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Asia Pacific > Committees
Board of Management - 2010
Roger Bussell – appointed as Director as at AGM 16th September 2001
After finishing his BSc & post graduate Diploma at the British School of Malting & Brewing in Birmingham University, UK, Roger started working at Harp Lager Brewery in Alton, Hampshire. He was then recruited to join New Zealand Breweries in 1967 and, a year later, joined the Courage Breweries Ltd as Brewing Superintendent, later Head Brewer. After the take-over by Tooth & Co. in 1978, he went briefly back to the UK with Courage before returning to Australia and joining the Swan Brewery in Perth in 1979 as Technical Brewer and later Chief Brewer. Following redundancy in 1991, he joined Joe White Maltings Ltd as manager of their Port Adelaide plant for 7 years and returned to Perth to run the Northbridge plant while the new Forrestfield plant was being commissioned. He then was involved in the closing of the old plant before retiring. He was elected a Fellow in 1991 and served on the Section Committee from 1975-1979 & again from 1981-1991.
However, he continued to be involved in some brewing consultancy work before being appointed as Secretary/Executive officer of the Institute & Guild of Brewing - Asia Pacific Company Limited from 1st July 2001.
Jeff Potter - Chairman as at AGM 24th September 2009 – appointed as Director as at AGM 24th September 2009
Jeff graduated from University of Sydney in 1981 with an honours degree in Biochemistry and started his career with Unilever Australia’s R&D team. After 5 years he moved on to pharmaceutical R&D with Biotechnology Australia and then to National Starch as QA manager before joining the brewing industry at Tooheys in 1990.
Jeff attended the (then) IOB International course at Nutfield in 1994 and completed his AME in 1995 – achieving the J.S Ford award.
He held various roles at Tooheys including Brewer, QA manager and Product Development manager before a stint in China commissioning the new Lion Nathan Suzhou brewery in 1998.
Jeff returned from China to take the reins as Brewing Manager at Tooheys in 1998. In 2002 Jeff took on a brief stint overseeing best practice audits across all LN breweries including licensed brewing of XXXX in UK and Italy before moving on to LNA National Quality Director. Jeff led the establishment of Heineken brewing capability at Tooheys before his move to the newly formed LN Group Technical team in 2004. In his current role as Brewing Development Director, Jeff and his team provide technical support on major brewing projects, new technology, licensed brewing and capability improvement across LN sites.
Jeff has been an active member of the IBD for 20 years, a member of the Australian Associated Brewers technical committee from 2003-2006 and a member of the IBD AP section committee since 2006.
David Meads – Immediate-past Chairman – appointed as Director as at AGM 13th September 2007
NZ Technical Manager, Lion Nathan New Zealand – appointed October 2004.
He joined New Zealand Breweries Ltd in 1974 and started his career in the laboratory. During this time, he completed a NZCS (Chemistry) qualification and then moved into the brewer training programme in 1977. He held various appointments in several of the company’s breweries in New Zealand in brewing and quality assurance roles including Brewing Manager at Lion Brewery, Auckland and Brewery Manager – Speight’s Brewery.
He was involved in the implementation of quality management systems to the ISO 9000 standard at Lion Brewery in Auckland in 1991 and is a qualified quality systems auditor.
He joined the Institute of Brewing in 1982, and completed his Associate membership examination in 1995, and the Master Brewer qualification in 1999. He completed the Diploma in Brewing Technology from the Siebel Institute in Chicago in 1982.
He co-authored a poster at the 2000 Sydney convention, and presented a paper at the Hanoi convention in 2004.
He has been an Asia Pacific section committee member since September 2005. He is the co-convenor of the 30th Asia Pacific section convention which is to be held in Auckland in April 2008.
Michael Stiff - appointed as Director as at AGM 23rd September 2008
After studying Applied Science in Agriculture at Dookie Agricultural College in Northern Victoria, Michael went on to pursue a career in the Dairy Industry and held various QC and Production Supervisory rolls with Nestle Australia. In 1986, Michael joined Ecolab as a Territory Manager servicing the food safety and hygiene needs of a wide variety of food, beverage & dairy customers in Northern Victoria, before going onto a number of different management roles with Ecolab, both in Australia & North East & South East Asia. Currently, Michael is employed as the National Marketing Director for the Food & Beverage Division of Ecolab Australia, a position he has held for the past 6 years.
Ian Roberts - appointed as Director as at AGM 23rd September 2008
Ian commenced his career in the brewing industry with Castlemaine Perkins after graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology with the Castlemaine Perkins’ scholarship in 1990. Ian worked through various quality and production leadership roles at Castlemaine Perkins, continuing to study obtaining his Diploma in Brewing in 1997 and a Bachelor of Business with the Queensland University Trust Fund Prize for Marketing. Ian moved into a Lion Nathan Group Technical Role in Sydney in 1998 as the Technical Services Manager which exposed him to many different international brewers. Ian was then appointed as the Brewing Manager at the South Australian Brewing Company in 2001, leading the brewing team and building “ready-to-drink” capability which went on to be a 4 year stint in Adelaide. Ian then moved back to Sydney in 2005 as the Brewing Manager of the Tooheys Brewery and then to his current role in 2006 as the Operations Director of Castlemaine Perkins responsible for the Queensland icon. Ian has been an active member of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling throughout his 18 years within the brewing industry.
Michael Stoneman - appointed as Director as at AGM 23rd September 2008
General Manager – Abbotsford Foster Group Limited
Completed a Bachelor of Science Degree from La Trobe University Melbourne and in 1983 joined Carlton & United Breweries as a Technician in the Company’s Yeast Propagation Department. He transferred to the Brewing Department in 1990 and work in various brewing positions until 1994. Michael then transferred to Carlton & United Breweries Kent Brewery in Sydney as Filtration Brewer. In 1996 he transferred to Fiji as Production Manager of Carlton Brewery Fiji Ltd where he was responsible for the Fijian operations and later also the Samoan operations.
Upon returning to Australia in 2000 he took up the position of Brewing Manager – Kent Brewery Sydney and held that position until the closure of the brewery in 2005. He then transferred back to Melbourne where over the next 2 years held various positions including Brewing Manager, Operations Support Manager and National Manager Capability and Improvement. In early 2007 he was promoted to General Manager – Abbotsford. In 2005 he completed his MBA.
Michael has been a member of the IBD since 1990 and a committee member on the Asia Pacific Section for the last 3 years
Section Committee
The management of the Section currently rests with the Asia Pacific Section Committee led by the Chairman (who is normally the Chairman of the Organising Committee of the current Asia Pacific Convention) and serves for 2 years. The Secretary, immediate Past President, and members elected from breweries, maltsters and other parts of the industry form this Committee. Details of current members of the Committee are set out below.
| Mr Gary Blomeley | IBD Asia Pacific | Editor |
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| Mr Robert Greenaway | IBD Asia Pacific | Secretary |
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| Mr Mathew Mckay | Foster's Group Limited | Member |
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| Mr Mont Stuart | Joe White Maltings Pty Ltd | Member |
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| Dr Terence Kavanagh | | Chairman ESC |
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| Ms Nicola Kinzett | DB Mainland Brewery | Member |
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| Mr David Meads | Lion Breweries | Immediate past- Chairman |
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| Mr Jeffrey Potter | Lion Nathan Australia Limited | Chairman |
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| Mr Paul Rigoni | BBM James Hood Maltings | Member |
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| Mr Nicholas Sterenberg | Coopers Brewery | Member |
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| Mr Michael Stiff | Ecolab Pty Ltd | Member |
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| Mr Michael Stoneman | Foster's Group Limited | Member |
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| Mr William Taylor | Lion Nathan Australia Limited | Chairman SPC |
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| Mr Hitoshi Utsunomiya | Analysis and Evaluation Research Division | Member |
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| Ms Robbie Carnegie | J Boag & Son Brewing Ltd | Member/Chairman ASC |
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| Mr Stephen Plowman | Hallertau | YMN NZ rep |
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| Ms Caroline Aspridis | Foster's Group Limited | YMN VIC rep |
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| Mr Owen Johnston | Moorilla Estate | Member |
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| Mr Paul Feasey M.Brew | Blue Tongue Brewery Pty Ltd | YMN NSW rep |
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| Mrs Emma Glencross | Castlemaine Perkins Pty Ltd | YMN Qld rep |
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| Mr John Pilotti | SP Brewery Ltd | YMN PNG rep |
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| Dr Tran Dinh Thanh | The Research Institute of Brewing | Member |
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| Mr Derek Orford M.Brew | Tooheys Pty Limited | Member |
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| Mr Michael Oberdieck | Tooheys Pty Limited | YMN NSW rep |
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| Mr Kaneo Oka | Suntory Liquors Limited | Member |
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YOUNGER MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES - Regional
| Mr Michael Oberdieck | Tooheys Pty Ltd | |
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| Mr John Pilotti | SP Brewery | |
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| Mr Paul Feasey | The Swan Brewery Co. | |
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| Ms Caroline Aspridis | Fosters Australia | |
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| Mr Richard Moroney | Colonial Brewing Co. | |
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Strategic Planning Committee
This Committee consists of a number of long -standing members of the Section, who have generally been Section Chairmen. This Committee meets several times a year and provides recommendations to the Section Committee on issues that are seen to be strategic to the future direction and development of the Section and its members.
Current members of the Committee are:
| Bill Taylor | Lion Nathan Aust | Chairman |
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| Rob Greenaway | IBD Asia Pacific | Secretary |
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| David Meads | | |
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| Terry Kavanagh | | |
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| Pat Goddard | | |
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| Mel Miles | | |
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| Tim Cooper | | |
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| Ken Arrowsmith | | |
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| Richard Benwell | | |
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| Leighton Bullock | | |
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| Gary Bett | | |
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| Robert Retford | | |
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| Mike Preston | | |
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| Doug Banks | | |
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Professional Development Committee
This committee is responsible for obtaining and organising the technical Papers and Posters that are presented to the Section Convention. As well the Committee plays a leading role in arranging Symposia and any other technical education programmes provided within the Section.
Current Members of this Committee are:
| Dr Terry Kavanagh | Kelco | Chairman |
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| Mr Rob Greenaway | IBD Asia Pacific | Secretary |
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| Mr Gary Blomeley | IBD Asia Pacific | Editor |
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| Dr Ian Newsom | Lion Nathan Australia | |
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| Tina Panoutsos | Fosters Group Australia | |
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| Dr Doug Stewart | ABB | |
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| Dr Jon Meneses | Coopers Brewery | |
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| Mr Tim Penton | | |
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| Dr Peter Aldred | University of Ballarat | |
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Analytical Sub-Committee
This committee is empowered to achieve and maintain effective liaison with the Analysis Committee of the Institute in the UK and with the BRi and other institutions and organisations as the Section Committee may from time to time direct. It also acts as a conduit for the exchange of information and for analytical methods discussion & experiences.
Current members of this Committee are:
| Robbie Carnegie | Boags Brewery | Chairman |
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| Rob Greenaway | IBD Asia Pacific | Secretary |
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| Margaret Killen | Boags | |
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| Peter Molenaar | IMC, NZ | |
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| Tim Jones | Coopers Brewerey | |
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| Rob Smillie | Fosters Group | |
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| Paul Rigoni | BBM Australia | |
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| Ian Newsom | Lion Nathan Australia | |
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| Glen Fox | DPI QLD | |
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| Dave Eaton | Dominion Breweries, NZ | |
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| Allan Chapman | Lion Nathan Australia | |
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| Michael Ryan | Swan Brewery | |
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Convention Organising Committee
Asia Pacific Conventions are rotated throughout the region and for each Convention a local organising Committee is formed to run the Convention. This is usually run in conjunction with a Professional Conference Organisation.
The Gold Coast 2010 Convention Committee is:
| Ian Roberts | Lion Nathan | Chairman |
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| Irene Bell | Castlemaine Perkins | Treasurer |
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| Leigh Talbot | Castlemaine Perkins | |
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| Geoff Day | CUB Yatala | |
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| Sue Diamond | CUB Yatala | |
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| Gary Blomeley | IBD Asia Pacific | |
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| Graeme Webster | Cleantec Pty Ltd | |
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| Michael Carlson | Sopura | |
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| Richard Elliott | Ecolab Pty Ltd | |
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