History of AVEC
AVEC was founded in November 2017 to support the Prime Minister’s Veteran’s Employment Program.
Founded by six leading Australian organisations, AVEC recognised their collective strength in offering a wide variety of opportunities, across numerous skill levels in almost all sectors and industries.
Founding Members
Australia Post, Boral, Downer, J.P. Morgan, Wesfarmers and Westpac.
Steering Committee Members
AVEC is led by a steering committee of representatives who meet regularly to drive awareness for sustainable engagement and improved employment outcomes for veterans.
Find out why our Steering Committee members are so passionate
Bronze Members
Bronze membership requires an ongoing commitment to our jobs portal and active participation.
About Our Founding Members
Australia Post
As Australia’s leading logistics, postal and integrated services business, we support our customers to grow and communities to thrive, helping to unlock opportunities for all Australians. Our objective is to create products that people value and trust, and to always deliver great service and value to our customers and the community.
Boral
Boral is Australia’s largest construction materials and building products supplier with operations in all states and territories. We help our customers build something great by supplying them with high-quality, sustainable products.
Boral has been at the forefront of employing veterans since our earliest years of operation, welcoming former Navy personnel returning from World War II with jobs at our first bitumen plant in Sydney. In 2019 Boral was awarded the Prime Ministers Defence Employment – Employer of the Year Award (Large business category).
Downer Group
Downer designs, builds and sustains assets, infrastructure and facilities and we are the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. With a history dating back over 150 years, Downer is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and New Zealand Stock Exchange as Downer EDI Limited (DOW). We are an ASX 100 company that also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited (SPO). Downer Group employs more than 53,000 people across more than 300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and Southern Africa.
J.P. Morgan
With more than 100 years of history in Australia and New Zealand, J.P. Morgan has long-established, deep client relationships and broad product capabilities. As one of the few full-service financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand, local corporations and institutions, multinationals, governments and private clients rely on us for market-leading financial services — a confidence bred from our strength and ability to deliver integrated services across the Corporate & Investment Bank, Asset & Wealth Management and Commercial Banking.
Wesfarmers
Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest employers. From its origins in 1914 as a Western Australian farmers’ cooperative, Wesfarmers has grown into one of Australia’s largest listed companies. With headquarters in Western Australia, its diverse business operations cover: home improvement and outdoor living; apparel and general merchandise; office supplies; and an Industrials division with businesses in chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. Wesfarmers includes well known brands such as Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks, Catch and Blackwoods, along with CSBP, Kleenheat and Coregas.
Westpac
Westpac provides a broad range of consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services through a portfolio of financial services brands and businesses.
From ensuring customers can save and invest with confidence, to helping with the financial needs of small businesses, multi-national corporates, institutional and government clients, we put customers at the centre of everything we do. The business comprises four key customer-facing divisions which operate a unique portfolio of brands including Westpac, St.George, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, BT and RAMS.