AAEC Steering Committee 2025

Every successful event has a group of hard working people behind the scenes. Meet the team dedicated to providing you with a memorable AAEC 2025.

Warren Davison

Warren Davison

Chairman
Warren started as a Methods Engineer in Alcan’s Auckland facility, and part of Alcan’s foreign operations audit team assessing European, Japanese, and Canadian press operations. He later joined Alcan Australia and led the 8-press operation that bought Comalco’s Extrusion operations, creating Capral.
 
Boral Limited appointed him Divisional Managing Director of Boral’s Construction Related Businesses, responsible for global Capital Projects, Procurement, and Risk Management. He then became CEO of Dowell Windows. In 2018 he started Argyle Advisory, a boutique consultancy offering strategic reviews, business improvement, and M&A assessments.
 
Warren has many talents. Teaching karate has become his passion after retiring from competition. In addition, he plays golf whenever he can. In his free time, he’s repairing an 1895 heritage cottage and discovering its intriguing history.

Sara McCleary

Conference Coordinator

Sara has joined the AAEC Steering Committee once again after being an integral member of the team in 2018.

She began her career in the manufacturing indsutry in Wire and Tube and then the Sheet and Coil industry working on major projects with companies like BlueScope Steel.

Sara has worked for AIMS for 25 years and is currently CEO. The company’s main focus is equipment and consumables for the Aluminium Extrusion Industry . In 2022. along with her husband Paul, they started the motion control company Motion Werkz, which runs parallel to AIMS.

When not working she has a passion for discovering new foods and travel. Which is why she is author of Belly Rumbles, one of Australia’s longest running and widely read culinary travel blogs.

Sara McCleary
Barbara Rinderer

Barbara Rinderer

Technical Program Manager

Barbara returns to the role of Technical Program Manager for AAEC 2025 following successful previous conferences (AAEC 2018 and AAEC 2014).

Barbara Rinderer (BE, MTeach) is an engineer, educator, training facilitator and consultant. Barbara has 20 years of experience in aluminium industrial research with Rio Tinto Aluminium related to billet metallurgy and extrusion failure analysis.

Her teaching experience includes delivery of short courses, sessional lecturing of engineering undergraduates, secondary teaching in mathematics as well as curriculum development for VET.

Barbara enjoys spending time with her family, watching good movies particularly action and drama, pottering in the garden and Sudoku puzzles.

Belinda Porter

Administration Manager

Belinda Porter is the Administration Manager of the Australasian Aluminium Extrusion Conference (AAEC 2025).

Belinda began her career as a Property Lawyer in Brisbane, Australia, after graduating from university. She later moved to Commercial Property Management, focusing on administration and finance management.

After starting a family, Belinda retrained as a teacher and now balances part-time roles in administration and teaching. She is actively involved in her school community, volunteering to teach Ethics and teaching Karate. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Australia’s hidden gems, with a particular fondness for coastal beaches.

Belinda Porter.