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ACBW Luncheon (Friday 23rd October 2009)
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Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP Lindsay Tanner is the Federal Member for Melbourne and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Rudd Labor Government. He has been the Member of Melbourne since 1993 and in opposition held a range of shadow ministerial positions. Prior to entering Federal Parliament, Lindsay worked as a Solicitor with Holding Redlich and then later as State Secretary for the Federated Clerks Union. Lindsay holds Bachelor degrees in Arts and Laws, a Masters of Arts degree and has written numerous books and articles on social, labour, and economic issues, including a weekly blog for Fairfax’s Business Day website. Lindsay is committed to social justice and regularly participates in a range of forums on social issues. Lindsay currently lives in Alphington with his wife Andrea and two of his daughters, Ainsley and Remy. He also has a daughter, Jemma and a son, James from a previous marriage. |
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The Hon. Mr. Shen Weilian Consulate General, People's Republic Of China Consulate-General Shen Weilan has been a career diplomat for over three decades, rising through the ranks of the Chinese Diplomatic Corps from a staff member at the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Gambia to his current position as Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne. He has worked as a Consulate Secretary, Consulate and Councilor for the People Republic of China in Melbourne, Washington, Chicago and San-Fransico. |
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Mr. Bruce Akhurst CEO Sensis Urbanisation And The Growing Middle Class - Chinese Consumers Urbanisation and a growing middle class have created an unprecedented need among Chinese consumers for new ways to stay informed and connected. Key to this is digital media, which is playing a crucial role in bringing people together. So much so that there are now over 360 million internet users. Over the last three years, Telstra and its information subsidiary, Sensis, have been actively working to support the information needs of Chinese consumers, particularly in the auto, real estate, consumer electronics and mobile entertainment fields. In this presentation, Sensis CEO, Bruce Akhurst will discuss Sensis’ China commitment and strategy. In particular, Bruce will focus on the changing needs of Chinese consumers and how Telstra and Sensis are leveraging their core skills to enhance value in the Chinese market. |
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Sensis Goes Vertical in China Sensis has positioned itself as a major player in the Chinese market with several hundreds of millions of US Dollars in investments. Sensis' involvement includes majority shares in companies associsated with sites representing three of China's top five verticals; Real Estate, Autos and Electronics/Mobile. read more... |
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Ben Foskett Vice President Australia-China Business Council (VIC) Ben’s career includes experience in life assurance, funds management, corporate banking, pension management and business consulting.Ben was Chairman of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and iscurrently Vice President of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) in Victoria.He has a Bach elor of Business degree from RMIT and is a member of a number of professional industry associations. |
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Dr. Reginald Macdonald CEO Viva Macau Airlines Dr. Macdonald is Acting CEO of Viva Macau Airlines. Reg was previously CFO of Viva Macau up to July 2006 and a Board Member since launch. Prior to Viva Macau, Reg was based in Beijing, China, where he was a visiting professor at Tsinghua University teaching infrastructure finance and advising Chinese companies on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Before that he worked at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo, Japan, on cross-border M&A projects spanning Japan, China, India, Taiwan, U.S., and Europe. In the past, Reg taught Europe-Asia Corporate Strategy in Paris, France, and worked with a Hong Kong-based infrastructure fund, starting his career as an engineer on infrastructure development projects around the Asia Pacific. Reg also serves on the board of directors of several Macau travel and media companies, including leading online travel packaging company Macau.com, tourism publisher Destination Macau, Macau-based TV production house Aomen.tv, and other members of the Macau MICE Alliance. He holds Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of British Columbia, Stanford University, and the University of Tokyo. Reg speaks Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and French. |
