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Meet our amazing team
Michelle Nolland
Executive Director
Brooke Atkins
Executive Director
Alexa Springall
Office Team Leader
Jason Doyle
Associate consultant
OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Suzanne Raven
Swim School Specialist
Martin Sheppard
Industry Expert
Neil Davey
Aquatic Engineer
Serhan Halil
Structural Engineer
Michael Cook
Principle Architect
Industry Best Practice
In addition to remaining at the forefront of industry compliance and best practice by regularly attending conferences, LARCAN Directors Michelle and Brooke hold various industry roles to ensure best practices are instilled in their work with their clients. Holding these roles allows LARCAN to be ahead of upcoming industry changes to legislation, and emerging industry trends that can influence leisure and aquatic operations.
| Industry Body | Role | LARCAN representative |
|---|---|---|
| Parks and Leisure Australia NSW/ACT
| Executive Officer
| Michelle Nolland
|
| IAP2
| Small Business Member
| Brooke Atkins and Michelle Nolland
|
| IAKS Australia New Zealand
| Non-Executive Board Director and Vice Chairperson
| Michelle Nolland
|
| Royal Life Saving Society
| Anti drowning symposium members
| Michelle Nolland and Brooke Atkins
|
| National Sports Convention
| Program Steering Committee
| Michelle Nolland
|
| Aquatics Recreation Industry NSW
| Non-Executive Board Director
| Brooke Atkins
|
LARCAN is affiliated with the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities(IAKS). IAKS is a leading global industry association for sports and leisure facilities. IAKS’ membership base spans 153 countries and represents multiple sectors and disciplines such as: architecture, engineering, design, local government, technical consultancy, planning, operative management, sports federations and clubs, suppliers, and manufacturers. The benefit of LARCAN’s affiliation with IAKS is the access we have to global expertise to ensure we are looking for global best practice, in addition to national best practice.
Providing advice at industry leading conferences
Michelle and Brooke are often featured authors in industry publications such as Australasian Leisure Magazine and Parks Leisure Australia. The October 2023 issue of Parks Leisure Australia journal features an article authored by Michelle and Brooke on ‘How to Measure and Optimise your Recreation, Sports, and Leisure Program Performance’.
Both are frequent keynote speakers at industry conferences such as: The National Sports Convention, AUSactive (Filex), Parks Leisure Australia, Local Government professionals NSW, The Aquatic and Recreation Institute (ARI NSW), Leisure Institute of Western Australia (LIWA) conference talking about fitness, aquatics, recreation, community consultation, and community asset activation. Brooke and Michelle are sought-after speakers due to their knowledge and expertise in best-practice facility management and activation of community assets.
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