Ballarat Regional Showcase Program

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PROGRAM

SPEAKERS

Dianne Smith CEO ICN Victoria	Dianne Smith is a proud Victorian, passionate about growing industry capability and local jobs with a well-connected business and government network across Victoria. Prior to ICN, Dianne held various senior positions including Chief Executive at the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce and Chief Executive of the Victoria Tourism Industry Council. Her skills include Government Relations, Advocacy and Communications, Business and Industry Development, and Commercial Operational Management. Dianne was appointed to the Victorian Ministerial Advanced Manufacturing Advisory Council (2016-2018 and is currently a Board Director on the Emerald Tourist Railway Board.
Andrew Bradley Senior Industry Adviser ICN Victoria	Having joined ICN Victoria in 2007 as Grampians Regional Manager, Andrew is currently the Senior Industry Liaison, a position that is crucial to delivering the state government’s Local Jobs First Policy. Andrew has extensive experience in this field and works cross-functionally within ICN to ensure that all of our customers’ needs are met. Maintaining and improving the level of Australian businesses with onshore operations acts as one of Andrew’s key motivators, which in turn involves regularly bringing together project owners, buyers, and suppliers from across the state to Help Local Win.
Matt Hustwaite Engagement Manager Westwind Energy	As Engagement Manager for WestWind Energy, Matt builds and maintains positive relationships across industry, government and the community. Matt’s professional background includes leading the Victorian Government’s commitment to improve the condition of country Victoria’s local road network, and collaborations to drive government investment in Ballarat including the Ballarat Hospital upgrade, CBD project coordination and the Ballarat Major Events Precinct. Having grown-up in a wind farm community, Matt appreciates the benefits that renewable energy projects can bring to regional areas. Matt and WestWind Energy take pride in the social and economic benefits the Golden Plains Wind Farm is set to bring to our region – whether it be the creation and maintenance of 700 jobs, powering the equivalent of every home in regional Victoria, or providing free electricity to the community of Rokewood.
Sara Quon CEO Sovereign Hill	Sara Quon has been the Chief Executive Officer of The Sovereign Hill Museums Association since January 2019. Sara is a strategy and marketing professional with two decades of experience across tourism, major events and fast-moving consumer goods. Sara’s previous roles include Group CEO of Beechworth Honey, inaugural CEO of Tourism North East Regional Tourism Board, Marketing Director and Interim CEO of Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Sara currently sits on the board of Visit Victoria and the Committee for Ballarat and also serves on the Council of Australian Museum Directors executive.
Mark Harrington Procurement Director SPARK NEL	Mark is has 15 years’ experience in the construction, infrastructure and asset management industries, working for London Underground, Transport for London, Balfour Beatty, McConnell Dowell and CPB Contractors where he has gained diverse sector experience, mainly in the Commercial construction sectors primarily in Civil Road, Marine and Rail. He has been involved in successfully implementing and administering a variety of construction and improvement projects across transport modes in the UK and Australia through a variety of commercial arrangements including bespoke PPP forms and NEC forms of contract.
JK Shelat Strategic Vendor Manager SPARK NEL	JK is a leader in project, quality, improvement, manufacturing and supply chain with global experience in Automotive, Aerospace and Defense sectors. He has worked in the vehicle manufacturing industry as well as aviation, IT hardware and software development, large scale supply chain and distribution warehouses and safety critical metal fabrication.
Adam Bogers Executive Manager – Social Enterprise BRI Enterprises	Adam Bogers is McCallum’s Executive Manager of Social Enterprise. He has worked in senior management positions within the disability sector for over a decade and has recently spearheaded McCallum’s merger with Ballarat Regional Industries. This resulted in the creation of the largest social enterprise for people with disability in Western Victoria providing employment to more than 250 people with disability and turning over more than $10m annually.
Rebecca Lee Principal Social Procurement Adviser ICN Victoria	Rebecca Lee is the Principal Social Procurement Adviser at ICN Victoria. Her work with ICN Victoria encompasses three years in the Local Jobs First Policy team, and she now brings this experience in policy implementation to the Social Procurement Framework. Rebecca has experience in driving effective policy implementation and compliance from her previous role as Policy Compliance Team Leader. She has aspirations for social and sustainable procurement practices and is enjoying applying her background in Women and Gender studies to the Building Equality Policy program for ICN Victoria.
Garry Holding Industry Adviser – Ballarat ICN Victoria	Your Industry Adviser for the Ballarat and Grampians region is Garry Holding, a valued member of the ICN Victoria team since 2018. Garry has a background in retail, training and development, delivering Government programs, running an RTO and managing traineeships and apprenticeships. He has broad experience of the home garden centre sector, particularly in distribution and sales, so really understands the nuts and bolts of what a small to medium business needs to be successful with their EOIs and RTOs. This work also led him to work in depth with SMEs in Ballarat and also Social Enterprises for the past 15 years. To learn more about all major projects in the region, you can contact him at gholding@icnvic.org.au or call 0418 994 288

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