DFAT Executive Briefings on Indonesia
From August 2022 – March 2023, Asialink Business in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and KPMG designed and delivered the Executive Briefings on Indonesia program.
A national executive briefing series, this program was designed to raise awareness of the opportunities for Australian businesses in Indonesia, introduce the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) and to build upon Prime Minister Albanese’s visit to Indonesia in June 2022.
In total seven roundtable boardroom briefings and ten one-on-one consultations were delivered in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, reaching more than 50 c-suite and executive level representatives from some of Australia’s largest private and ASX listed companies.
The program included the following sector focused briefings:
- Education, Training and Skills – Sydney
- Education, Training and Skills – Melbourne
- Health and Aged Care – Melbourne
- Health and Aged Care – Melbourne
- Superannuation and Financial Services – Sydney
- Food, Beverage and Agribusiness – Melbourne
- Green Economy – National (Hybrid)
Speakers included:
Ridwaan Jadwat, First Assistant Secretary, Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan Division, Australia’s Special Envoy to the OIC, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Robert Fergusson, Assistant Secretary Indonesia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Leigh Howard, CEO, Asialink Business
Robert Law, Director, Research and Information, Asialink Business
Simon Merrifield, Senior Adviser, Asialink Business
Doug Ferguson, NSW Chairman, Head of Asia & International Markets, KPMG
Corrina Bertram, Partner, KPMG
Moazam A. Shah, FCA, MAICD, Chief Financial Officer, Aspen Medical
Frank Kwok, Senior Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Real Assets, Macquarie Asset Management
Nicholas Moore, Special Envoy to Southeast Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.