Two leading businessman have been appointed to the Board of Hunter Valley Training Company (HVTC).
Founding chairman The Hon Milton Morris AO today announced the appointments of Centennial Coal non-executive chairman Robert (Bob) Cameron and Richard Owens OAM. Mr Morris said the two men will be an asset to the company, bringing considerable business experience.
The two men join Robert (Bob) Puffett AM as the Board’s new recruits for this year. Mr Puffett attended his first Board meeting in February.
Mr Owens is chairman of Family Business Australia, vice president of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and a member of the Boards of Opera Australia and Hunter Valley Research Foundation.
Mr Cameron retired as managing director of Centennial Coal on June 30 but has assumed the role of non executive chairman of that company. Mr Cameron is past chairman of the NSW Minerals Council, a director of both Port Kembla Coal Terminal and Mining Education Australia as well as a member of the NSW Clean Coal Council.
Mr Puffett is a former assistant director-general (TAFE) for the NSW Department of Education and Training. He started his working career as an apprentice plumber, before teaching the trade at TAFE. He rose to become director of the Sydney Institute of Technology. The Central Coast based grandfather is also a former chairman and current ambassador of Worldskills Australia. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 for his contribution to technical education.
“HVTC has achieved so much in its 30 years but, particularly with additional appointments of this calibre to our Board, I am very confident that the best is yet to be,” Mr Morris said.
HVTC is a not for profit company and all directors volunteer their time. The other members of the nine member Board are Peter McPherson, Tony Dirchze, Doug Wright AM, Kay Sharp AM, and Michael Shiels.
Maitland based HVTC is Australia’s oldest and largest group training company and is this year celebrating 30 years of operation. It has 12 offices in NSW and Queensland as well as two registered training organisations, one in Maitland and one in Sydney.