We had a fantastic time at our fourth Virtual Meet the Member of 2023 last night!

Thank you to our excellent speakers, Fergus Brain - Founding Partner, Brain Partners; Richard Ennis – Regional Director, Invest Northern Ireland; Grace Molloy — CEO, Menopause Friendly Australia; Blaise Hammond– Director, Communications & Engagement, Informed Solutions; Brad Ellis - Director of Sales, Reed & Mackay; Laura Robinson - Director, Harvey Nash; Daniel Smith GCB.D - Executive Chair, ReGen Strategic; Phillip Bouwman MBA, MAICD – Co-Founder & CEO, XCEPCION Management Intelligence Platform; Maria Jockel – Global & National Immigration Leader, BDO in Australia; and Patrick Murphy – Co-Founder & Non Executive Chairman, Aberdeen Minerals.

We're excited to hear about any partnerships that may blossom from these engaging discussions.

If you are interested in speaking at our next Virtual Meet the Member, please contact our Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Wright.

Last week, we co-hosted a webinar in partnership with Crimson Global Academy on how companies can integrate more family-friendly initiatives into their employment benefit programmes.

We were fortunate enough to hear from Kevin Park, VP at CGA, on the new era of family flexibility in the workplace, and how CGA is supporting both individuals and organisations with seamless, high-quality online learning options.

A massive thanks to Kevin and the CGA team for their involvement in the webinar and to our attendees who joined us online. Find a recording of the webinar here: https://youtu.be/1dAKytZfBgo

C|T Group recently conducted a survey of Australian and UK respondents which revealed interesting implications for corporates.

Watch now to hear C|T Group share these insights in a virtual briefing. The online session included an overview of the current issue agenda, views on energy policy, perceptions of big tech companies, and other political insights.

Our final Australian British Chamber of Commerce Meet the Member event for 2022!

What a fantastic way to finish off our events for the year. Listening to 10 of our wonderful Chamber Members as they each gave our audience an insight in to their companies, services which they offer and how we can be of support to them as part of our Chamber Community.

Thank you so much to our speaking Members - Peter Kim from Crimson Global Academy, Alan Sherry from Sherry Design Sydney, Jaco Veldsman from Paytron, Adam Clough from Sport Heroes, Letrecia Tippett from Hootsuite, 🏗 Toby Buchanan from nPlan, Yash Tiwari, PhD from Smiths Detection, Samantha Woodward from THINK SAVVY, Jade de Kort from Polyglot Group and Alistair French from The Royal Exchange of Sydney.

It is always so rewarding hearing how many fruitful connections are made during the Catalysts, and this year was no exception. We were pleased to bring together a group of senior industry leaders to share experiences, knowledge and best practice on the challenges of planning and delivery of major infrastructure projects in Australia and UK.

Thank you to all who attended and made the Catalyst such a success, including our delegates, speakers and sponsors: Mott MacDonald, Network Rail Consulting, PwC Australia, Macquarie Group, NSW Government, Bechtel Corporation, Connected Places Catapult, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and Jacobs.

We were delighted to host a Sydney business lunch with the Hon Victor Dominello MP, NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital on 27 July 2022.

The Minister shed light on the new era of digital we are now entering, explaining that the success of digital projects in NSW (and Australia more broadly) hinges on trust. He suggested that this trust is comprised of three identifiable pillars:

🔹 Who: Are you who you say you are?

🔹 What: What are you credentialed to do?

🔹 Why: Why should you be trusted?

The Minister then delved into the host of digital services being carried out across the state, such as Digital Identity, the Education wallet, the Health applications and Blue Book.

Thank you to the Minister for sharing your insights on the state's digital journey; to our attendees; and to our event partners, Ade Ewart, Managing Director, Apteco Australia and Sean Gregory, Chief Strategy, Risk & Reputation Officer, PwC Australia.

Watch the ABCC's NSW Wine Industry Webinar to hear how the Australia UK FTA will provide benefits for your business.

Brendan Peace, Director, Regional Trade Agreements Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shared insights into the ground made for free access to the UK market. Angus Barnes, Executive Officer, NSW Wine Industry Association, spoke on the current state of play in NSW’s UK export opportunity, and overturning the UK’s changes to taxation.