Two committee members of the WA Chapter of APIA are stepping down – Pat Donavan who was Secretary and Garth Borgelt who was Chairman. Together with the other members (Andy Pym, Delia Troy, Craig Connor, Girish Masand, Kelvin Andijich and Brad Sayer) Pat and Garth have given freely of their time and have always been willing to jump in and help with the running and management of the WA Chapter.

Two new members have now also been welcomed to the Chapter committee – Jodi Hayes from KD1 and Dave Saville from Alinta Asset Management.

At the AGM, Andy was elected Chairman and Brad was elected Secretary.

At the luncheon, WA Chapter members were pleased to welcome David Parker, from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) of WA, who spoke on the topic ‘WA Resources Sector – Driving the New Australian Economy’.

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David introduced Chapter members to the CME, the peak resources sector representative body in WA, and spoke about the West Australian resources sector at a national level as well as its position on the world commodities market.

Chapter members learned that in 2006/07, WA’s resources sector accounted for $53.4 billion in production value, 88 per cent of total export income for WA, and direct employment of 61,709 people.

David also said that an output growth of 50-75 per cent is expected for the resources sector in WA over the next ten years, with WA to expand its role as a global resources province.

The state is also expected to increase its exposure to world-class operations and research facilities, resulting in fast growth in the mining services and technology sector every year.