Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Jo Stewart-Rattray,  Director of Information security and IT assurance at BRM Holdich

Dream Big and Believe - the story a seven year old girl from the Australian bush who had a dream of going to the UN and making a difference for other girls.

Jo has over 25 years’ experience in the IT field some of which were spent as CIO in the Utilities and as Group CIO in the Tourism spaces, and with significant experience in the Information Security arena.  She underpins her information technology and security background with her qualifications in education and management.  She specialises in consulting in technology issues with a particular emphasis on governance in both the commercial and operational areas of businesses.  Jo provides strategic advice to organisations across a number of industry sectors including banking and finance, utilities, manufacturing, tertiary education, retail and government.  

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Kim Cheater, Adelaide Managing Partner for PwC

CityPulse Adelaide - Setting sail into future prosperity

Kim Cheater is the Adelaide Managing Partner for PwC.  During his time at PwC, Kim has led the Risk, Governance, Internal Audit, IT Consulting and Cyber Security businesses, along with the firm’s Government Sector and Financial Services practice areas.  In July 2016 Kim was appointed as the Adelaide market’s Managing Partner and to PwC’s 2020 Leadership Team.

Kim will share details from CityPulse Adelaide, revealing that our City's liveability and accessibility are its defining characteristics.  He will also discuss opportunities to make a better future for the state and the challenges they entail.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: PP Trevor McGuirk (RC Unley)

Medical Health Services for Isolated Communities near Cusco, Peru project

Trevor spent 34 years as a teacher with the Education Department of SA and in the last 10 years of his teaching career he was appointed Principal at Clare Primary School and Seacliff Primary School.  After leaving the Education Department he worked in the grain industry for two years with the then SA Cooperative Bulking Handling, spent four years as Manager of Fundraising for Scouts SA, and finally spent three years as Director of Development at Unity College at Murray Bridge.

In addition to initiating a Matching Grant and a Global Grant, Trevor has established the “Kids of Cusco Project” – a humanitarian project with the objective of improving the education and health of children - and has raised over $56,000 through funds raising activities.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Dr Steven Lapidge, CEO, Food Waste Cooperative Reserach Centre

The National Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre

Dr Steven Lapidge is the inaugural CEO of the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (FFW CRC).  He has spent much of his 20-year career working for or with agribusiness CRCs, with a strong focus on new product development and commercialisation.  Steve led the development of the FFW CRC bid and in recent years has represented Australia at G20, OECD and national food waste forums.  He is a member of the National Food Waste Strategy Steering Committee and a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Heather Croall, CEO Adelaide Fringe

Impact of the Adelaide Fringe

Heather first worked at The Adelaide Fringe running events and venues from 1992– 2002, spent a decade interstate and overseas running festivals and events, and took up the position of CEO at the Adelaide Fringe in 2015.  She is known as a visionary in the creative sector who delivers innovative festival programs, new audiences and organisational growth.

Under her leadership, every festival she has run has seen an increase in turn over, been met with high critical acclaim, delivered growth in ticket sales and expanded audience demographic.

Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Dr Mark Inglis, Orthopaedic Surgeon

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Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

International Women's Day Luncheon

Guest Speaker: Prof Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation, Uni SA and ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow 

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Please note the change of venue:

Adelaide Oval, Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Steven Marshall, Premier of South Australia

One Year Anniversary in the Office

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Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: TBC

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Our weekly lunch meetings are held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the...

Adelaide Oval, Cathedral Room, Level 3, Eastern Grandstand, King William Rd North Adelaide.

Guest Speaker: Royce Rowe, Motor Cycle Racer

The International Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

Royce Rowe is a 24 year old motorcycle racer with a passion for road racing on the famous Isle of Man road circuit.  After competing there for three years he's experienced the thrills of breakneck speeds and the spills of the unforgiving course.  He has seen the highs and lows of the sport and all the effort the team puts in to make it all happen.  He will tell the story behind where his initial thirst for adrenaline came from and what his plans zre for future endeavours. His talk will finish off with a few minutes of on-board footage of his laps around the mountain course.