Online Meeting with John Phillips OAM, Executive Director KESAB (Keep SA Beautiful)!

“Waste to Resources by creating a Circular Economy” 

South Australia’s Strategy to foster an environment in which local businesses thrive, investors are attracted and jobs are created through minimal waste and pollution, and maximum resource recovery.

John Phillips is Executive Director KESAB (Keep SA Beautiful). He is one of Australia’s most respected leaders in environmental project management and service delivery working with Government Corporate and Community organisations. He has a practical understanding and experience of social enterprise projects in remote aboriginal communities and in India, Indonesia and Mongolia.

John was awarded the Order of Australia in 2000 for his work in the environment. Through his stewardship KESAB won the United Nations Association of Australia Sustainability Education Award in 2015. John was also National President Apex Australia 1986 and became Life Governor of Apex in 1988.

Join us at 1pm by going to the following link…

https://zoom.us/j/603172155?pwd=MHVvZWtFM1UwT3dyUWZwUUtiZmtpdz09

Meeting ID: 603 172 155 Password: 033653

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Some hints are in the handy “etiquette”document.

See you online at 1pm.

Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Late News…Travel Leader to meet online with Adelaide Rotary!

Leading travel identity and leader Phil Hoffman AM is our guest this week when we again meet online.

Who is better placed than Phil to provide a unique insight into the current global situation. Just a few months ago Phil spoke at LikeMinds about starting a business in tough times. COVID19 has rocked and shocked the world and Phil is still leading and planning for the inevitable recovery. Right now he and his seasoned team are still helping bring people home.
Phil will also provide some insights into our domestic airlines, cruises and of course take your questions.

Join us at 1pm by going to the following link…

https://zoom.us/j/603172155?pwd=MHVvZWtFM1UwT3dyUWZwUUtiZmtpdz09

Meeting ID: 603 172 155 Password: 033653

If you have any guests coming online please let us know with an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Some hints are in the handy “etiquette”document.

See you online, this Wednesday at 1pm.

Our regular meetings on hold for at least the next 4 weeks.
So, we will not have a meeting on Wednesday 18 & 25 March and Wednesday 1 & 8 April, 2020.

We will advise more as soon as we have further information.

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Guest Speaker: Phil Hoffmann AM

 Topic: Travel Update For Uncertain Times.

Phil Hoffmann has an unbiased global vision for the travel and tourism industry.  A proud South Australian who travels the world as an unofficial ambassador flying the flag for both South Australian and Australian tourism, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for his contribution to the Travel and Tourism Industries.

Phil has pioneered, managed and developed tourism in SA and Australia, and indeed has weathered some stormy travel seas since he started in 1990.

Who better to provide an inisght to current travel issues that our own member, Phil Hoffmann AM!

Please note the venue - Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Our regular meetings on hold for at least the next 4 weeks.
So, we will not have a meeting on Wednesday 18 & 25 March and Wednesday 1 & 8 April, 2020.

We will advise more as soon as we have further information.

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Gil Langley Room, Level 4, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Guest Speakers: 

Albert Bensimon OAM and Toby Bensimon

Topic: Generational Change in a Family Business

The Bensimon name is synonmous with things that sparkle in Adelaide!

Albert has been a member of our Club since 1993. He is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, patron and supporter of the arts and a true character!

Toby is the Managing Director of Shiels Jewellers the largest online jewellery retailer in Australia and operates a network of retail locations across SA, WA numbering over 40 stores. Toby is also the co-founder of Podpac, Australia’s largest manufacturer of coffee capsules.

This will be an entertaining and infomative lunch!

Please note the venue - Gil Langley Room, Level 4, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide 

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

To Celebrate International Women's Day...

 Come and hear from our Guest Speaker:

Captain Georgina Sutton FRAeS

QANTAS Captain Georgina Sutton is the Boeing B787 Dreamliner Base Operations Manager, Sydney International Airport.

A position she has held for some 2 years, in addition to being a QANTAS B787 Check and Training Captain.

Georgina first commanded the Dreamliner in 2015, at which time she was promoted to be the Chief Pilot and Head of Flying Operations for Jetstar Australia and New Zealand, the highest position ever held by a female in a major Australian airline.

Aviation has been in Georgina’s blood ever since she went for her first flight in a vintage ES 49 glider in 1977 at Blanchetown on the River Murray in South Australia.

She followed a career in commercial aviation from 1985, firstly with the smaller regional airlines in South and Western Australia, and then from 1989 with QANTAS and its associated airlines, Australian Airlines and Jetstar, flying initially as a 2^nd officer in the B747 Jumbo jet.

She became B767 Captain in 2001 and the QANTAS B767 Fleet Captain in 2013. In addition to her flying duties, Captain Sutton was an accredited Air Accident Investigator for 10 years from 2001. In 2016, she was admitted as a fellow in the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Georgina is an inspirational leader and daughter of Rotarian Peter Sutton of our Club. A perfect choice to speak at Rotary Adelaide’s International Women’s Day lunch.

 Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

 Guest Speaker: Dr. Amal Randhir Karunaratna

 Topic: The work of Rotary Adelaide in Sri Lanka with Rotary Kandy

Amal is Rotarian at the Rotary Club of Kandy and has been committed to project managing the installation and oversight of water filtration plants and tube wells in areas in Sri Lanka that are highly affected by chronic kidney disease. Funding and support for the filtration plants have been provided by the Rotary Club of Adelaide with District Grants.

Amal was initially trained in Science at Flinders University and obtained an Honours degree in Biochemistry. Later he completed an MBA at the University of Adelaide which was followed by a Masters degree in Commerce at Bond University in Marketing. He completed his PhD at Sydney University. His PhD was in international business where he developed and tested a mathematical model of the exporter-import channel intermediary relationship.

Previously; he was Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Business at the School of Business Senior at the University of Adelaide, Senior Lecturer at the then School of Commerce and Marketing Discipline Head at the Adelaide Graduate School of Business, University of Adelaide, Lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland and Post Graduate Fellow at Bond University. He has been a visiting faculty member at the AGSM University of NSW, then known as Monash Mt. Eliza Business School and the Graduate School of Business at Sydney University. He retired from his academic role in 2015.

Amal has expertise in qualitative and quantitative research, statistical analysis and has carried out consultancies in retailing operations, business planning for technology commercialisation and presented executive development courses.

Please note the venue - Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Comfort Inn Regal Park, 44 Barton Terrace East, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Guest Speaker: Dr Peter Heysen

Topic: The Cedars - Preserving History

Dr Peter Heysen is the eldest grandson of Hans Heysen.

His extensive medical career includes; General Practitioner, Clinical Lecturer - Flinders University and University of Adelaide, Founder and first principal of Adelaide’s first multidisciplinary  Medical Clinic, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Editor of Royal Australian College of General Practice (SA Branch) Chairman of National practice management Committee, Member of Medical Tribunal for eight years, Chairman of Medic Alert ( Australia) for five years, Board member for 25 years.

He has also been involved in farming; potatoes, sheep and cattle in South East in partnership with brother Tim.

His community service includes; St John Ambulance for 42 years, Rotary Club of Glenelg for 45 years and Elected Member Holdfast Bay Council for 4 years.

Now fully retired Peter’s passion as the eldest son of David, who was eldest son of Hans Heysen, is in establishing a lasting legacy to the Heysen name at the Cedars near Hahndorf.

As Founder of the Nora Heysen Foundation and later Founder of the Hans Heysen Foundation and now a Director, Peter is focussed on ensuring that the Heysen contribution to art and culture is remembered for future generations of Australians.

 Please note the venue - Comfort Inn Regal Park, 44 Barton Terrace East, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30.  

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Guest Speaker: Stuart Maunder AM

Artistic Director State Opera SA

Topic: Without a Song

For the last thirty six years Stuart has been directing musical theatre and opera in Australia. He joined The Australian Opera as Stage Manager in 1978, becoming a Resident Director in 1981. In 1992 he joined The Royal Opera (UK) as a Staff Director whilst continuing to direct in Australia, regional UK, France and the USA.

In 1999 Stuart was appointed Artistic Administrator of Opera Australia, becoming Executive Producer 2004 - 2008 . His OA productions include Tales of Hoffmann, Manon, Gypsy Princess, Don Pasquale, My Fair Lady and A Little Night Music. His Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance have been televised nationally on ABC TV.

Music Theatre productions include Australian tours of Dusty – The original Pop Diva and Shout!, Melinda Schneider’s Doris, Dirty Blonde for Darlinghurst Theatre, Little Women for Kookaburra and My Favourite Year, On the Twentieth Century and It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane ,It’s Superman for Neglected Musicals. Stuart also directed Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber which toured Australasia and Asia in 2012. Most recently he directed the 70th Birthday Concert for Andrew Lloyd Webber and the first concert versions of Phantom of the Opera in Seoul, Korea.

Recent Australian productions have included Cunning Little Vixen, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera) and Macbeth, Cunning Little Vixen, Tosca, Rigoletto, Pearl Fishers, La boheme (West Australian Opera).

From 2014 to 2018 Stuart was General Director of New Zealand Opera where he has directed Candide, Tosca, Sweeney Todd and The Mikado.

Stuart is Artistic Director of State Opera of South Australia.

  Please note the venue - Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30.  

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm! 

Guest Speaker: Adam Hannon Cox Architects

Topic: The Inside Story of the Design of Adelaide Oval.

Adam was the Lead Architect for the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, and in this presentation we will go behind the scenes, looking at the past, present and future of this much loved venue.  He will provide insight into the design of the famous pavilions, the importance of maintaining a heritage connection and the Oval’s role in shaping the city Adelaide is becoming.  He will also discuss COX Adelaide’s role in setting the standard for sympathetic development in the Parkland with reference to recent projects.

 Please note the venue - Suite One, Level 3, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Suite One, Adelaide Oval Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30.  

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Photo credit: Lee Knowles at The Headshot Creative

Guest Speaker: Heather Croall, CEO Adelaide Fringe Festival

Topic: The Adelaide Fringe – 60th year

Join us to hear from Heather Croall as she shares the wonder of this year’s Adelaide Fringe

Heather first worked at The Adelaide Fringe running events and venues from 1992– 2002, spent a decade interstate and overseas running festivals and events and took up the position of CEO at the Adelaide Fringe in 2015.

Heather is known as a visionary in the creative sector who delivers innovative festival programs, new audiences and organisational growth.

 Please note the venue - Suite One, Adelaide Oval Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide