Articles and Speeches by
Tony Steven
Tony is available for speaking engagements on Small Business and Not for Profit issues.
A Profile:
As managing Director of Association Offices, an association management company, Tony has acted as the CEO of Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Ltd. (COSBOA), He is regularly in touch with many at Parliament House and Government generally. Tony has the ability to speak on a range of matters of concern to small business and the not for profit sector. As past President and National Spokesperson of the National Independent Retailers Association (NIRA) Tony has a strong belief in the worth of small business in our community. Reward for effort and the spirit of fair and free enterprise drives him to fight for the preservation of this way of life in Australia.
Tony is experienced in both association management in the not for profit sector and small business having been Executive Director of the Retail Traders Association of Tasmania for over 6 years and Manager several other associations, he is also building his own company Association Offices Pty Ltd.
Tony holds a Diploma of Business Management from TAFE Tasmania and is Managing Director of Association Offices an association management company.
Issues such as red tape, IR reform, government relations with small business, training, compliance and standards are all important to associations and small business and affect owners at the coal face and their bottom line. Tony is always looking to communicate with networks of people to ensure their message makes it to the highest levels of Government.
Tony was also educated at Brisbane Grammar, Taroona High and Hobart Matriculation College. |