29 Aug 2008

Brian Amery is one of the founding Directors of OBSID and a director of Obsid since it started operations in 2009.

He currently chairs the Safety and Environment Committees and he is acting chair of the Social Issues committee, which is a part of the ward 57 Social Issues forum.

He is also the Chief Operations Officer since Obsid started its operations in September 2009.

Jun 2010

Brian, a chartered accountant, settled in Observatory about five years ago after a stint of farming in the Boland - "a refugee from behind the boerewors curtain", he calls himself. He became involved in the OBSID initiative and soon found himself driving it to its successful establishment last year, when the board appointed him as OBSID manager. That's apart from being involved in the Obs Civic Association, the Obs Neighbourhood Watch, the Obs Business Forum, the Obs Community Centre, the Community Police Forum and the SA Property Rights Foundation.

Brian says what he likes most about Obs is the growing sense of community. He has never known so many people to stop and have a chat to since his school days. When he is not on duty as "mayor of Obs", Brian pursues an interest in economics, enjoys reading, bridge, tennis, social life and drinks Castle.