We have experienced and talented staff with Association Offices:
TONY STEVEN
(Managing Director)
Tony
Steven is the founder of “Association Offices” a business he started in 1998, it provides secretariat services to a number of associations.
Tony
is experienced in both Association Management and small business having been
State Director of a political party for over 3 years and Manager of a health and
fitness club along with being involved with many other organisations.
ROBERT
MALLETT (Senior Manager)
Robert Mallet has a long history in customer
service having run his own sports goods store in Hobart for many years. Since
then he has worked in the Office of Post Compulsory Education and Training within the State Service providing him with valuable experience in the training system.
He then moved on to the role of Executive Officer
of the TAS WRAPS ITAB (Wholesale, Retail and Personal Services, Industry Training
Advisory Board) which gave Robert experience in both association management and
the training system in Australia.
He now runs his own business from the office of
Association Offices called "The FRONT Man", MC and host, training
advisor and meeting facilitator.
Robert is a Client Manager for Association
Offices and
looks after several of our associations including the Hairdressing Federation of
Tasmania and the Baking Industry Association of Tasmania among others. He is
also the spokesperson for the National Independent Retailers Association (NIRA).
LORRAINE BENNETT (Client Manager)
Lorraine Bennett has been with
Association Offices since November 2004 taking on the Retail Traders’
Association as client manager. Lorraine owns her own small business in personnel
recruitment using her 14 years experience. This gives her real empathy with
small business, industrial relations and human resource management issues.
Her skills will assist
retailers and other small business clients in many management areas, such as
payroll and management counselling.
Lorraine is a member of the
Rotary Club of Glenorchy; she is married with 3 children and 4 grand children
and has a commitment to excellent customer service.
JONATHAN BRAKE (Client Manager)
Jonathan Brake has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Population
Studies as well as a Master of Advertising and Public Relations. Jonathan is a marketing and business development specialist starting his career in large
corporate organisations including Southern Pacific Hotels and Fuji Xerox.
Jonathan is owner and Managing Director of Momentum:tmc, a marketing and design agency
focused on delivering services to SME's and not for profit organisations. Jonathan is Managing the Canberra Office and assisting
Association Offices with the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) by organising events, representation at the many forums
committees and meetings the council is involved with, and administration.
FIONA TUXEN (Administration Manager)
Fiona started with Association
Offices in 2005 and has brought a wealth of administrative experience and
knowledge with her. She is expert in MYOB and accounting procedures
developing ever more efficient procedures for all of our clients. End of year
audits and renewals are always a problem for the Treasurer and committees
however all of this can be over come with Fiona's experience and level headed
approach to the job.
HELEN STEVEN (Event Co-ordinator)
Helen Steven is in charge of
event management at Association Offices, after many years working in convention
management with Sheraton she has now taken on the IPAA National Conference and
has run several industry weeks and events.
HANNAH TREWARTHA (Administration Officer)
Hannah Trewartha joined the Canberra office of
Association Offices in November 2005. She loves working with people and is
looking forward to developing her skills during her apprenticeship in
administration. She has recently finished a Bachelor in Music at the Australian
National University in Canberra in performance on tenor Trombone.
RACHEL HARROD (Receptionist and Trainee)
Rachel joined Association
Offices in 2005 as a trainee and has proven to be a real asset in
administration. As well as assisting Fiona Tuxen in most areas, and has a major
role with the Network Property Group. Rachel provides a
continuity between the client managers and is an excellent front face for the
company at reception.
