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Demi Hiriaki was our 2019 Frank Vale Award Winner and very recently, competed virtually to be part of the International Next Gen Award held with the IARW in the USA.
Demi works with GRT, Iceland Cold Storage’s transport division, a company that has been active in the refrigerated transport service industry for over 10 years. Demi tells us of her quick progression through the company from being part of the Transport Team to now as the Chief Operations Officer.
Take a couple of minutes to hear from Demi’s perspective how the Frank Vale Award influenced her personally and in her career to where she is today!
The program for the 79th RWTA Conference & Exhibition 2021 has been released.
Craig Adams is the General Manager, National Operations and Customer Experience at Primary Connect, part of the Woolworths Group.
Craig was also the RWTA Frank Vale Winner in the year 2000. He was then working in SA Cold Stores in South Australia.
A stellar career starts somewhere and no better person to talk about that journey than Craig.
Please take a few minutes to listen to what Craig has to say about the RWTA Frank Vale Award, what benefits he sees in hindsight and why he recommends all budding future leaders to be part of this incredible opportunity.
Lawrence has impressive credentials and is Host of the Trade Australia Show, Chairperson at Ethical Trade Alliance and CEO of Australian Trade & Logistics Corporation.
Stefan will present the detail regarding the enormous differences in annual energy consumption of refrigerated warehouses.
We would like to introduce our Frank Vale Award Winner from 2014, Jeff Tusa, Head of Distribution, Coles.
With the Frank Vale Award for 2021 hotting up, he encourages contenders to be part of this career and game changing Award opportunity.
Take 2 minutes to hear how participating led him to reach a lofty career milestone in a year, how he overcame nerves to compete in front of top level executives and how he has gone from strength to strength since!
Australia has a tenuous trade relationship presently with China.
We invited Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council to discuss his opinions on the meat industry which has been heavily hit by deteriorating communication between Australia and China…and that it may not be all bad news.
Take a break and get the up to date news with Patrick from AMIC in this 10 minute grab!
Back in 2019, the RWTA excitedly announced Demi Hiriaki from Iceland Cold Storage as the Winner of the 2019 Frank Vale Award. This is the first step for young leaders to progress over the span of a year to an international platform, the GCCA Next Generation Award (NextGen).
The RWTA is excited to introduce you to Brett Lynch, the brand new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics, formerly known as AHG.
Brett discusses this recent business name change, the plans he has to bring the different companies under one united banner and his passion for encouraging future leaders of the cold chain in the year ahead. We would like to welcome our new colleague into the Australian Cold Chain, sit and have a 10 minute break to get acquainted!
Matt Ott is the CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance in Washington and hit the ground running at the beginning of 2020 just as COVID hit. In this interview, Matt spoke of the Presidential Election and the pandemic situation. He discusses the availability of the COVID vaccine in terms of storage and transport and the effect that it has had on the American psyche. Take 10 mins and a coffee to find out more about what’s happening in the Cold Chain in the USA!
Take 7 minutes today to listen to Steve speak about the long term benefits of his experience. From the great mentors, professional and personal contacts, public speaking opportunities and his belief that the Australian Cold Storage Industry has indeed become a desirable career for all manner of promising people in the future.
Take a minute to see what this invaluable opportunity has done to fast track his career, give international visibility to he and his company and further his personal growth.
With the Frank Vale Competition to be announced in March this year, make sure you nominate a workmate before the 22nd January!
Featuring - Matt Ott, CEO at the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Brett Lynch, the new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics & Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council.
Whether it’s been virtual events, OH&S requirements or the availability of skilled labour, the pandemic in Europe has been a game changer. Join with the RWTA as we speak with the European Director of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Julie Hanson for the inside information.
RWTA speaks with long time Member, James Cunningham from Barpro in Cape Town about skewed pandemic priorities in Africa and the flourishing contraband market.
Watch this vodcast hosted by Trade Australia and Lawrence Christoffelsz, interviewing Marianne Kintzel, Executive Officer of RWTA who speaks about gaining visibility for the Australian Cold Chain during the pandemic and upcoming events in 2021.
Stefan Jensen, Managing Director of Scantec Refrigeration
Marianne Kintzel, Executive Director of the RWTA
This webinar will provide an overview of the opportunities available to companies from Australian and New Zealand to establish their base of operations in Abu Dhabi and KIZAD.
Great to have Danrae, Experts in Waterproofing, as part of the RWTA Family.
https://www.danraegroup.com.au/waterproofing-company/
Great to have Iceman, Transport Refrigeration Experts, as part of the RWTA Family.
They will no longer refer to themselves as AHG Refrigerated Logistics or AHGRL and they will also begin to retire the SRF, Rand and JAT brands.
Legislation has been passed to implement the Payment Times Reporting Scheme, which will shine a light on large business payment performance.
UPDATE for Friday 10th July 2020 for SOUTH AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES BORDER
As the last three months have been undoubtedly a cluster, we decided to host a networking function at a former brothel in Fortitude Valley, ‘Les Bubbles’!
The RWTA would like to offer our sincerest condolences to the Hales Family on the passing of Bob Hales. Bob passed away earlier this month, aged 89.
The RWTA was yesterday invited to participate in a teleconference to be chaired by the Hon. Cameron Dick, Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning.