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Transitioning Newcastle – the Future of our City
February 14, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am
Free – $40
Transitioning Newcastle – the Future of our City
Friday 14 February 730am – 9am, X101 Newspace
HEI is pleased to announce its first seminar of 2020 will focus on the transition of Newcastle’s key economic focus as the world’s world’s largest coal export port into other industries. What does the future hold for the Port and the economies it feeds? The seminar will feature Craig Carmody (CEO Port of Newcastle) and Hugh Fitzsimons (Division Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets), together with Dr Anthea Bill (Lead Economist Hunter Research Foundation Centre). Come along to find out more about what the changing climate means for the Hunter economy, and what this means for the future of your organisation and your career.
This breakfast event will be held at the University of Newcastle’s NewSpace Building on Friday 14 February. Tickets are limited, so get in quick to ensure you don’t miss out!
OUR SPEAKERS
Craig Carmody
Chief Executive Officer, Port of Newcastle
Craig Carmody has extensive experience in shipping policy and strategy in Australia and internationally, with a diverse professional background spanning the Australian Defence Force, federal politics and the private sector. Mr Carmody held senior roles in the Australian Government, serving as Director of Policy in the Prime Minister’s Office, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Senior Policy Advisor to Ministers for Infrastructure and Transport, and Workplace Relations and Employment. From 2014 Mr Carmody was Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at Svitzer, the towage services division of global shipping giant Maersk Group. There he worked with world-leading engineers, technology companies, national governments and regulators to build a global innovation strategy that included autonomous vessels, advanced management techniques and automation technologies. Mr Carmody holds post-graduate qualifications in public policy, business management and industrial and employee relations. Prior to his government and private sector career, he served 10 years in the Australian Army, including with the Special Forces, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Appointed CEO of Port of Newcastle in 2018, Mr Carmody is leading the diversification of the globally-significant bulk commodities port as it evolves to become Australia’s first choice East Coast trade gateway.
Hugh FitzSimons
Division Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
Hugh is the Head of Transport & Healthcare (Australia and New Zealand) at Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets and is part of the management committee of The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) and Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds 2 & 3 (GIF). Hugh is a Director of Queensland Airports Limited (which includes Gold Coast, Townsville, Mt Isa and Longreach airports), Port of Newcastle and Oceania Healthcare (NZ), and a former director of Hobart Airport and DCT Gdansk (Poland). He is an Alternate Director on North Queensland Airports (Cairns & Mackay).
Hugh has a particular focus on operating performance improvement, capital planning and strategy. He has worked at Macquarie for 16 years in Sydney and New York. Member of the NSW Law Society and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Dr Anthea Bill
Lead Economist, Hunter Research Foundation Centre
Anthea leads the HRF Centre’s research team and has a particular interest in economic and socio-spatial analysis. She has nearly 20 years qualitative and quantitative research experience working in academic, commercial consultancy and government contexts. She is responsible for delivering the Centre’s economic research programs in the Hunter and Upper Hunter, as well as contracted research for individual clients – many based in Greater Newcastle.
Anthea has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed research papers exploring geo-spatial disadvantage in Australian cities, labour market outcomes, housing affordability, commuting and the social impacts of unemployment. She has also authored and co-authored several research reports for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australian Fair Pay Commission, World Health Organisation, Centrelink, AMP, NSW Health and the ACT Chief Ministers Department.
She completed a doctoral study in Economics at the University of Newcastle in 2015.
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