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Melbourne – Navigating Financial Constraints: The Evolution of AMAF in the Victorian Government
12 March @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us for an insightful session with guest speaker Nicholas Phillips, as we explore the evolving landscape of the Asset Management Accountability Framework (AMAF) within the Victorian Government. Nearly a decade since its inception, AMAF remains a key policy guiding asset management practices across government agencies. However, in the face of tight financial constraints, agencies are being forced to rethink their approach – balancing compliance, service outcomes, and operational efficiency with reduced funding.
This session will delve into how government agencies are adapting to funding challenges while maintaining their commitment to AMAF. We’ll compare the framework’s early vision with today’s reality and engage in a discussion on the current perceptions of government support. The interactive format of this in-person event will encourage audience participation, including a live poll to capture industry sentiment. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into how AMAF continues to shape asset management in Victoria amid shifting financial landscapes.
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About the speaker:
Nicholas Phillips is the Executive Director and Principal Consultant of MACE Consulting (Aust) Pty Ltd specialising in Asset Management, Lifecycle Cost and Performance Analysis, and Reliability and Maintainability Analysis. His career has centred on the application of asset management principles and processes that deliver service focussed outcomes for asset intensive operations in private and public sectors.
Nicholas has held increasingly senior positions over his professional career, carrying out pioneering work in the introduction of asset management systems and processes.
Nicholas has assisted organisations to align stakeholder demands to service delivery outcomes by understanding the inter-dependencies between business functions across the asset portfolio entire lifecycle.
In recent years, Nicholas has:
- developed, implemented, and monitored improvement in the management system for asset management in public sector agencies.
- delivered reliability, availability and maintainability analysis and reports for infrastructure projects.
- delivered asset management fundamentals training for the Asset Management Council.
- maintained the operation of MACE Consulting.
Nicholas’s career is highlighted by a continuous connection to service delivery assets, where he has managed rollingstock maintenance, rail infrastructure asset strategy and engineering, implemented the Victorian public sector Asset Management Accountability Framework and evaluated/monitored compliance (and maturity). Other professional activities include extensive and long-term contribution to the professional development of the technical discipline of asset management and maintenance engineering. Nicholas adds value by creating the ecology to build a well-developed capability in asset management (people, processes, information, and technology) to adapt and respond to rapidly changing community, economic, social, stakeholder and business environments.