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welcome TO OUR NEW MEMBERS We welcome the following members who have joined AAT Australia between 16 November 2012 and 28 February 2013. ACT Admitted as Member (AAT) Ly Tran Admitted as Affiliate Don Grgic NEW SOUTH WALES Admitted as Member (AAT) Chantal Adney Deborah Brooks Margaret Clifford Sharon Hall Caroline Huynh Philip Learoyd Karen Leegwater Pamela Loneragan Lynette Moore Kathryn Murray Veluppillai Nagarajah Virendra Nath Andrew Page Angelina Rikic Kylie Scott Monika Stelzner Jon Sujono Rachel Viney Admitted as Affiliate Susan Adam Leanne Atkins Brett Edmonds Nicole Lynch Bruno Meier Linda Rule Elizabeth Smith Leslie Spindler Maria Wheeler QUEENSLAND Admitted as Member (AAT) Virginia Adams Stephen Bayley Deborah Foot Janice Harris Morgan King Nicole Kowaltzke Ali Lomas Florence Minge Belinda Raso Jean Shaw Gaye Swinsburg Elizabeth Tilbrook Margaret Walker Gail Wogan June Yeung Admitted as Affiliate Ian Burridge Gai-Maree Hansen Cameron Richard Neel Michelle Omirinde Anthony Zegenhagen SOUTH AUSTRALIA Admitted as Member (AAT) Kathy Leuenberger Liza Kirby Alexander Woods Admitted as Affiliate Ian Main VICTORIA Admitted as Member (AAT) Richard Barrett Luigi Bonacci Jane Christie Jane Farrelly Anne Grundy Brendan Hatswell Andrea Holt Danielle James Jan Kiss Dianne Klemm Javier Kwong Helen Major Leone Matthews Diane McCaffrey Jennifer Potter Suzanne Renouf Claudia Rosa Kelly Van Tilburg Sarah Vaudrey Admitted as Affiliate Jacob Apech Shalane Appelman Lou Ashkar Tamkin Azizi Michelle Basso Anand Brar Jacqueline Brodrick Elizabeth Bryan Kirsty Campbell Jason Chew Esmeralda Cosham Paul Cutting Olwyn De Piazza My Gia Dip Pamela Drage Rhebyn Dulay Barry Edge Edith Elias Mirela Gramnea Afsana Hamid Susan Henderson Jayne Ho Aqela Husaini Allison Kendall Clare Kirby Sorakpong Kong Juanita Kouvelis Shane Lincoln Sachini Liyanage Logeswari Manivannan Jasmyn McSweeney Cassandra Meath Ramiza Mehmeti Anna Mildwater Nan Mon Nishakya Munneththi Sandra Nicholson Prashanthi Nitharshan Stephen Nsair Willy Ntumba Michael Paterson Dinuka Perera Nadine Pleydell Maggie Raad Shivnesh Ram Thanuja Ranasinghe Shilpa Rao Nimali Rathnayaka Jazarah Rizwan Mohideen Rizwan Emily Roberts Keila Roche-Kilbane Latifa Saddiqi Chamari Senadheera Mona Shadabi Valentina Sorokina Pollen Soun Petrit Sylejmani Gaetano Tavone Sridevi Thiruvengadaswamy Nguyen Tran Dinushi Vasa Daniel White Hong Yang Priyashini Yenkutusamy Christine Young Hamida Yusofy WESTERN AUSTRALIA Admitted as Member (AAT) Adele Cave Jesi Ieraci Tenna Hind Donna Matthews Naomi Robinson Sharyn Roper Heather Shane Kerrin Smith Christopher Wenman Kerry Wenman Samantha Young OVERSEAS Admitted as Member (AAT) Anthonia Felix Jenny Gagee Leila Graham Perembo Julie Kenneth Annierose Kina Stephanie Maio Ali Paip Freda Paison Hubert Penias Kilala Peril Fredrica Popoitai John Posikei Mesulam Rumet Miriam Sililai Stanley Vani Admitted as Affiliate Rachael Abel Tama Daniel Galupi Panta Harry David Ine Silvia Kapil Timmy Karl Titks Kupali Emmanuel Lae Janet Lucas Jane Luvii Sonya Male Thomson Mapun Janet Mel Viro Miasa Jerome Nungumangi Johnny Powes Poini Ravu Ronnie Robinson Grace Rombasa Derrick Runduali McGai Sawaliki Junalyn Senoty Kalau Sinai Tebei Sinakadi Daphne Sisosor Maggie Umba Martha Valahu Stanley Waro Dianne Wavi Gideon Wekal Wapu Regina William Lisa Yagari Andrew Yoba Jennifer Yore 24 accounting technician April 2013
Meet Lorraine Box Her motto is “When you hit a brick wall, find a way to go over, around or under it” – and it has served Lorraine Box and her employers very well indeed. What made you choose a career in number-crunching? I don’t think I deliberately set out in this direction: I failed maths in Year 8, so my private school wouldn’t let me continue with any maths subjects! But in my first job, as a clerk for a car dealer, I was exposed to all the roles within business administration. After I resigned to manage my own business and have my children, I was asked back for several years to fill positions for staff who were on leave, because I was competent in all roles. So I’ve always felt the numbers chose me, because from the beginning of my career, doors opened that led me their way. Tell us about your present role I’m financial controller/business manager for CGE Hire Pty Ltd, a company specialising in niche height access solutions for construction along with hiring scaffold and other equipment. I’ve held the position for nine years. It includes keeping all financial recording up-to-date and accurate, compliance with all statutory requirements and also the management of our labour force of scaffolders who work on building sites across Australia. Sometimes we need to mobilise dozens of staff and tonnes of scaffold within a limited time frame, which is very motivating and challenging. What do you enjoy about your work? As previously mentioned, I’ve been lucky enough to experience all facets of business administration from early in my career. This has enabled me to choose to focus on where businesses are ‘getting it wrong’. I’ve only held three positions in the past 30 years; each has involved entering a business at a grass roots level, identifying core problems and then changing the business structure to achieve greater profitability and better business practice for the long term. Is your career turning out as you expected? Better than I ever could have imagined! To me there’s nothing more rewarding than being instrumental in changing the lives of people forever. In each of my three positions, I have seen company directors go from the prospect of closing doors, terminating staff and being left with nothing to show for years of hard work to seeing their businesses thrive and expand. Fortunately for me, they’ve been willing to take one last chance to save their business and had the ability to embrace change wholeheartedly. What further career ambitions to you have? I’d like to finish my task of seeing CGE Hire Pty Ltd achieve goals considered impossible nine years ago and then scale down my full-time commitment to the company to allow more time for family, R&R and community involvement. I can’t see myself ever being fully retired; anyone who knows me would say that I am too driven to walk away from life’s challenges. When and why did you join AAT Australia? I attended an AAT Australia roadshow in Warragul many years ago and I was so impressed that I became a member on the spot. The Association has been so instrumental in changing the face and reputation of bookkeepers Australia-wide that it is impossible to imagine the industry without it now. I’ve seen many instances of poor bookkeeping/ finance administration over the years and AAT Australia’s push for minimum qualifications has changed the face of many businesses. When I was required to upskill myself, AAT Australia staff were there to help and advise me with just a telephone call, and the newsletters always have useful tips and hints as well as the latest news. What are some of your favourite things? My family, horses and travel, which I try to combine. When we travel interstate I’m always with family and the horses, and we have a wonderful group of friends within the quarter horse industry. My husband and I joked two years ago, when planning a holiday in Alice Springs, that it was our first ‘horse-free’ holiday in 35 years! I’m married with two children and four grandchildren and live on 250 acres in Labertouche in West Gippsland, Victoria. I’ve spent the past 35 years breeding and showing quarter horses, with some wonderful local and national results. The Black Saturday bushfires destroyed our district and as part of rebuilding, the Labertouche & District Community Centre (LDCC) was formed – a not-for-profit local organisation dedicated to keeping our community connected and engaged. During the fires, community members had nowhere to seek safety and headed to our local hall, which was being used as a staging area by Emergency Services. So the community worked to acquire an adjacent parcel of land and build a Community Centre and Men’s Shed. I’m Treasurer of the LDCC and have spent the past four years working with other local people to negotiate the red tape and regulations that go along with such a process. April 2013 accounting technician 25
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