Facility Management Association

The Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA) is the peak national industry body for facilities management, representing and supporting professionals and organisations responsible for the operational management of Australia’s built environments. 

A primary focus of the Association is to ensure the needs of professionals and organisations working in and dealing with facilities management are understood and considered in government and business policy formulation and decision making. They do this by providing a range of services to members, including advocacy and industry standards development, research, networking and information-based events and seminars, education and professional development opportunities, and support for special interest groups. 

I have been privileged to contribute to the FMA for more than 12 years. In that time I was Chair of the Advocacy Portfolio for six years, served as the Victorian Branch Chair for three years, was a member of the FMA Board Executive Committee for three years, and have now been Finance Director for the past three years.

But it is the members who make the FMA such an important organisation for our industry, and I have been lucky to be able to participate in the grass-roots operations of a number of member groups, including more than 15 branches across Australia, as well as supporting the inaugural Industry Awards for Excellence program, and meeting many of our members at the national “Ideaction” conference during the past 10 years.