National Board & Management Team

Guy Bulmer

AME National President

Tuff Tonneaus, General Manager

Guy commenced his career as a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer in the Royal Air Force in the U.K. Since immigrating to Australia he has worked in a number of Senior Operations, General management and Quality Management roles, in a diverse range of industries including: Paper, Steel, Medical Devices, Automotive and FMCG for both Digital Equipment & Baby feeding product lines. Tuff Tonneaus are committed to the 'Lean Philosophy' having introduced the concept back in 2007 and since that time they have benefitted from the significant process improvements made.

Barry McCarthy

AME National Treasurer

Toyota, Capacity Development Manager - Engineering & Logistics Manufacturing Organisational Planning and Development Division

Barry's career highlights include Plant Manager and Continuous Improvement Manager at Goodman Fielder and his current position with Toyota.  Barry has worked with the Manufacturing, Sales and Corporate Arms of Toyota in Australia.

Amanda Wood

AME National Secretary

AMW Business Growth, Director

Amanda currently balances a range of business mentoring and advisory assignments with involvement in her family company (A Class Metal Finishers). Other highlights include: service on the board of Engineering Employers Association and AiGroup; Industry representative for the SA Small Business Advisory Board, Safework SA and the Commonwealth’s $40m SAFSA Taskforce; State and National Director for the Australian Govt Enterprise Connect and Entrepreneur Programs, assisting businesses to improve their performance; Member of judging panel for SA Food Industry Awards.

Doug Mottram

AME NSW State President

Director at The Alternative Board - Sutherland Shire

Doug is a Lean Sigma Master Black Belt and Senior manager with 18+ years experience leading enterprise wide continuous improvement strategies and operations management. His strengths include an ability to create a positive culture and stakeholder engagement combined with a strong understanding of Lean Sigma tools and techniques to deliver transformational change and achieve tangible results.

Glenn Seaby

AME QLD State President

Efficiency Works, Director

Glenn has more than 20 years consulting experience with a wide variety of firms and sectors.  He is a Director of Efficiency Works which is a registered training organisation and consultancy business focused on business improvement through the application of lean techniques.  He trained as a manufacturing engineer and has a Masters in Advanced Manufacturing technology and got his initial experience in the automotive industry originally working for Ford Australia and subsequently for automotive suppliers and companies.

Martin Collard

AME WA State President

Enterprise Connect, Business Adviser

Martin's career began with British Petroleum in the U.K., it moved to Matra Marconi Space, ACCO Europe into a consulting role in Lean working in sectors of manufacturing, mining, aerospace, composite-engineering, operations, service, automotive & government through  Pera Neville-Clarke & Computer Science Corporation (CSC) as well as a number of improvement projects with blue-chip organisations & SME's in the UK & Asia Pacific region. In Australia Martin worked with the mining and resource sector via Dyno-Nobel Asia Pacific and ultimately onto Dyno Nobel's flagship Pilbara Operations.

Andrew Smith

AME New Zealand President

Andy is a Kaizen Lean practitioner who was introduced to Lean in 2012 in the Aquatics Environment. This was a great opportunity to work in an amazing facility leading the way in Lean within the Industry, and hosting over 900 delegates on Lean tours through the facility. Since 2014, Andy has been working in the Manufacturing Industry with Aluminium Windows and Doors. Since 2015 Lean has become a way of living life not only at work but at home as well.

Felix C. Veroya

AME National President Philippines

Process Excellence Manager

Felix’ career highlights his practice in both the academe and industry. He began his professional practice at San Miguel Corporation as Logistics Coordinator and at the same time working with Batangas State University as IE Lecturer. He has continuously broaden his knowledge in Industrial Engineering and has earned him certification in different fields.  He is a Certified Industrial Engineer, Lean Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Design Sprint Master. Currently, he works at a multinational company where he is heavily involved in various Continuous Improvement and Innovation programs. Concurrently, he runs his own consulting firm, Ask Lex PH offering value creation and optimization for individuals and organizations through application of Lean, Six Sigma, Design Thinking and Analytics tools and techniques.

Laura Robertson 

AME National Manager

Laura has more than 20 years experience in business and event management with expertise in office management, event management, membership, marketing, recruitment, account management, and social media. Her experience has covered a broad range of industries including sports, healthcare, education, not for profit and hospitality.  As the National Manager Laura plays a critical role in managing the day-to-day running of AME.