NSW CHAPTER

February/March 2010 Newsletter   


NSW/ACT Committee 

Andrew Horsley (President)

Darryl Gauld

David Baker

Todd Hulbert

Derek Bolling

Toby Marshall

Richard Charlton

Diccon Vokins

NSW/ACT President's Report 


Andrew Horsley

President

   


Dear Colleagues,


Welcome to 2010.


The Committee has given much thought as to suitable functions for the coming year.  The broad headings that we are looking to cover are around leadership, marketing, telecommunications, work life balance, executive women, property, technology and Australia in the region and the wider world.


As you know, over the years we have had very successful functions such as Boardroom Briefings, Business Issues Group Seminars, Lunches and Ongoing Educational events.  A format which we developed last year was the breakfast at the Aurora Bar in the city.  


Our first breakfast for 2010 will be on Wednesday 31st March.  Our special guest will be Peter Church, OAM, Chairman, AFG Venture Group, His firm is an Australia-based corporate advisory consulting firm operating throughout Australia, South East Asia and India with a very extensive network of offices throughout the region.


Peter Church is supremely well-equipped to address us on the topic “Doing Business in South East Asia”.  Peter will also consider the coming of India and the opportunities for Australia, particularly having regard to India’s business elite through their eyes.  He will be able to make some deep and valuable insights into the region’s cultural, commercial and political subtleties.  Peter’s books are:

  • A Short History of South East Asia

  • Added Value - The Life Stories of Leading South East Asian Business People.

In April 2010 his new book, Added Value – The Life Stories of Leading Indian Business People”, will be published.


Where: 

Aurora Bar, Aurora Place, Cnr Phillip & Bent St

Date:

Wednesday 31st March 2010

Time:

7.45am to 9.15am

Cost:  

$35 members, $40 non-members, $30 students

Cooked breakfast, coffee and  juice

Bookings: 

Note: Bookings for NSW Chapter events is now with the National Secretariat

Link to Registration Form

Email: gma@assocmanagement.com.au

Tel:  (03) 9536 3109  Fax: 03 9525 3656


I look forward to welcoming you there.


Best regards


Andrew Horsley

President

NSW Chapter GMAA


More About Peter Church OAM


Peter Church OAM

   

Awards

Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1994 by the Australian Government for promotion of business between Australia and South East Asia

Education

B. Com (University of New South Wales),

Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney), Master of Laws (University of London)

Current Appointments

Chairman, AFG Venture Group being a joint venture between Asean Focus Group and Venture Group. AFG Venture Group is an Australian and Asian corporate advisory firm with activities throughout Australia, South East Asia and India - www.afgventuregroup.com.

Special Counsel to Blake Dawson, an Australian and International law firm - www.blakedawson.com.

Director, Zaid Ibrahim and Co. (Thailand) Limited, a Thai law firm - www.zaidibrahim.com.

Chairman, Alliance of International Corporate Advisors (AICA), a global alliance of independent M&A/corporate advisors or “boutiques ” working in the mid market space - www.aioca.net.

Non-Executive Director, The George Institute for International Health Limited and its Asia Foundation medical research institute - www.thegeorgeinstitute.org.

Chairman, Indochina Starfish Foundation (Australia) Limited. This foundation is focused on making a difference to children in Cambodia, specifically the street children of Phnom Penh and other cities - www.indochinastarfish.org

Member, Advisory Board, eangelz.com, Singapore - an Asia wide branding, marketing and networking organisation - www.eangelz.com.

Member, Advisory Board, Aksara Foundation, Indonesia - an Indonesian think tank www.aksara.or.id.

Honorary Asian Regional Adviser to the Duke of Edinburgh Award / the International Award for Young People – an international leadership in

action programme, available to all young people aged between fourteen and twenty-five. -www.dofe.org/

Area of Expertise and Experience

Foreign Investment in the ten countries of South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar) and India, including negotiating, structuring and implementing complex entry and exit strategies for investors and those seeking to carry on business in those countries as well as other related corporate advisory activities such as mergers and acquisitions. 


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