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