October 2022 digital edition

AUSTRALIA
BCCM announces speakers for co-op leadership summit
The first speakers have been announced
for the Leaders’ Summit and Industry
Dinner, organised by the Business Council
for Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM).
Held on 17-18 November in Melbourne,
the event promises “a high-level
programme for executives and directors
dealing head on with the need for a unified
vision for growth for our sector and to help
Australia address systemic risks to the
economy through co-operation”.
The event looks at the theme of “triple
threat or triple opportunity”, looking at
three trends – competition, conscious
consumerism and consolidation.
Key speakers include:
• Jeremy Duffield, Ex-CEO and founder,
Vanguard Australia
• Enrique de los Rios, CEO, Unica Group
(Spain)
• Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst,
Bloomberg Intelligence and author of
The Bogle Effect
• Ana Aguirre, president, Youth Network,
International Co-operative Alliance
p Ana Aguirre, president of the ICA Youth
Network, will give the closing address
Other contributors include Ben
Macnamara, CEO of agri-co-op CBH
Group, Eugenie Stockman, CEO of
Cooperation Housing, Matt Rutter, CEO
of Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative,
Peter Hunt of Mutuo and Melina Morrison,
CEO of BCCM.
The event also features CEO breakouts
which will address “four ideas to take
Australia forward” – food security and
sustainable domestic agriculture; a
just transition to a greener economy;
affordable housing for all Australians; and
a sustainable and valued care workforce.
Flood relief
BCCM has also welcomed the first round
of relief grants from the Australian
Mutuals Foundation, which will go to 21
community-based organisations affected
by the floods which hit New South Wales
and Queensland this year.
The AMF flood grants are being delivered
in partnership with BCCM, Summerland
Credit Union and G&C Mutual Bank.
Recipients include Nundah Community
Enterprises, a Brisbane-worker co-op
that supports refugees and people with
disabilities by providing them with work.
The AU$10,000 (£5,900) grant will help
workers retain their jobs while the co-op
recovers from loss of stock, equipment
and contracts due to the floods.
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