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!

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 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!

More details and nomination form here.

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