FBAA unveils new board for 2023

Mr Spencer, the chief executive of AI platform Docuscan Australia, was previously the FBAA state president for Victoria, while Ms Fleck, the director of asset finance brokerage Nu-Age Vehicle & Asset Finance, was the FBAA state president for Western Australia.

Mr Traynor, the managing director of Regional Finance Solutions in Inverell NSW, was a state councillor for NSW/ACT.

The new board was revealed to FBAA members at the association’s annual conference on the Gold Coast on Friday (3 November) following the association’s annual general meeting on Thursday (2 November).

Speaking to The Adviser about the new appointees, FBAA managing director Peter White AM, commented: “It is great to have a spread of people from different states and there’s a good diversification in background, too.

“Jill has a fantastic background in asset finance and so she brings a great wealth of knowledge to the board. She’s a very dynamic individual and we expect that Jill’s conversations and insights will be really well-received.

“Brett Spencer has huge knowledge and understanding from his experience right across the industry and will help us identify how we can better work strategically to expand what the FBAA is doing.

“David Traynor has been involved in the asset finance space and more broadly with his broker network group and regional marketplaces in NSW. We need to make sure that we balance our thoughts in those markets and that we keep a good focus on regional marketplaces, not just the big metropolitan areas. So David will be a great assistance in those conversations.”

Departing the board is Kim Szigeti, who concluded her third and final three-year term.

Mr White thanked Ms Szigeti for her service stating: “Kim did a full turn of nine years, which is the maximum amount of time you can do on the board so she has now finished her term.

“We thank her for her work and commitment to the association as company secretary and governance areas. She put a lot of time and effort into those areas and brought us through a period where we needed to deepen our documentation for terms of references and policies and procedures. So she’s done a lot of work over a long period of time and we’re thankful for her service.”

The full FBAA board is now:

• Mr White.
• Tony Carter – chairman of the board.
• Clive Kirkpatrick – deputy chairman of the board.
• Felicity Heffernan.
• Mr Spencer.
• Mr Traynor.
• Barry Honey.
• Ms Fleck.
• Nick Wormald.
• Stephen Rasmussen.

According to Mr White, the board’s top priorities moving forward will be to finalise the association’s consumer-facing website BeforeuLoan.com before it’s full launch at the beginning of next year and prepare for the launch of the New Zealand branch of the association.

Mr White said: “The board will start on a very, very focused mission on opening up our footprint into the New Zealand marketplace. And then from there, it’s getting new board together through December to focus on the other strategies that the FBAA wants to put in place and what they look like.”

[Related: FBAA to launch new consumer website, open NZ arm]