Fenwick CEO Starts a New Journey

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Fenwick CEO, Greg Galloway, and his Fiancée (ex-Fenwick Consultant) Stephanie Genge, got married in Melbourne on March 31^st.  The sun shone. For the photo shoot the steps of St Michael’s church on Collins Street were filled with guests from many parts of Australia and foreign shores: England, Germany, South Africa and the USA.

A Fenwick ceremony

Many members of the Fenwick team were on hand to celebrate with Greg and Steph, including the Chairman, Peter Fenwick and his wife Jill.
A number of Greg’s colleagues have known him and Steph from their student days at Swinburne. David Love and Brad Foot joined Greg’s twin brother, who had flown in from England, to form a trio of groomsmen. Greg, Dave and Brad all achieved their degrees at Swinburne, all joined Fenwick as graduate recruits, and have been friends for ten years. Fenwick’s association with Swinburne continues to this day - a third of Fenwick’s consultants graduated from that Institute.

Steph’s musical background was, no doubt, responsible for the music filled ceremony and reception. A trio of versatile musicians took us from Handel to Etta James before they handed over to a DJ for the serious dancing. Greg’s love of cricket had a smaller but clever presence, on each table was an old cricket ball; next to it was a single, rolled sheet of music – part of the score or Rachmaninov’s first piano concerto. These items were a subtle reference to the couple’s lives beyond their professional work.

The newlyweds will be relaxing and enjoying the sunshine in Hawaii as you read this.

A Week in Another World

A sea of tents at Wedderburn

Fenwick Director, Andrew Ferguson abandoned his desk and took to his bike for the challenge of the Great Victorian Bike Ride in late November.  He joined more than 3,500 riders and 400 volunteers that made up a moving army that wound its way over 590 kilometres from Swan Hill to Maryborough. This wandering circus, doubled, tripled and even quadrupled the population of many of the towns it visited.
Country hospitality was on display: "At one town some of the locals had run a power lead from their house to the fence and placed a power board there so we could recharge our mobile phones. Their notice simply requested a gold coin donation."

A broad cross section of the community was represented: “I met several riders with over twenty rides under their belts.  Riders ranged in age from 10 to 80. I saw couples riding tandems and parents towing babies. One couple was using the ride as their honeymoon.”

Andrew completed the ride in good physical shape, despite struggling on one day where the handlebar mounted thermometer showed 42 degrees. The organisation logistics were staggering: each day, around 3,000 tents were pitched; 600 litres of beer and wine was served (not counting the significant amount consumed in local pubs); and 25 litres of water (drinking, showering, washing, toilets) was used by each rider.

Would he do it all again?  "Sure, I've already registered for next year's ride in East Gippsland from Lake's Entrance to Phillip Island."

For more Great Victorian Bike Ride stories you can read Bicycle Network Victoria’s blog and Jeremy Lee of the ABC also wrote a number of stories.