IABCA Panel of Experts

IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2022

IABCA annually engages with an independent panel of industry experts and leaders from across both nations to determine the finalists and winners of our annual awards initiative. Operating on an annual rotational policy, this credibility based approach ensures that entrants are assessed solely on merit, and requires a collection of highly qualified leaders who are willing to invest their time towards furthering the India-Australia relationship.

Please view our IABCA Awards Jury till date below:

Dianne Tipping
Chair
Export Council Australia

Dianne has been the Chair of the Export Council of Australia for 7 years and has a long and varied career in international trade promotion and facilitation. She has over 40 years of experience in both business ownership and international project management. Dianne is the founder and Managing Director of Excon International Pty Ltd, a consultancy established in 1982 that focuses on facilitating movement of goods across borders and managing international projects on behalf of Australian exporters.

Dr Jim Taggart OAM

Non-Executive Director

Moorebank International Company

Dr Jim Taggart is a Chairman, Non-Executive Committee (Audit & Risk) Member, and Financial Services Professional with over 30 years of Board level experience across the public, private (finance planning, investment, development) and community (Church, local area support and fundraising) sectors.

Jodi McKay MP
Member for Strathfield

Raised in the small town of Gloucester in country NSW, Jodi was an award-winning Newcastle journalist before moving into the private and non-for-profit sectors. She was one of the founding members of the Hunter Medical Research Institute and has been a non-executive director on a variety of health, research and advocacy boards.

Gurmesh Singh, MP
Member for Coffs Harbour
NSW Parliament.

He is a third-generation Coffs local, raising two young children with his wife in the most beautiful part of NSW.

Gurmesh grew up in a farming family from Woolgoolga and is proud to have lived and worked on the North Coast. He graduated as Dux from Woolgoolga High School and studied Industrial Design at UNSW. Gurmesh has previously worked in marketing and advertising and in farming.

Kylie Bell
Executive Director
Trade and International
Investment NSW

Our Trade team is led by Kylie Bell, Executive Director, Trade & International. Kylie has 25 years’ experience in global trade and investment and has lived and worked across India, ASEAN, Europe and Australia in senior consulting, business development and diplomatic trade and investment positions. Previously, Kylie worked for EY and the Australian Trade & Investment Commission.

Kylie’s clients have ranged from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups across a broad range of industries.

Kylie and her team look forward to talking with you about how the NSW Government can support your business growth in Australia's most forward looking and business friendly state, and introduce you to our State’s leading companies.

The Hon Lisa Singh

Deputy Chair, DFAT, Australia-India Council

CEO, Australia India Institute

Lisa Singh is a former Australian Senator and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the Australian Parliament. She is currently the Director of the Australia India Institute and the Deputy Chair of the Australian Government’s Australia-India Council. As an influential professional, Lisa has been advancing Australia’s social and economic ties with India and the wider Indo-Pacific for the past decade. In 2014 she was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the President of India for building friendly Australia-India relations, the highest civilian honour for a person of Indian origin.

Michelle Wade

Commissioner

South Asia, Global Victoria

Michelle is a highly experienced international trade official and has undertaken senior Australian diplomatic postings in Italy, Malaysia and Spain. Michelle is currently based in Bengaluru, India and oversees Victorian government’s promotion of trade, investment and education across South Asia. In 2020, Michelle led Victoria’s Covid response to international students, the $45m International Student Emergency Relief Fund. She grew up in the small town of Woolgoolga, home to Australia's first Sikh community, and has a Bachelor of Arts from University of Queensland and Postgraduate qualifications in Applied Law (UQ) and Business Communications (QUT).

Natasha Malani

Director

South Australian Leaders

Natasha Malani is delivering expertise to South Australian SME's to build their capability through the provision of expertise and access to her local, national and international network. Natasha launched SA Leaders in April 2016. South Australian Leaders assists companies to achieve sustainable growth, manage succession planning and evaluate entry and exit strategies for their business. Through experience and its networks, South Australian Leaders operates a range of initiatives designed to benefit companies at different stages of growth.

Nick Hockley

Chief Executive Officer

Cricket Australia

Nick was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Cricket Australia in June 2021 after leading Australian cricket through the early stages of the pandemic as interim CEO. Previously, Nick held key executive roles with the organising committees for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, and as CEO of the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 where records were shattered for the biggest women’s sporting event in Australia.

Nick’s focus now shifts towards welcoming England to Australian shores for the men’s and women’s Ashes series which headline a massive upcoming summer of cricket. Following that, Nick and his team continue to look forward to the next Australian cricket strategy, along with preparing for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Australian soil where all of Australia is set to unite.