Manpower Vision Series

Tuesday 10th June 2008

People, Participation and Productivity

Insights on the Outlook of the Australian Labour Market

Manpower and the National Press Club welcomes you to join host Scott McLachlan and chair Ken Randall, for the second Manpower Vision Series luncheon of 2008.

In conjunction with the release of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, industry thought leaders from Access Economics, The Melbourne Institute and Manpower will share insights on the Australian labour market, the economy and social implications for the next three to six months. We will also look at the recent Budget announcement and the impacts this may have on the Australian labour market.

The Manpower Vision Series focuses on three pillars of economic growth; people, participation and productivity. So join us and discover how this invaluable information can benefit your organisation.

When:     Tuesday 10th June 2008                             
Time:      12.00pm to 2.00pm (Lunch served at 12.10pm)
Venue:    National Press Club
              16 National Circuit, Barton ACT
RSVP:     Monday 2nd June 2008

To register for this event please click here

Future anticipated topics in the Manpower Vision Series include: ‘Immigration’, ‘Addressing Australia's long-term unemployed’, ‘SME's impact on the economy’, ‘Environmental impacts’ and ‘Productivity in the workforce’. Mark these key dates in your diary today:

Tuesday September 9 and Tuesday December 9 2008.

Presenters			Host	Moderator
Chris Richardson	Guay Lim	Stephen Hinch	Scott McLachlan	Ken Randall
Access Economics	Melbourne Institute	Manpower	Manpower	National Press Club

CHRIS RICHARDSON
Director,
Access Economics

Prior to joining Access Economics in 1988, Chris worked at the Federal Treasury and heads Access Economics Macroeconomic Group and is one of Australia’s leading macroeconomists. Chris is also renowned for advising countries in the former Soviet Union and South America and he continues to provide economic insights via the Business Review Weekly ‘Fundamentals’ column.

GUAY LIM
Research Director of the Applied Macroeconomics Program,
Melbourne Institute

Guay Lim is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. She is the Research Director of the Applied Macroeconomics Program.  Prior to joining the Melbourne Institute, Guay was a member of the teaching Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, where she taught courses in Financial Econometrics and in International Monetary Economics.

Guay’s research is primarily in the area of quantitative macroeconomics with special interest in the design of time-series models for forecasting and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models for policy analysis. Her applied econometric papers cover a range of issues and have been published in a number of leading academic journals.

She has been a Visiting Research Scholar at the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. She has also been a co-organiser of the Melbourne Money and Finance Conference Series. She was the Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce from 2001 to 2006.

STEPHEN HINCH
General Manager, Marketing & Communications
Manpower

Stephen Hinch joined Manpower in 2006 and oversees marketing, market intelligence, research, public relations, corporate communications and brand management. Stephen pioneered the Manpower Market Insights Group (MMIG) to ensure its clients are kept up to date with market, industry and candidate insights.
Prior to joining Manpower, Stephen held senior executive roles with Mitchell Media Partners and Zenith Media in Australia. He was the Vice President for Group Sales and Marketing for Interep in Texas, USA, before moving to Australia in 1995. Stephen has an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.

SCOTT McLACHLAN
Managing Director
Manpower

Scott McLachlan was appointed Managing Director of global fortune 500 company Manpower for Australia and New Zealand in 2006. Scott oversees more than 80 operations across Australia and New Zealand which includes the Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arrangement between Manpower and the Australian Defence Force.
With a focus on ideas, innovation and solutions, Manpower Australia and New Zealand has improved its WIN rate from 23% in 2001 to 70% in 2006 and retained 100% of its Top 20 contracted clients and bettered its customer retention.
During Scott’s tenure as CFO/MD of Manpower, the average operating earnings has grown by 33% per annum. The development and execution of a clear and compelling three year plan to enter the property and business services industry with a new executive-level permanent recruitment offering has also shown 53% growth over the last two years.
Prior to joining Manpower, Scott enjoyed an 18-year career at DuPont and held various financial, general management, business improvement and line management roles both locally and internationally. Scott has a Bachelors Degree in Business Studies from the University of Technology Sydney and is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

KEN RANDALL
President
National Press Club of Australia

Ken has been a member of the NPC Board since 1975 and President since 1991. Ken was a television presenter specialising in political issues and current affairs (ABC) and currently moderates the weekly National Australia Bank Address.  He publishes a newsletter dealing with Pacific region issues and was awarded an OAM in 1997 for services in public affairs, largely due to his years of dedicated service to the National Press Club of Australia.