Pre-recorded webinars

Pre-recorded webinars

Recent findings from State Auditor General’s reports recommend Asset Management and Financial Planning & Reporting maturity levels need to improve.

We know many organisations operate fragmented systems with varying degrees of governance control and these findings highlight the need to improve Useful Life of Infrastructure estimates and step-up our Risk Management Planning skills.

The following pre-recorded webinars, presented by the renowned John Comrie and Allen Mapstone, shine a spotlight on how to increase the performance of any asset intensive organisations including Local Government.

Presenters

John Comrie
Director at JAC Comrie Pty Ltd

John is a former head of the South Australian Government’s Office for State/Local Government Relations and prior to that the Local Government Association of South Australia.

For the past 14 years he has consulted and conducted training courses nationally, focussing on local government financial sustainability issues.

He is a co-author of IPWEA’s Australian Infrastructure Financial Management Manual and written other guidelines material and conducted training courses for IPWEA to assist councils with financial sustainability and asset management.

Allen Maptstone
Director Strategic Asset Management, IPWEA

Allen has an honours degree in civil engineering along with management qualifications.

Having spent close to 30 years’ experience in the government sector Allen has a broad range of experience including survey, design, construction and planning. Following the introduction of accrual accounting for infrastructure in Australia, Allen developed a keen interest in asset management planning, which became a full-time role from 2006.