AfMA BOARD
AfMA Board Members
LEE SAUERWALD
President
As a Fellow CPA MBA, Lee has a strategic focus on financial, social and environmental sustainability. With general management skills and experience specialising in corporate and fleet management, Lee adds value in the profit for purpose sector.
BRENDAN STOOKE
Treasurer
With 36 years of experience in and around fleet management. Brendan utilised his accounting profession to deliver supply chain sustainability and superior outcomes in fleet management. Brendan was the National Fleet Manager of Telstra Fleet and won AFMA’ s Fleet Safety Award in 2003 and AFMA’ s Fleet Environment Award in 2004.
PAT AHERN
Committee Member
Pat’ s experience within the industry spans 30 + years beginning as a transport Officer, followed by Fleet Manager within state government. He continued on to Managing Director and Principal Consultant for Fleet Eze, reviewing and implementing fleet management practices and systems for various Government organisations as well as major corporations across both Australia and overseas.
PHILIP BROWNE
Committee Member
Philip has 32 years in the automotive remarketing sector playing instrumental roles in the development of the sector in Australia. A deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of all players in the sector has led to some innovative and groundbreaking selling and process strategies being adopted in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the Middle East.
VINCE WHITE
Vice President
QFleet is the Queensland Government fleet manager, providing motor vehicle leasing and fleet management services for over 10,000 vehicles providing services to government departments, agencies and approved government-funded organisations.
MACE HARTLEY
Executive Director With almost 40 year’ s commercial experience spanning retail automotive, general insurance and fleet management, Mace has been the Executive Director of the Australasian Fleet Management Association( AfMA) for the past 10 years.
DREW SCHNEHAGE
Board Member
With over 34 years’ experience in the insurance and fleet industry, Drew is a seasoned professional with a strong background in leadership, strategy development and business growth.
SHARON O’ NEILL
Committee Member
With 40 + years in the automotive industry, Sharon has almost done it all( spray painting, parts interpretation, service reception, warranty claims management, finance, stock control, FMO, remarketing, procurement) and was the National Fleet Manager for Transfield, the University of Sydney, Insurance Australia Group( IAG) and now Category Manager at Ventia.
CHRIS DHU
Committee Member
Chris is an accomplished asset management professional with 20 plus years of experience in a variety of trade, technical, business and leadership roles. With a career spanning multiple sectors, Chris has been involved in the management of a range of fixed and mobile assets, including on and off-road fleets.
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