Corporate Ladder: your weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia
South Australia’s premier executive appointments column tracking the movements of those driving the state’s public and private sectors. Plus, the latest executive recruitment opportunities.
Banking executive to lead Police Credit Union
Experienced banking executive Nick May has been announced as Police Credit Union’s new CEO.
May will join Police Credit Union from his current role as chief customer officer at Beyond Bank, where he led customer experience teams that received numerous awards from institutions including Forbes, Canstar and Roy Morgan.
During COVID-19, May led a national network of more than 50 national branches at Beyond Bank as general manager of customer experience to oversee the implementation of its broker channel.
May has more than 30 years’ experience in the mutual sector, where he previously served as IT operations manager and business support manager for Community CPS Australia (now Beyond Bank).
“Having been in mutual banking for more than three decades, the opportunity to lead a purpose-driven organisation like Police Credit Union is a great privilege,” May said.
RSPCA appoints new state president
Animal welfare charity RSPCA has appointed Kate Gray as the new president of its South Australian branch.
Gray is the business owner and managing director of furniture business Back Centre and has more than 20 years’ experience in the commercial property and marketing industries.
She has served on the RSPCA SA board since 2021 and has been a board member of the Hutt St Centre since 2024.
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Gray has experience in the commercial real estate industry, including as senior research manager for CBRE and as the director of research at Colliers International’s Adelaide office, where she developed commercial property and high-density residential research.
Current president Rob DiMonte is stepping down after 10 years in the role and 11 years on the board.
“We look forward to working with Kate and drawing on her experience and expertise as we continue on our mission to create lasting change for animal welfare in South Australia,” RSPCA SA CEO Marcus Gehrig said.
MusicSA board chair steps down
The MusicSA board chair John Glenn has stepped down after more than five years in the role.
Glenn is an experienced leader in the performing arts and live entertainment sector, having served in several high-ranking roles and on boards across Australia.
He is the current treasurer and board member of PAC Australia, which is the national peak body for the performing arts industry and the director of performing arts production company Hey Dowling.
Glenn has experience in leadership roles as chief operating officer of GWB Entertainment and has recently been appointed as CEO of one of Darwin’s top live entertainment venues, AANT Centre.
“We wish him all the very best. John will retire from the MusicSA Board of Management at the AGM in several months and is working closely with the Board on succession planning and the announcement of our next chair,” MusicSA CEO Christine Schloithe said.
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Property firm welcomes new asset management director
SA property advisory firm Broadway Property has welcomed Sandra Bovington to the role of director of asset management.
Bovington has more than two decades of experience managing commercial and retail assets in Australian and international markets.
In her previous roles, Bovington was head of commercial and industrial asset management at Leedwell Property and was a director at CBRE where she managed office assets in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Bovington was also a director at Property Partners Management Limited, based in London, and was responsible for managing multi-million-dollar assets and more than 30 staff.
“We’re incredibly fortunate to have Sandra join our team; she brings a hands-on approach to property management together with strong technical expertise that will ensure positive outcomes for clients and tenants,” Broadway Property director Ryan Stewart said.
Two key appointments for critical mineral company
Critical mineral exploration company PTR Minerals has announced two key appointments to assist in its strategic development.
Qualified chemical engineer Victor Bruinsma will join the company to oversee metallurgical development and identify value opportunities from the Rosewood Titanium Project output.
Bruinsma has more than 30 years’ experience in project development in the titanium minerals industry, having previously served as principal metallurgist at Iluka Resources.
In the new role, Bruinsma will provide peer review and technical assurance across metallurgical test work with a focus on flowsheet development and analytical techniques across the mining unit.
Neil Patten-Williams will also join the PTR Minerals team in a customer relations role to optimise the product suite from the Rosewood Project.
Patten-Williams has more than 20 years’ experience in marketing mineral sand products to global customers, having served as general manager of marketing at Kimberley Mineral Sands.
He has also held marketing manager roles for Doral and Sheffield Resources, where he was responsible for marketing products into European, South-East Asian, Chinese and Australian markets.
Former Supreme Court judge calls time
South Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions Martin Hinton will wrap up his role months before the end of his term to pursue opportunities overseas.
Hinton began the role in November 2019, having previously served as a Supreme Court judge for three and a half years before resigning to take up the new position.
Before this, he spent nearly eight years as South Australia’s Solicitor General.
Attorney-General Kyam Maher thanked Hinton for his “decades of work in the profession”, saying a national recruitment process for SA’s new DPP would soon begin.
“Martin Hinton is widely regarded as one of the finest legal minds in South Australia, and our state has been the better for his work across a wide range of roles within the legal profession,” he said.
“Throughout his career, he has demonstrated clear dedication to upholding the law and a real commitment to supporting his staff, providing strong leadership during a period of tremendous change within the Office of the DPP.”
Hinton’s tenure at ODPP was not without controversy, with a scathing 2023 government review finding that the workplace experience for most staff was “untenable”, while lawyers were working under unacceptable levels of pressure.
ODPP is an independent body responsible for prosecuting people charged with serious criminal offences.
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