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| New Austcham Beijing board members ready for 2008/09 | | Print | |
| Sep / Oct 2008 | |||
 AustCham Beijing's new Chairman, Roger Wolfe (General Manager, Mining, WesTrac), formally welcomes the new board for 2008/09 and looks forward to another great year for AustCham Beijing's members and friends.NEW AUSTCHAM EXCO AND BOARD Following the AustCham Beijing AGM in June 2008, six board members were elected from a strong field of contenders, including three new directors. As the new Chairman, I am very fortunate to have such a talented and professional executive and board team that includes: Kent Matla, GNS (Deputy Chairman), Jason Li, Yatsen Associates (Vice Chairman), Michael Shagrin, NAB, (Treasurer), with eight directors: James Greer, AustChina; Amy Lim Johnson, Worldlink Education; Jason Marriott, Woods Bagot Architectural Design; Stuart Mengler, Allens Arthur Robinson; Wayne Mo, ANZ Banking Group; Mark Norris, Knauf Plasterboard; John Pendergast, Asia Project Link; Robert Rath, Telstra Asia The new Board has enthusiasm, commitment and the vision to ensure that in the coming year we will build on the foundations laid last year to achieve even more for our members, through expanded working groups, interchamber networking, seminars and presentations and of course social events including the Golf Day (see below) and the Annual Ball. We value feedback and suggestions from our members via our General Manager Dalwyn Bateson and her great support team. Thank you to the 2007/08 Board of Directors, led by Chairman John Pendergast, who coordinated a great year for members. Thank you particularly to Geoff Baker, Simon Cousins and Edward Smith for their contributions while on the AustCham Beijing board. RECENT EVENTS Shanghai Expo 2010 Briefing Peter Tesch, Commissioner-General for Australia, and David Glass, Director of Business & Communications, Shanghai World Expo 2010 Unit, gave members an update on Australia's preparations for the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Questions covered risk management strategies, how to engage and improve Australian States and Territories representation, site sustainability and Peter's standout memories from previous Expos (which included smoking Cuban cigars, dancing the Argentinean tango and inhaling Moroccan spice aromas!) For more information, please visit www.expo2010.com.au Golf Day 2008 The AustCham Beijing Lloyd Morgan Golf Day will be held on Friday, September 19 at Tianzhu Golf Course. Proceeds will go to Ronald  McDonald House Charity, with great prizes on offer for winners as well as hard to get sporting memorabilia up for grabs. For more information on sponsoring a hole or playing in the event, please email
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Boomtown Beijing - Charity Film Screening AustCham Beijing was delighted to host a special charity screening of Boomtown Beijing at Salud on Nanluoguxiang, raising funds for the Library Project (www.library-project.org). Directed by Siok Siok Tan, an award winning executive producer of international documentaries, the film gave a rare glimpse of the authentic Beijing, its people and their Olympics dreams. Thank you for all the generous donations. AustCham Beijing Making Noises at Sydney Olympic Park The normally quiet Sydney Olympic Park was awash with live sounds from the Beijing Subway and Dongsishitiao streets during the Beijing 2008  Games, broadcasting from the moment the torch entered the Birds Nest stadium until it was extinguished on August 24. AustCham Beijing provided logistical support for this project, coordinated by Allan Giddy at the Environment Research Institute for Art at The University of New South Wales. ■ KOOKA NETWORKING AustCham Beijing hosts Kooka drinks every Friday night, from 6.30-9.30pm at Aria, China World's award winning restaurant. We look forward to seeing you there, you never know who you might bump into! Venue: Aria, China World Hotel, 1 Jianguomen Avenue.
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