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IMVIA sets out future plans

Posted on 25 May, 2016

The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) is proposing to drop its regional representative positions. The IMVIA had its North Island and National Annual General Meetings last night, following on from the South Island meeting in Christchurch the previous day. Representatives have typically been elected to North and South Island committees by region, however these committees haven’t operated in recent years. A new system will see the two regional bodies electing their chairman and vice-chairman, which forms an IMVIA national executive. Two new names on the North Island committee are Matt Battle of Moana Blue motor vehicle shipping and logistics and John Davies of Autohub. The full committee is: Graeme Macdonald (chair), Frank Willett (VC), Marty McCullough, Rod Milner, Phil Pacey, Euan Philpot, Terry Saville, Henry Schmidt, Navin Sharma, Martin Walton, Colin Ridings (Whangarei) and Fred Lewis (Gisborne). Lloyd Wilson was re-elected chairman of the executive team, with Nick Owens returned as vice-chairman, while Martin Harcourt and Colin Nicholls remain members of the executive. In the North Island, 16 members were elected from the Auckland region, four from Waikato, two each from the regions of Bay of Plenty, Napier/Hastings, Taranaki, Wellington, and Manawatu, and one each from the regions of Gisborne and Northland. For the South Island committee, four members were elected from the Canterbury region, two from Otago, and one each from the regions of Nelson/Marlborough and South Canterbury. Chief executive David Vinsen said the organisation was looking to be more proactive in the coming year, especially surrounding issues such as Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and electric vehicles and the participation in ACC's "Motor Industry Expert Group" - this includes the Automobile Association, NZTA, Motor Industry Association (MIA) and Motor Trade Association (MTA). The Association is also in a strong position financially, with just under $1 million dollars in its coffers.