Two monetary providers trade stalwarts have been recognised within the Australia Day 2023 Honours Listing.
David Gandolfo (pictured above left), the founding president, honorary life member and patron of the Industrial and Asset Finance Brokers Affiliation of Australia (CAFBA) was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the monetary sector. He has been chair of CAFBA’s advocacy committee since 2020.
Sally Herman (pictured above proper), who labored for Westpac in senior roles for 16 years, and is at the moment a non-executive director and chair of the board danger committee at Suncorp Group, was additionally awarded an OAM for her service to the monetary sector and to the group.
Gandolfo was recognised within the Australia Day 2023 Honours Listing for his tireless work advocating for the nation’s business finance trade for greater than 25 years. This contains his present roles as Council of Small Enterprise Organisations Australia (COSBOA) director and deputy chair since 2014. He was the founding president and board member of CAFBA from 2007-2020 and previous to this he was president and board member of the Australian Asset Finance Affiliation from 1995-2007. Different roles included govt director of Melbourne Finance Broking (1998-2009), co-chair of the Reserve Financial institution Small Enterprise Finance Summit (2018-2019) and advisor, Small Enterprise Ministerial Advisory Council from 2014-2015.
He was additionally the co-author of submissions from COSBA and CAFBA to the Banking Royal Fee, 2018 in addition to co-author of CAFBA’s submission to the Productiveness Fee inquiry into Monetary Companies 2018-2019.
Gandolfo is the co-founder and joint CEO of Quantum Enterprise Finance in Melbourne.
“I am completely humbled and honoured to be awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) within the Australia Day Honours Listing,” Gandolfo mentioned in a social media publish. “The quotation of Companies to the Monetary Sector lists a lot of positions I’ve held, in addition to submissions I’ve co-authored and parliamentary enquiries I’ve attended.
“In receiving this award, I notably wish to acknowledge and thank current and previous board members of CAFBA, my colleagues at Quantum Enterprise Finance and fellow board members on the Council of Small Enterprise Organisations Australia (COSBOA) and naturally my household.
“This award is the results of the help, assist and collaboration of many hard-working and dedicated associates and colleagues, with out whose efforts not one of the cited outcomes would have been achieved.”
Herman’s expertise within the trade spans business and group roles. She has been a Suncorp Group non-executive director and chair of the board danger committee since 2015 and non-executive director at Premier Investments Ltd since 2011.
Herman labored at Westpac in varied management roles from 1994 to 2010, together with basic supervisor, folks and transformation, basic supervisor of company affairs and sustainability, and basic supervisor, technique, product and funds, enterprise and shopper financial institution.
She additionally established Westpac’s Variety and Flexibility Technique and was basic supervisor, recommendation for the BT Monetary Group from 2005 to 2008.
Herman’s present non-executive director roles embody Breville Group Ltd since 2013, whereas she additionally held non-executive director roles at ME Financial institution Ltd between 2011 and 2015, in addition to Irongate Funds Administration and E and P Monetary Group .
Herman was additionally recognised for her group roles together with trustee, Artwork Gallery of New South Wales since 2019 and director of the Sydney Movie Competition since 2018. She’s a graduate of the Australian Institute of Firm Administrators and a member of Chief Government Ladies.
The Australia Day honours listing additionally featured Victor Hoog Antink, who was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for important service to the property trade and company governance. Hoog Antick is an honorary life member and former nationwide president of the Property Council of Australia and former chairman of the Property Business Basis.
Robbie Sefton was appointed an AM for important service to agribusiness and the group, recognised for roles together with member of Reserve Financial institution of Australia Small Enterprise Finance Panel (2012 to 2015) and member of the ATO Small Enterprise Advisory Group (1998 to 2000). Sefton is a co-owner of Nangandie Pastoral Firm.
Member of Chief Government Ladies and former non-executive director Nicola Wakefield Evans was appointed an AM for important service to enterprise, regulation and variety. She is board member of the Australian Institute of Firm Administrators and Ladies in Finance Asia.
The complete listing of the Australia Day Honours 2023 recipients could be discovered right here.
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