IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2020
Elena Norman
CEO
Hockey India
An experienced senior academic leader with excellent strategic planning, partnership negotiations, and human resource management skills in the tertiary engineering education sector in Australia.Responsible for developing and implementing international partnerships between Deakin University and other tertiary institutions in Asia.
Mr Dhananjay Singh is Director General and National Board Member, National HRD Network (NHRDN). He was Executive Director, NHRDN from September, 2011 to February, 2017. NHRDN is the largest network of HR Professionals in India.
Elena Norman is the CEO of Hockey India, the governing body for the sport of Hockey in India. She has worked in the Indian sports industry for more than twelve years. Her expertise, along with her dedication towards the development of Indian Hockey has seen the sport improve tremendously over the past decade.
Professor den Hollander introduced LIVE the future, an aspiration for Deakin to drive the digital frontier in higher education, harnessing the power, opportunity and reach of new and emerging technologies in all that it does.
Dr Jim Taggart OAM
Non-Executive Director
Moorebank International Company
Margaret Faux
CEO - Founder
Synapse Medical Services
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.
Margaret Faux is the Founder and CEO of Synapse Medical Services. Over the past 10 years Synapse has become an internationally recognised digital health company with offices spanning 3 continents. Synapse has conducted business from India for 10 years and currently employs approximately 100 staff in its local Chennai office.
Maria is the CEO of Advance.org, a trusted platform that connects Global Australians with Australia to drive better collaboration, innovation and investment.investment. Advance.org recognises and celebrate the impact and achievements of Global Australians to inspire the next generation of leaders.
Ravin moved to Australia (Brisbane) in 1993 at the age of 23, to complete my MBA at QUT. He managed two businesses which span operations in India and Australia, including manufacturing and design in both countries.
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Ritesh Singh
Commercial director
Unimoni
Sandip Hor
Chairman
AITCC
Ritesh is an accomplished International Executive, and currently the Executive Director for Australia and sits on the board of 4 APAC countries for Unimoni, with more than 18 years of experience in banking, financial services and consulting sector across 3 continents.
Currently the Chairman of Australia, India Travel & Tourism Council (AITTC) – an Australian national body dedicated to facilitating growth in bi-lateral travel between Australia and India both ways, Sandip Hor is also a prolific travel writer.
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2019
Christine Holman GAICD
Non-Executive Director
Moorebank International Company
Arun Sharma
Chairman
Celebrate India
DD Saxena
Managing Director
ROBE
Dr Clinton de Bruyn GAICD
Director
Treasury Queensland
Elena Kirillova
State Director, NSW/ACT
Australian Trade and Investment Commission,(Austrade)
Francis Wong OAM, OSJ, FAICD
Board Member
Tourism Australia
Jasmin Kaur
Managing Director
PWC
Jonty Ephron
Former CRO
ANZ
Dr Maurice L Newman AC, HonDBus Macq, FSIA, FSAA, FAICD
Chairman
Mukund Narayanamurti
CEO
Asialink Business
Petula Thomas
Director
Indo - Australian Chamber of Commerce
Swati Dave
Managing Director & CEO
EFIC
Tracey Vieira
CEO
Screen Queensland
Tracey Winters
Head of Government and Public Affairs
Santos
Vivek Bhatia
CEO
Australia Pacific, QBE
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2018
Andrea Gleason
Director
DFAT Western Australia
Andy Fell
Founder
GiFT 631
Anupam Sharma
Director
Temple Films
Brendan Smyth
Commissioner for International Engagement
Office of International Engagement
Chidambaram Srinivasan
Former Victorian Multicultural Commissioner
The East West Overseas Aid Foundation
Kylie Bell
Executive Director Industry
Trade & Investment at NSW Department of Industry
Linda Fazldeen AM FAICD FIML
Director Community Engagement Defence NT
Department Trade, Business and Innovation NTG
Marcia Hoffmann
Deputy CEO
Trade & Investment Queensland
Michelle Wade
Commissioner to South Asia
Government of Victoria
Natasha Malani
Deputy Lord Mayor
Adelaide City Council
Neville Roach AO
Chairman
Tata Consultancy Services
Rohini Kappadath
General Manager
Immigration Museum
Tess Bishop
Deputy Director General of Strategy and Engagement
Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2017
Dan Gregory
CEO
The Impossible Institute
Doug Ferguson
Chairman
Asia Society
Elena Kirillova
State Director, NSW/ACT
Australian Trade and Investment Commission, (Austrade)
Erin Watson-Lynn
Director
Asialink Diplomacy
Gail Ker OAM
CEO
Access Community Services Ltd
Jacinta Thompson
Executive Director
University of South Australia Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
Kumar Parakala
Global Digital Leader
GHD
Dr Parag Shirnamé
Vice President Client Services
Aurus Inc USA
Peter O'Byrne
Chair, National Advisory Board
Export Council of Australia
Sam Graham
CEO
Australian Football League NSW/ACT
Sheba Nandkeolyar
Board Member
Australia India Council, DFAT
Umesh Chandra
CEO
Chantex
Virginia Greville
Former Chief Executive Officer
Trade & Investment Queensland
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2016
Anthea Hancocks
CEO
The Scanlon Foundation
Associate Professor Adrian Vicary
Fellow of the University of SA
Dhruba Gupta,
Managing Director
DBM Consultants
The Honourable Daniel Mookhey MLC
NSW Parliament
Linda Fazldeen
Former Ministerial Adviser to the Chief Minister of NT
Lisa McAuley
CEO
Export Council of Australia
Nicola Watkinson
Minister Commercial and Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner South Asia
Austrade
Neville Roach AO
Chairman
Tata Consultancy Services
Parsuram Sharma-Luital JP
Hon Secretary
FECCA
Peeyush Gupta
Board member
SBS
Professor Arun Sharma
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
QUT
Robyn Hendry
CEO
Canberra Business Chamber
Stuart Davis
Chairman
South Asia Forum
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2015
Brian Hayes QC
Barrister and Legal Policy
Environmental and Human Rights Lawyer
Dr G.K (Harry) Harinath, OAM
Chairman
Multicultural NSW
Dr Marlene Kanga AM
Chair & President
World Federation of Engineering Organisations
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM FAICD
Former Chair
Australian Multicultural Council
Harish Rao
Global Head - Business Development
Sundaram Business Services
Jim Varghese AM
Chairman
Australia India Business Council
Julie Owens MP
Federal Shadow Minister for Small Business
Kumud Merani
National Executive Producer
SBS Hindi Radio
Michael Moignard
Former Australian Trade Commissioner
Peter Kerr
Sydney-based Executive Director
Asialink Business
Michael Carter
State Director, Western Australia
Austrade
Lisa Singh
Tasmania Labor Senator
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP
Member for Berowra
Sarat Chandran
Former Director
Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Sunil Lal
Executive Chairman
Barker Henley
IABCA PANEL OF EXPERTS 2014
Dr Geoffrey Lee MP
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans
Anupam Sharma
Director
Temple Films
Federal Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Ed Husic
Member for Chifley
Professor Amitabh Mattoo
Director
Australia India Institute
Dr G.K (Harry) Harinath, OAM
Chairman of Multicultural NSW
Kartik Mohandas
Former Regional Head
Zee Network International