Electrical Contractors Association Council
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Richard Flanagan - PresidentRichard Flanagan is the founding shareholder and Managing Director of Richard Flanagan and Company Pty Ltd which employs 182 permanent persons including 24 apprentices.He is a member of various groups including the Advisory Committee on Industrial Requirements for Gold Coast TAFE, Director of CIRT, Director of JETCO, past Chairman Regional Vocational Education and Training Roundtable and Advisor to QUSITAB, and, Councillor for the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE. |
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Geoff Baldwin - Immediate Past PresidentGeoff Baldwin has been contracting since 1975 and in that same year he established Tamborine Mountain Electrical and Tamborine Mountain Refrigeration. He has also been a member of ECA since 1975 and has served on the ECA Board for more than nine years.Geoff currently holds an electrical contractors licence and an electrical fitter/mechanic licence. In 1989 he purchased Canungra Retravision and established Combyte Technologies in 2000. He is also a member of the AICD. |
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Tony Divertie - Senior Vice PresidentAn ECA member for 12 years, Tony Divertie owns and operates EcoLec which services residential, commercial and electrical clients in Townsville and surrounding areas. Tony is an enthusiastic member of the Council after having been an ECA Townsville branch delegate for the past eight years.Tony has also played a key role in the opening of ECA's North Queensland Office in Townsville. |
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Vince Whelan - Junior Vice PresidentVince Whelan is the owner/operator of a medium sized specialist electrical contracting business on the Sunshine Coast. His business is essentially water and waste water engineering, designs and constructs municipal pumping stations and switchboards and industrial maintenance. Vince has been in the electrical industry for 29 years.As Sunshine Coast Branch Coordinator and with a Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Vince is well qualified to serve the members of Queensland on the Board of ECA. |
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Steve Downey - TreasurerSteve Downey became an electrical contractor in 1983 and joined ECA in 1987.With formal qualifications as an Electrical Contractor and an Electrical fitter / mechanic, Steve has also completed an Associate Diploma in Electrical Engineering and is an Accredited Hazardous Areas Installation Auditor. |
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Tony Arnold - CouncillorHaving grown up in the Electrical Industry, Tony Arnold has seen firsthand the everyday issues which impact on electrical contracting businesses. It is this experience that has led to Tony to his position on the ECA council.Tony's second generation family business has grown consistently with the many and varied ups and downs of the past decades. He has been witness to the many changes which have occurred within the association and its membership base. In his role of Councillor, Tony wishes to give back to the electrical industry which has provided him with invaluable working relationships and friendships. |
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William (Bill) Bartley - CouncillorBill is currently the Managing Director of CEQ Electrical, which employs a staff of 70, concentrating on medium sized commercial and industrial projects throughout Queensland. Bill has been actively involved in the Queensland Electrical Contracting Industry since 1969, when he started his apprenticeship with Kennedy & Middleton.He has held senior positions as General Manager of John Goss Projects and joint Managing Director of Logan City Electrical. Bill has attained certificates in Contract Law, Contract Administration, Management Practices and Team Building. |
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Ian Kennedy - CouncillorIan Kennedy has been working in the electrical industry his entire career. He has worked for the likes of SEQEB (now Energex), mines in Pilbara and Northern Queensland as well as engineering firms in Brisbane. In 2007, he took over Whiteford Electrical and has been contracting for four years.Ian is a part of the ECA Council to ensure members get value for money from the services provided. He also wants to ensure that all contractors are profitable by education in financial systems. |
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Chris Lehmann - CouncillorChris Lehmann manages six staff as Director of Tradesmen on Time which specialises in renovations and small scale commercial service work. He has held various across the industry with experience in mining, printing, manufacturing, cold storage and instrumentation.Chris is passionate about representing the interests of smaller electrical contracting firms with a particular emphasis on encouraging and mentoring young people to enter the electrical trade. |
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Tammy Stanton - CouncillorTammy is a co-director of Beltec Electrical which has held ECA membership for over six years. Since Beltec Electrical’s inception in 2003, Tammy sees firsthand the issues and challenges facing the electrical contracting industry.She holds a Degree in Information Technology with post graduate qualifications in project management and training and assessment. Tammy’s extensive industry experience in addition to being the first female ever elected, allows her to bring a distinct perspective to the ECA Council. |
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