Establishing the Industry Advocate Act 2017 together with a commitment from the Government to maintain an industry participation policy provides industry with the confidence they need to fully embrace these initiatives and continue to contribute and invest in the South Australian economy.

The Acting Industry Advocate

Mr Phillip Dowsett

With the retirement of Ian Nightingale, The Deputy Industry Advocate, Phillip Dowsett is currently acting as the Industry Advocate.  Phillip has been with the office since 2016 and has successfully supported the Industry Advocate with the strategic application of the South Australian Industry Participation Policy (SAIPP) by Responsible Government Agencies with the objective of maximising the economic benefit to the State from government expenditure.

Phillip’s role is to increase the number and diversity of South Australian based businesses winning government contracts.  The SAIPP and the Industry Advocate Act 2017 underpins the functions of the both the Deputy, and the Industry Advocate.

Over the last 17 years, Phillip has considerable experience in leading, managing and developing highly successful multidisciplinary teams across international divisions incorporating sales and marketing, service, operations, production and warehousing. From operating his own business through to various managing director roles, his primary responsibility was for the generation of growth, developing submissions for government tenders and managing new and existing government and private sector contracts, across the Asia Pacific region.