Michael Courtney – Executive Director | Managing Director
As the financial year 2024/25 winds up we have prepared and adopted our 2025/26 Budget and are looking forward to continuing to quote, tender and seek out new and interesting projects and placements.
On the products front we have continued to grow and now support over 46 Councils with our long-term financial planning and capital works evaluation models in Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
We exceeded our tendering and contracts awarded targets in 2024/25.
A big congratulations to the dedicated staff who work so hard to win, support and deliver our projects and placements.
Our team work tirelessly to meet the Board’s targets and support our Associates in the field.
We acknowledge our reliance on our Associates’ experience and wisdom, which differentiates us from many of our competitors.
CT Management Group doesn’t only “deliver a project, placement and product” we also leave an organisation’s team with greater experience and knowledge.
We currently have:
- 67 active projects.
- 42 active placements.
- 46 Councils subscribed to our products.
- 57 Panel contracts.
- 40% success rate for our tenders.
- 100% delivery of the National Marketing Plan.
- Business Plan targets largely delivered.
- Pipeline more than 5 months!
Our strategic priorities in 2025/26 are to:
- National Marketing Program: Achieve targets inclusive of brand & web site refresh
- Strategic Alliances: Expand critical strategic alliances that supplement CT Management Group’s key service areas
- Product Investment program: Including review of BMI framework and ongoing product development
- Associate Strategy: Including recruitment, retention, welfare & training
- Succession & shareholder transition strategy: Including recruitment of CEO
- Quality Assurance Framework: Achieve final accreditation of our QA system (in the next few months)
- IT Strategy implementation: Including CTC2, digitisation of key services, proposals, and AI
We can always do better, and the recent Associate survey results indicate areas for improvement which we will address in the coming months.
Fortunately, nothing of too greater significance, but you can rest assured we are always trying to improve our support whether it be communication, project management or general technical support.
We now engage around 120 Associates who assist with projects and placements and continue to provide well recognised and appreciated services to the Local Government sector.
In terms of future demand our building condition work, asset management and renewal modelling, asset management plans and project management continue to be strong.
Our financial sustainability work is on the increase given the council’s growth in operating costs in many instances outgrowing their rate capped revenue.
For many Councils the need to understand and reprioritise services will be a future challenge to enable them to continue to simultaneously invest in basic infrastructure such as roads, bridge and buildings.
We are about to launch a new branding and marketing strategy including web site at our proposed Associates Day on September 25 – keep that date free and venue and agenda will be confirmed in the coming months.
Look forward to seeing you all in the near future.