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Updating of Associate Headshots

We are currently updating our Associate Profiles used for Client proposals.

We would appreciate you providing us with a new photo similar to the following;

Criteria

Plain background Good lighting Head and shoulders facing as in the above example (left shoulder angled back and right slightly forward) Business or neat casual attire And don’t forget your smile!

The photo can be taken on a mobile phone and emailed to melissah@ctman.com.au by Monday 7 November 2022.

If you have any questions please contact Melissa Healy on 1300 500 932 or email as above.

Associate Survey Results

Thank you to those Associates who completed the 2022 Associate Survey.

The Survey results will assist us in understanding your level of satisfaction in fulfilling assignments with CT Management Group. With Associates from a wide interstate geographical area, communication is always a challenge in meeting everyone’s expectation. This report provides a summary of information gathered from this year’s survey as feedback to Associates.

Introduction

The 2022 Associate Survey has resulted in a 34.74% response from Associates, which is an increase from 2021’s response rate of 30.95%.

Associates were asked to respond to 20 questions in a variety of question formats including scaling from 1-5 (1=low 5=high).

Associate Contribution – Malcolm Lewis

Down, down, profits are down

You may be interested to know that FinPro (the Local Government peak body representing the finance professionals) is currently surveying members regarding any initiatives their Councils have implemented to generate income from alternate revenue streams. FinPro are facilitating the survey following a request from Rural Councils Victoria (RCV).

Interesting if the survey is motivated by the current profitability of Victorian Councils that continues its downward spiral. The following graph is adapted from Victorian Auditor General’s Office data and shows profitability hit negative territory during the 2019-20 year and continued south for the 2020-21 year. For the technically minded, the graph is the adjusted underlying result across all 79 Victorian Councils.

New Associates

CT Management Group, Directors and Staff welcome the following new Associates who have joined the company over the past three months.

Andre Van Heerden (VIC) – Project Manager

Andre joined CT Management group in May 2022 with an extensive background of working in road construction, concrete structures, residential subdivisions, residential developments, water infrastructure, and bulk earthworks. Andre’s experience includes local government, private sector road construction projects for VicRoads (DOT) on the Western, Borung, Henty, Princes and Calder Hwy.

Robert Brown (NSW) – Building Condition Assessment

Robert joined CT Management Group in June 2022 and has over 45 years’ experience within the building consultancy field which has been gained working in both major client side and self-employed advisory consultancies.

Retirement

CT Management Group, Directors and Staff thank the following Associate for their service to the company.

Campbell McKenzie (VIC) – Financial Services

Campbell announced his retirement in July 2022 after 9 years as an Associate with CT Management Group. We appreciate the contribution that Campbell has made servicing 16 Clients during this period.

Updating of Associate Headshots

We are currently updating our Associate Profiles used for Client proposals.

We would appreciate you providing us with a new photo similar to the following;

Criteria

Plain background Good lighting Head and shoulders facing as in the above example (left shoulder angled back and right slightly forward) Business or neat casual attire And don’t forget your smile!

The photo can be taken on a mobile phone and emailed to melissah@ctman.com.au by Friday 12 August 2022.

If you have any questions please contact Melissa Healy on 1300 500 932 or email as above.

Associate Contribution – Fred Heinz

Our Associates become involved in many exciting community projects and Fred Heinze is sharing his experience as Project Manager of the YEA RECREATION RESERVE LIGHTING UPGRADE.

Background

The rural Township of Yea is strategically located at the junction of the Melba and Goulburn Valley Highways in Victoria’s northeast and sits centrally between the townships of Alexandra to the north, Seymour to the west and the Yarra Valley wine region towns of Yarra Glen, Marysville and Kinglake to its south east.

Yea is a thriving boutique town of 1800 people with a busy and productive retail and commercial centre catering for a buoyant year-round tourist trade, and also receives steady support from its surrounding agricultural communities

Project

Big on sporting and cultural activities, Yea boasts a highly functional and well equipped Yea Recreation Reserve (YRR) that serves as a headquarters to a constituent host of community organisations and functions.

New Associates

CT Management Group directors and staff welcome the following new associates who have joined the CT Management Group over the past 3 months.

Peter Bettess (VIC) – Strategic Planning

Peter joined CT Management Group in January 2022 as an Associate with extensive experience in land use, transport planning and delivering major infrastructure and development projects. Prior to joining CT Management Group Peter was the Director, ARTC Lease Negotiations with the Department of Transport where he was the commercial adviser to the team negotiating a 99-year lease of the interstate and standard gauge rail network to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).

Associate Paul Austin

CT Promotion – Charters Towers QLD

Paul is taking a prolonged tour around Australia and seems to have been able to enjoy a COVID free holiday avoiding in the main border closures but if you have no timeline to be home then what is another day, week, month……

Paul and Janette are our travelling ambassadors for 2021 enjoying and spreading the CT word around the country. “unearthing our secrets”

Retired Associates

CT Management Group directors and staff thank the follow retiring Associate for their service.

George Modrich (VIC) George retired after 7 years as an Associate in September 2021. Prior to joining CT Management Group George held the role of Chief Executive Officer with Frankston City Council. George provided a wealth of senior executive experience to the many projects he undertook whilst with CT Management Group.