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About APA SA
APA South Australia held its inaugural networking mixer in July 2026. Members were clear about what they want from the chapter: regular networking, structured mentoring for students and graduates, and industry spotlight sessions where professionals share their career journeys.
They offered a great deal back, too — event planning, mentoring for aspiring small business owners, professional expertise and a willingness to take on committee roles. Those priorities now shape the chapter’s plan: recurring networking events, a mentorship program, an APA professional directory, and career, entrepreneurship and CV workshops.
Chapter leadership
Who leads APA SA
Martin Kamande
SA Chapter President
Martin Kamande has built his career on the belief that good engineering is never just about the technical work — it’s about the people who make it possible.
Born and raised in Kenya, Martin moved to Australia as an adult. He has a mechanical engineering background that has taken him across manufacturing, oil and gas, mining and agribusiness. Working across such varied industries taught him early that no project succeeds on technical merit alone.
His move into project management deepened that understanding. Coordinating teams, timelines and competing priorities showed him how interconnected every part of an organisation truly is, and how often it is the soft, interpersonal skills — listening, trust-building, clear communication — that determine whether a project, or a team, actually succeeds. That insight now shapes how he approaches leadership more broadly.
Alongside his engineering career, Martin has long been active in community and not-for-profit work, most notably as former Secretary of the Kenyan Association of South Australia (KASA), where he helped support and organise the local Kenyan diaspora community.
As Chapter President of APA SA, Martin brings that same combination of technical grounding and relational leadership to the role. He sees the chapter’s purpose as practical: helping members build genuine connections, make their skills and experience visible, and access the opportunities that too often stay just out of reach.
For Martin, leadership means showing up consistently, listening before acting, and making sure the systems around people — professional networks included — actually work in their favour.
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