APSA and GSF - Board member appointments

Monday, November 18, 2019

APSA - Committee of Management (CoM)
 
The Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Port of Melbourne on 13 November 2019 with the following Committee of Management (CoM) representatives re-appointed for the next 12 months: Sean Richards (Visy Logistics) – APSA Chair; Olga Harriton (Manildra Group) – APSA Vice-Chair; Eimear McDonagh (Australian Cotton Shippers Association) – APSA Treasurer; Flaminio Dondina (Casella); Patrick Hutchison (Australian Meat Industry Council); Kurt Wilkinson (Fletcher International Exports - AMIC); David Werner (Cargill); and Peter Morgan (Australian Council for Wool Exporters and Processors).
 
New to the CoM is Michael Dunstan (OSS) who replaces Andrew Wilson as the Australian International Movers Association representative and I replace Travis Brooks-Garrett as the association's Secretary.
 

  • Sean Richards (Visy Logistics) – APSA Chair;
  • Olga Harriton (Manildra Group) – APSA Vice-Chair;
  • Eimear McDonagh (Australian Cotton Shippers Association) – APSA Treasurer;
  • Paul Zalai (Secretary);
  • Flaminio Dondina (Casella);
  • Patrick Hutchison (Australian Meat Industry Council);
  • Kurt Wilkinson (Fletcher International Exports);
  • David Werner (Cargill);
  • Peter Morgan (Australian Council for Wool Exporters and Processors); and
  • Michael Dunstan (AIMA)
  
GSF – Board of Directors

The Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the world's leading trade association for shippers (importers and exporters), held its annual meeting and conference in London from 16 to 19 September 2019 with the following Board of Directors re-appointed for the next 12 months: Sean van Dort (Sri Lanka) – GSF Chair; James Hookham (UK) – GSF Secretariat; Bob Ballantyne (Canada); and Bruce Carlton (USA).

During the meeting I had the honour of being appointed to the GSF Board of Directors who collectively have the responsibility to represent shippers' interests and that of their national and regional organisations in Asia, Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australasia.

  • Sean van Dort (Sri Lanka) – GSF Chair;
  • James Hookham (UK) – GSF Secretariat;
  • Bob Ballantyne (Canada);
  • Bruce Carlton (USA); and
  • Paul Zalai (Australia)
Paul Zalai -  Director and Co-Founder, FTA / Secretariat, APSA