persistently higher than normal iron ore prices and the increase in demand for Lithium, which is mostly extracted from Spodumene, of which WA has some of the largest deposits in the world.

Aiden was able to answer some tough questions at the end of the session and general feedback was very positive of the event and the presentation.

Please visit the AICM website for details of our next two events, the Risk Seminar or 4 May 2023 and the much anticipated Golf Day on 12 May 2023.

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President’s Report

It’s hard to believe that summer has come and gone already. As the year progresses, we are able to look back on some fantastic events over the last few months including the NSW Economic Breakfast in February. This event is a personal favourite of mine and once again was a pleasure to attend. In late March we held the 2023 Risk Seminar – I had the privilege of being MC. A special thanks to all those involved on the day including the panellists, attendees, sponsors, council and national office. I hope that you can all forgive the cheeky announcement of my recent engagement to my wonderful and supportive fiancée Kristina.

Unfortunately, the Golf Day had to be cancelled – this was due to a scheduling issue, in lieu we will have a social event in its place and look to reschedule the golf day for later in the year. I’m sure this would be welcomed by the keen golfers in our ranks.

Upcoming events include the aforementioned Social Event at B. Lucky & Sons on 27 April and the increasingly popular Women in Credit Event on 5 May. Please be sure not to miss these events because I am sure that as always there will be abundant opportunities to connect with likeminded credit professionals.

The next few months will also bring us the muchanticipated Young Credit Professional and the Credit Professional of the Year Awards. The latter being a new award that recognises experienced credit professionals who contribute at a strategic level within a credit provider. There will be more details to come in the weeks ahead and I look forward to meeting the talented professionals who put themselves forward for this award. No doubt it will be a hotly contested one bringing the leading credit professionals together for the opportunity to win on a state and then national level – a familiar and proven format similar to the YCP.

As always, if you’ve got this far thank-you for reading! I look forward to seeing you at the next event.

– James Smith MICM CCE, NSW President

Wedding news

February 2023

On behalf of the NSW Council, we would like to congratulate AICM NSW Board Member Peter Morgan and wife Odette on their truly romantic wedding ceremony on 14th February (Valentine’s Day) which was held at the picturesque historic location; Katoomba Carrington Hotel. We wish you all the very best and a long happy marriage xxx

NSW AICM Council Christmas celebration

19 February 2023

The NSW AICM Council team are a close-knit team that work together throughout the year. Each year-end we get together to celebrate our achievements. In early February we gathered at