Young Business Achievers

NBAA 2011 Nominees:

NBAA December 2011 Nominees:

Tegan Martin, Mercy Health (Banyule City Council Nominee)

Tegan has completed her Certificate III in Allied Health whilst undertaking her VCAL Studies at The Pavilion. With the support of the Banyule Nillumbik Workplace Learning Program, Tegan participated in several Structured Workplace Learning Placements with various departments within the Mercy Hospital. Tegan's enthusiasm and competency generated a positive response from staff at the Mercy Hospital and their patients. As a result of her successful placements, Tegan has been offered ongoing work with the Mercy Hospital.

NBAA September 2011 Nominees:

Lena Lim, Combo (City of Yarra Nominee)

Lena has completed her traineeship with Combo and a Certificate 3 in Business. Lena is now a fully fledged Accounts Assistant and is a fantastic addition to the team at Combo. She has learned on the job and developed to be a contributor to the success of the company.

Romina Castellan, City of Darebin (City of Darebin Nominee)

Romina commenced her employment at Darebin Council in the Aged & Disability Services Department through the East Reservoir Neighbourhood Renewal initiative of Council to deliver pathways to employment.

Romina's initiative and strategic thinking skills have greatly contributed to streamlining access to resources and buses for our older adult community. Her attention to detail and lateral thinking skills have greatly contributed to the effective budget and asset management functions of the unit.

NBAA June 2011 Nominees:

Owen McCrink, Continental, (City of Whittlesea Nominee)

Owen has been working with Continental since 2009 starting as a student engineer. During 2010 he graduated with his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering at RMIT University whilst working as a full time employee of Continental. After completing his degree, he was offered the position of a manufacturing engineer within the company.

Owen has a strong work ethic and is an excellent team player who is dedicated towards acheiving his goals. He looks forward to successfully launching new projects and becoming a respected employee at Continential while aiming for more senior roles within the company in the future.

Alicia Vengust, Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club (Nillumbik Shire Council Nominee)

Alicia has worked tirelessly for the Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club over a number of years. Starting within the basketball club's own 'Administration Program' as a teenager. Alicia has developed into one of the club's and area's most outstanding young sports administrators.

Alicia became involved with the Club while in year 8, initially as a player, progressing through to become a senior referee, administrator and statistician within the club.

Despite balancing her university studies along with ongoing employment, Alicia can still be found working many nights a week at the Eltham Basketball Club administrating the operations of many of the club's competitions.

NBAA March 2011 Nominees:

Sarah Catanese, Mantra Tullamarine Hotel (Hume City Council Nominee)

Sarah's role is to assist the Restaurant and Bar Manager with managing the restaurant, room service and conferencing departments across various meal periods. Sarah is always warm and friendly with guests and prepared to go above and beyond to exceed guests' expectations. Her initiative, willingness to learn and strong focus on team work has led to greater successes within the food and beverage realm of the hotel's operations.

Anisa Ismail, Emaan (Moreland City Council Nominee)

Anisa is the daughter of the founder of Emaan which is a retailer specialising in the provision of Islamic wear to both the local Islamic population as well as the provision of modest clothing for ex-pat Australians working in the middle east. Anisa has been instrumental in developing an online shopping presence for the business and assisting her mum in moving the business into the 21st Century and the online age.

NBAA 2010 Nominees:

NBAA December 2010 Nominee:

Kate Gurney, Northern Bullants Football Club (City of Darebin Nominee)

Kate is the Marketing and Sponsorship Manager at the Northern Bullants Football Club and has been with the club since February this year. Kate completed a business degree at Latrobe University in 2009.

NBAA September 2010 Nominees:

Gerard Weeks, Sutton Tools (City of Whittlesea Recipient)

Gerard has been with Sutton Tools since July 2007, after completing a Certificate 2 in Engineering Studies. He has a passion and commitment to the manufacturing industry.

Lorcan Shin-Yew Kan, Charcoal Lane (City of Yarra Recipient)

Lorcan is the Commis Chef at Charcoal Lane and is considered an outstanding employee. Lorcan was awarded the Les Toques Blanches Award for Excellence 2009.

NBAA June 2010 Nominees:

Matthew Barnes, MODEC (Moreland City Council Recipient)

Matthew is a second year electrical mechanic apprentice. He has an excellent work ethic, is blitzing his trade school results, and has a great attitude towards his work.

Sasha Berkefeld, (Shire of Nillumbik Recipient)

Sasha is an Organisational Development Assistant. She started at Nillumbik Shire Council as an apprentice and was involved with the bushfire recovery effort last year.

NBAA March 2010 Nominees:

Tim Martin, Trent Refrigeration (City of Banyule Recipient)

Tim is a fully qualified Refrigeration Mechanic and is an active young business person who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in his industry. Last year Tim received an apprentice of the year award from the Ivanhoe Rotary Club. Tim is also involved in the Victorian Governments Careers in Manufacturing Program, as a young industry ambassador.

Ashour Denkha, Toll in2store (Hume City Council Recipient)

Ashour is responsible for the operation of a 25,000sqm distribution facility. He has shown his commitment to the company time and time again through his work ethic. He has taken up a number of challenging roles in order to further his career and learning's in the business environment, and has always delivered a positive outcome as a result.

NBAA 2009 Nominees:

NBAA December 2009 Nominee :: Veronica Angotti, Make-A-Wish Foundation (City of Yarra)

Veronica is the Administrator, Fundraising & Development for Victoria and Tasmania at the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

She is 24 years old and has been working at the Make-A-Wish Foundation for 18 months.

Veronica's primary role includes:

* To provide office administration and campaign support to the State Manager and State Co-ordinator

* To be the first point of contact for the State Office as Receptionist

* To support Make-A-Wish Australia's approved external events within VIC/TAS

Veronica is a pleasure to have around the office. She gets along with everyone, she is always smiling, and has a real enthusiasm and passion for Make-A-Wish Australia.
NBAA October 2009 Nominee :: Nicholas Collins, Electromold (City of Whittlesea)

Nick has been with Electromold for over 18 months as a member of Electromold's Nickel plating team. Nick has demonstrated that he is very hard working, loyal and willing to learn to trade that no longer exists within Australia.

The profession of Nickel plating is highly specialised and during Nick's time with Electromold, he has quickly picked up the skills required to run the Nickel line on his own when his supervisor has been on leave or given tasks to process on his own. Nick has demonstrated a strong commitment and passion to the role he fills and has made a significant contribution to the overall running of the Nickel line.

Through his annual performance appraisal Nick has stated that one of his major goals is to learn the trade of Nickel plating and Electromold will facilitate this through on the job and formal training.

Nick's contribution is vital to the company as the Nickel line is the main stay of the business at this point in time. Electromold believes Nick has completed a solid 18 months of work and has placed himself as a valued member of the team with strong career opportunities.
NBAA August 2009 Nominee :: Robert Johnstone, Urbaneco Australia (Shire of Nillumbik)

Robert has been a great asset within Urbaneco's business, he has shown quick progression through is Horticulture apprenticeship and shows experience beyond his years. Urbaneco Australia has been nominated for the Vic small business training awards and Robert was a valuable and integral part of this nomination and presentation to the judging panel (results will be announced in August 2009). Robert has a great natural ability to motivate others around him and works well within a team. He has natural management ability and is able to organise his own daily program.

Robert has made an active change from a Parks and Gardens apprenticeship to follow his passion for landscaping. Robert also hopes to run his own landscape business in the future so that he can continue to create his own special outdoor spaces.
NBAA July 2009 Nominee :: Monique Kaucic, Brunswick Business Incubator (BBI) (Moreland City Council)

Monique is 22 years old and has been working at the BBI since January 2007. In that time she has completed a traineeship and now has a Certificate 3 in Business Administration. Her role, as Receptionist, is very important as she is the first point of contact for most visitors and potential tenants. She has excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with a diverse range of clients and customers. She has an outstanding attitude to work and has demonstrated a willingness to take on additional responsibilities. Monique is an important member of the BBI team and a very enthusiastic and reliable staff member.
NBAA May 2009 Nominee :: Suzannah Jones, RSP Automotive and Industrial (Hume City Council)

Suzannah started with the company as a trainee Automotive Spare Parts sales person at a small retail store in Bayswater. Early in 2008 Suzannah was promoted to the branch 2IC. Following that Suzannah showed great potential as a manager and later in the year was offered the 2IC position at the Roxburgh Park store, which is a large and highly regarded store in the Auto One group.
NBAA March 2009 Nominee :: Chris Bott, Banyule City Council (Banyule City Council)

Chris has been working with Banyule City Council for 3½ years he started at the council as a school based apprentice. Chris attended Banksia Secondary College and has just completed a Certificate 3 in Horticulture – plants and gardens at NMIT, Fairfield.
NBAA October 2008 Nominee :: Jenny Lee, Autoliv (City of Darebin)

Jenny and her family have been living in the City of Darebin for over 22 years. Jenny is currently taking a year off from studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to work at Autoliv as a Student Engineer in the Airbag lab - testing airbags.

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1st March 2012

Next Breakfast

Thursday, March 1, 2012
NBAA Business Breakfast
Host: MORELAND CITY COUNCIL & SHIRE OF NILLUMBIK

Future Breakfasts

Thursday, June 14, 2012
NBAA Business Breakfast
Host: CITY OF WHITTLESEA & CITY OF YARRA
Thursday, September 6, 2012
NBAA Business Breakfast
Host: BANYULE CITY COUNCIL & CITY OF DAREBIN
Thursday, December 6, 2012
NBAA Grand Finale Breakfast 2012
Host: HUME CITY COUNCIL