IVE Group CEO Matt Aitken has been voted in as the new president at the first merged board meeting of the Print & Visual Communication Association (PVCA).

The PVCA recently held its first boarding meeting and during this meeting voted in new Office Bearers as the united industry body moves forward with its strategy.

Aitken was voted in as president of the new entity with John Georgantzakos, managing director, Spot Press as deputy president, Rodney Frost, chief executive officer, The Lamson Group, honorary treasurer and Stuart Fysh, The Label Factory retaining his role as honorary secretary.

Aitken thanked Walter Kuhn, managing director, Kuhn Corp, former deputy president and acting president since the passing of Peter Clark earlier this year, for his contribution over many years.

This included steering the industry body during the merger and previous two years through COVID.

Kuhn will remain on the board as a Board Officer with Simon Carmody, managing director, Spot
Productions, Tom Eckersley, managing director, Eckersley Print Group, Kevin Pidgeon, executive
chairman, Lithocraft and Nick Tuit, managing director, Kwik Kopy (Circular Quay and North
Sydney) forming the remainder of the Board Member roles.

“Coming together as one Board and one industry body now brings opportunity to be forward
focused with a strategy to unite and strengthen the industry’s position, output, and
representation” Aitken said.

Georgantzakos is the new deputy president after holding roles on the PVCA Board for some time including honorary treasurer.

Georgantzakos has led the cost reduction project over the past 18 months bringing the
PVCA financials into a stronger position.

In his role as Deputy President, Georgantzakos has a passionate remit to grow the membership and will work closely with the incoming team, on member engagement programs across the coming months.

Frost has been elected to the role of honorary treasurer which will see a solid transition through
the merger as Frost was the former TRMC Treasurer.

“We have been working through a rigorous governance and compliance process over the past 12 months to ensure the merger is successful for all our members, I am now excited to get on with the strategy and building new programs and value for members,” Frost said.

Fysh has held the position as honorary secretary and will continue working across compliance
and member registry projects required for the merger transition.

Ricoh Australia facilitated the day, sponsoring the Board meeting and lunch.

“We are committed to the industry above and beyond general sponsorship, we want a strong industry body, a united Board and any role Ricoh can play in supporting the industry body achieve more for our industry we are happy to do so,” commented Mark Moro, National Sales Manager, Ricoh Australia.

With the Board now formally elected and Office Bearers appointed, the Board will meet monthly
to develop the strategy and deliverables for members. Key areas of focus identified include,
association rename and brand, skills & training, industry representation, environment social
governance and member engagement and growth.

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