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South Australian Division Breakfast and Credit Symposium 21st September 2017 National Partners Nick Xenophon Nick Xenophon is the founder and leader of Nick Xenophon Team. Nick first entered parliament in 1997, when he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council as an independent on a no-pokies platform. He ran for and was elected to the Australian Senate in 2007 and was re-elected to the Senate in the September 2013 federal election. Nick is a passionate advocate and watchdog for South Australia’s interests. He has pushed for many reforms that benefit not only South Australians, but all Australians - including pokies, water, food labelling, manufacturing, education and healthcare. About Me Before I became involved in politics, I was running a small suburban legal practice in Adelaide. (So I guess as a lawyer - turned politician - I belong to not one, but two of the most hated occupations in the country!) In the mid-1990s I began to see client after client whose lives had been damaged in some way by the introduction of poker machines into pubs and clubs. At the time hardly anyone was talking about the harm caused by pokies in our community and I just thought, ‘enough is enough'. I stood for the SA upper house in the 1997 State election on a ‘No Pokies’ platform and surprised everyone (especially myself) when I was elected. Re-elected in 2006 to State Parliament, I decided to run federally for the Senate in the 2007 election because I believed I could do more for SA on a whole range of issues. Since starting in the Senate in July 2008, I have fought on key issues for SA - pokies, online gambling, water security, food labelling, education, health, aged care, cost of living pressures and a whole lot more. I believe the most important part of my job is speaking up for people who might not otherwise have a voice. I guess how I feel about what I do is summed up in the last line of my first speech in the Senate: “I would rather go down fighting, than still be standing because I stayed silent.” [email protected] (08) 8232 114 South Australian Division Breakfast and Credit Symposium 21st September 2017 National Partners Alice Carter, Associate B. LLB/LP, Int Stud, MICM, CCE 08 8236 7626 [email protected] Areas of Practice Commercial litigation Dispute resolution Insolvency and restructuring Debt recovery and credit management Alice practices predominantly in the firm’s insolvency and debt recovery team. Alice was recognised as the Australian Institute of Credit Management’s Young Credit Professional of the Year for South Australia in 2017. She has a busy debt collection practice and focuses on providing local and national clients with exceptional service levels by ensuring she understands their business to deliver strategic commercial advice and outcomes. Alice understands that debt collection must not only be efficient and cost effective, but must always consider insolvency consequences. Alice has been central to in representing creditors in resolving and/or defending unfair preference claims, acted for individuals in respect of bankruptcy, and provided advice in respect of the Personal Properties Security Act. Alice appears in all Court jurisdictions for debt collection, personal and corporate insolvency matters. Memberships/Committees . The Law Society of South Australia . Australian Institute of Credit Management . Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA) . winSA (Women’s Insolvency Network South Australia) Committee Member . Certified Credit Executive South Australian Division Breakfast and Credit Symposium 21st September 2017 National Partners Matthew Ormsby t +618 8233 9900 e [email protected] w www.briferrier.com.au Experience Matthew is a manager within BRI Ferrier’s Adelaide office and has been working with BRI Ferrier for a period in excess of 9 years. During that time, Matthew has been involved with all types of corporate and personal insolvency administrations, including Voluntary Administrations, Receiverships, Liquidations and Bankruptcy. Matthew has assisted with many voluntary administrations, a large number of which resulted in the business continuing in operation, either through a restructure or sale on a going concern basis. Matthew has particular experience in: - Managing the trading of transport entities; - Assisting the restructure of a large civil construction entity; - Unwinding a tangled web of loans, counter interests and complex ownership structures in the pharmaceutical industry; - Investigating director and shadow director misconduct in the allied health industry Qualifications and Memberships Member, Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Bachelor of Commerce Member and current Board Member, Women’s Insolvency Network South Australia Justice of the Peace for South Australia Matth South Australian Division Breakfast and Credit Symposium 21st September 2017 National Partners Kerry Clark Kerry is a barrister practising from Murray Chambers in Adelaide (08 8110 9100) and Magayamirr Chambers in Darwin. She accepts briefs in all areas except Criminal and Family Law - children’s issues, but has a focus on commercial matters, including contract, professional negligence, competition and construction disputes. Kerry also appears regularly in employment and defamation matters. Prior to joining the independent Bar in February 2008, Kerry was an Associate at law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery practising in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on energy & resources and regulatory reviews. Kerry also spent a year as the Associate to Justice Bleby in the Supreme Court of South Australia. Kerry holds an Honours degree of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and Bachelor of International Studies, both from Flinders University, and was admitted to practice in August 2004. She has been actively involved in a wide variety of professional bodies (see list below), and has a particular interest in access to justice, being involved in the establishment of two important not-for- profit organisations, the Refugee Advocacy Service of SA and JusticeNet. The latter arranges pro bono lawyers for those who are ineligible for Legal Aid but cannot afford a private lawyer, and has grown to include services for people representing themselves in the Supreme, District, Federal and Federal Circuit Courts. * South Australian Bar Association 2008 – Present, Member of Bar Council 2011- 2014 * Victorian Bar 2010 – Present * Northern Territory Bar Association 2012 – Present * JusticeNet SA Inc 2009 – Present, Board Member, Vice President * Board of Examiners 2015 – present * Board of Lawguard 2016 - present * Equalising Opportunity in the Law committee of the Law Council of Australia 2011-2014 * Law Society Young Lawyers Support Panel 2012 - present * University of Adelaide Advocacy & Justice Unit, Board Member 2012-Present * Law Society of South Australia 2002 – 2012, 2015 - present * Law Society Human Rights Committee 2005 – 2011 * Law Society Women Lawyers Committee 2005 – 2012, Chair 2007-2011 * Women Lawyers Association of South Australia 2003 – Present, (President 2007-2011) * Australian Women Lawyers, Board Member 2008-2010, Vice President 2010 * International Women’s Insolvency & Reconstruction Confederation 2010 - Present * Don Dunstan Foundation 2003 – Present * UN Women 2008 – Present .