Australian Maths Trust

Operational and Competition Committees

Operational Committees

Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC)

The AMOC Committee supports the development and delivery of high-quality, high-level problem solving opportunities for young Australians including Maths for Young Australians program, and the activities and programs linked to the identification and training of young Australians selected to represent Australia at the International Mathematical Olympiad and the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad.

  1. Assoc Professor Norman Do (Chair)
  2. Dr Angelo Di Pasquale (Director of Training) 
  3. Dr Dzmitry Badziahin (AMOC NSW State Director)
  4. John Bament (AMF Chair)
  5. Zoltan Bacskai (ACT State Director)
  6. Michael Bammann (AMOC SA State Director)
  7. Mike Clapper (AMC Problems Committee Chair)
  8. Dr Greg Gamble (AMOC WA State Director)
  9. Brenton Gray (QLD State Director)
  10. Nhat Anh Hoang (AMOC WA Deputy State Director)
  11. Dr Kevin McAvaney (AIMO Problems Committee Chair, Maths for Young Australians (MYA) Chair)
  12. Anna Nakos (Challenge Representative)
  13. Steve Thornton 
  14. Chris Wetherell (AMT Chief Mathematician)

Australian Mathematics Foundation Committee (AMF)

The AMF supports the development, delivery and promotion of the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) to students in Australia and across the world.

  • John Bament (Chair, AMC NT Director, AMTT Ltd Board Member)
  • Giovanna Vardaro (Deputy Chair, AMC VIC Director)
  • Robert Fuller (AMC NSW State Director)
  • Ross Atkins (AMC NZ National Director)
  • David Kennedy (AMC QLD State Director)
  • Anna Nakos (AMC SA State Director)
  • Brett Riley (AMC TAS State Director)
  • Rachel Theunissen (AMC WA State Director)
  • Mike Clapper (AMC Problems Committee Chair, AMT Mathematician)
  • Dr Andrew Kepert (AMC Deputy Chair and Problems Coordinator)
  • Bob Thompson 
  • Dr Chris Wetherell (Chief Mathematician, AMC ACT State Director)
Competition Committees

The Problem Committees listed below, meet to design, create, review, edit and finalise problems used on a variety of Trust competitions. They work closely with smaller groups of teachers and mathematicians who serve on the moderation committees to make sure our problems are the best they can possibly be.

Here’s detailed info about How AMT’s Problem Committees Work.

Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) Primary and Secondary Committees

Primary Problems Committee

  • Mike Clapper (Chair)
  • Dr Andrew Kepert (Deputy Chair, Problems Coordinator)
  • Lei Bao
  • Jim Green
  • Greg Taylor
  • Robert Fuller
  • Tom Love
  • Emily Peterson
  • Zoe Withers

Secondary Problems Committee

  • Mike Clapper (Chair)
  • Dr Andrew Kepert (Deputy Chair, Problems Coordinator)
  • Dr Zoltan Bacskai
  • Steve Blasberg
  • John Carty
  • Assoc Professor Norman Do
  • Holly Gyton
  • Kevin Hannah
  • Anne Hastings
  • Ringo Mok
  • Scott Sciffer
  • Rachel Theunissen
  • Dr Martin Ward
  • Dr Oleksiy Yevdokimov

Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Committee

  • Dr David Clark (Chair)
  • Dr Zoltan Bacskai
  • Katy Kavanagh
  • David Kennedy
  • Gavin Sinclair
  • Angus Ritossa
  • Mark Lauer

Challenge Problems Committee

  • Dr Kevin McAvaney (Chair)
  • Barbara Denney
  • Sean Gardiner

  • Karen McAsey

  • Lorraine Mottershead
  • Anna Nakos
  • Takashi Ogawa
  • Chanhthanom Shaw
  • Katrina Sims
  • Dr Steve Thornton
  • Giovanna Vardaro
  • Dr Annie Mitchell
  • Andrea Barkla

AIMO Problems Committee

  • Dr Kevin McAvaney (Chair)
  • Mike Clapper
  • Dr Daniel Mathews
  • Callum McCombe

AMOC Senior Problems Committee

AMOC Senior Problems Committee is responsible for creating competitions that are used to select students for participation in the mathematical Olympiad program. It also creates problems that are submitted for consideration for use in the annual International Mathematical Olympiad and the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad.

  • Dr Ivan Guo (Chair)
  • Dr Daniel Mathews (Deputy Chair)
  • Dr Angelo Di Pasquale
  • Dr Norman Do
  • Dr Alice Devillers
  • Dr Kevin McAvaney
  • Dr Chaitanya Rao
  • Dr Ian Wanless
  • Hadyn Tang
  • Michelle Chen
  • Elizabeth Yevdokimov