Executive
Summary
Mace Hartley
Executive Director
More with Less is the catch cry across the fleet
industry and 2017 for AfMA was exactly that!
As three Corporate Partners (Hyundai Motor
Company Australia, NTT Data Figtree Systems
and Manheim) stepped up to offer scholarships
to Swinburne University’s Graduate Certificate
of Business Management (Fleet Management)
and provided funding to support the launch of
the Diploma of Leadership & Management, we
bid farewell to our outgoing Corporate Partners
(CGU, Viva Energy/Shell, CarryBoy and
Securatrak) and thank them for their support in
recent years.
AfMA has actively participated and
demonstrated leadership within the fleet
industry. Thousands of people working in and
around the automotive and fleet industries
have engaged with AfMA through over 200
articles published on afmanews.com.au,
our e-magazine FleetDrive, LinkedIn, our
Professional Development Forums, Fleet
Excellence Awards, our International Study
Tour and our Australasian Fleet Conference and
Exhibition.
AfMA completed submissions for the
Governments draft Regulatory Impact
Statements for Improving the Efficiency of New
Light Vehicles, Vehicle Emission Standards for
Cleaner Air and Discussion Paper on Better
Fuel for Cleaner Air and continues to advocate
for safety and the environment. During the past
twelve months AfMA presented at a range of
events including, the Waikato Fleet Management
Day in New Zealand, the 2nd Annual Fleet
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Management Conference in Malaysia, The Global
Fleet Conference in Miami and the Australian
Waste & Recycling Expo in Melbourne.
2017 has been about developing future
industry leaders and hence the launch of
Swinburne’s Diploma of Leadership and
Management that was contextualised for
the automotive and fleet industries. It was
developed in collaboration between AfMA
and Swinburne and launched in Sydney and
Melbourne. The format has been truncated into
5 blocks of two days delivering 12 leadership
and management centric subjects culminating
in a final project, the scope of which is agreed
between the Swinburne facilitator, participant
and their employer thereby providing an
immediate return on investment.
I’d like to thank members of the Australian
Fleet Lessors Association (AFLA) and
specifically, Toyota Fleet Management,
Custom Fleet, ORIX, SG Fleet, FleetCare and
Summit Fleet Leasing for their support of the
Diploma and their desire to professionalise the
automotive and fleet industries. 2017 will see
13 people graduate from the Sydney cohort
whilst 10 will graduate from the Melbourne
cohort in early 2018. These individuals are
leaders within their respective business and
their dedication and sacrifice to ongoing
professional development will no doubt see
them become future industry leaders.
AfMA’s achievements during the past 12 months
is a credit to the leadership of AfMA’s board
and I’d like to thank them for their contribution