And the winner
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the back page
'Corporate Deal of the Year'
From left to right: Mike O'Connell, chief manager trade finance, Alex Morris, senior
credit analyst, Cor Broekhyuse, Michael Lees, director structured finance, tan
Gibbs, director structured finance
Year's end is always a
time for both reflection
and celebration - and our
offices in Australia and New
Zealand are fully taking
part in the spirit of the sea-
son. In late November, sev-
eral members of staff have
been honoured for excep-
tional work in 2000.
Among the winners are:
'Employee of the Year' -
Anne-Marie Hartley, opera-
tions manager, New
Zealand, for her role in co-
ordinating New Zealand's Dehit card;
'Team of the Year' - Early Access Dairy
Facility (EADF) - Deal Team members:
Lyndall Dixon, chief manager retail
'Employee of the Year'
Anne-Marie Hartley
operations manager,
Wellington, New Zealand
business; support from Ian
Charlton, state manager
Victoria; Georgiena Scott,
legal Sydney; Phil Stretten,
state manager corporate;
Victoria and Veronica
White, director structured
finance Sydney;
'Corporate Deal of the Year' -
restructuring of long term funding for
QI.D Cotton. The joint corporate banking
and corporate finance deal team consisted
of: Geoff Cox, ac
count manager;
Michael Lees, di
rector structured
finance; Ian Gibbs,
director structured
finance; Alex
Morris, senior
credit analyst; Mike O'Connell, chief
manager trade finance; and Tony
O'Connor, state manager corporate bank
ing, QI.D;
'Rural Deal of the Year' - Gambamora
Industries Pty Limited - led by Barry
McNamara senior manager rural,
Brisbane with support from Bob Ole na-
tional manager retail credit, Sydney.
Additional tribute was given to staff mem
bers who have offered more than 10 years
of service to RI in the region.
Cor Broekhuyse, Australia Group's CEO,
congratulated all departments, saying,
'While 2000 has been a very challenging
year due to agricultural obstacles such as
drought and flood and commercial trou-
bles in the corporate area, we've overcome
the obstacles thanks to the dedication and
hard work of our staff.'
'Rural Deal of the Year'
From left, Bob Ole, senior credit manager, Sydney,
Cor Broekhuyse, and Barry McNamarra, senior manager rural
Brisbane
'Team of the Year' (pictured right)
From left: Veronica White, structured finance Sydney,
Georgiena Scott, legal Sydney, Lyndall Dixon retail business
support Sydney and Ian Charlton, VIC/Tas state manager,
Melbourne