We consulted over 250 senior leaders in business and government over the last two years in developing the findings and recommendations for this project. We are exceptionally grateful to all the leaders who contributed to this project. We specifically acknowledge below the contributions of those leaders who contributed an exceptional amount of time, energy and commitment in developing this report.
To our knowledge partners and authors:
Damien Wodak, Managing Director and Partner, and Daniel Selikowitz, Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Qiao Ma, Portfolio Manager – Asian Equities Fund, Cooper Investors
Mary Manning, Portfolio Manager for the Ellerston Asia Growth Fund, Ellerston Asian Investments (ASX:EAI) and the Ellerston India Fund, Ellerston Capital
Penny Burtt, Group Chief Executive Officer, Asialink
Mukund Narayanamurti, Chief Executive Officer, Asialink Business
To all the companies and executives who participated in the case study interviews:
Cochlear: Dig Howitt, Chief Executive Officer & President
Carsales: Paul Barlow, Managing Director International
IDP Education: Andrew Barkla, Chief Executive Officer
Lendlease: Tony Lombardo, Chief Executive Officer – Asia
Xero: Kirsty Godfrey-Billy, Chief Financial Officer and Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director – Asia
Treasury Wine Estates: Matt Young, Chief Financial Officer
Hurricane’s Grill: Craig Goldberg, Managing Director
The SILC Group: Koby Jones, Managing Director
To all the individuals who provided key insights and commentary to this report:
Nicola Wakefield Evans, Non-Executive Director, Macquarie Group, Lendlease, BUPA and AICD
Kee Wong, Non-Executive Director, Carsales and AICD
Peter Cai, Non-resident Fellow, Lowy Institute
Anna Whitlam, Founder and Managing Director, Anna Whitlam People
Michael Smith, China Correspondent, The Australian Financial Review
Peter Yates AM, Deputy Chair, AIA Australia Limited and Non-Executive Director, Linfox
Melanie Brock, Chief Executive Officer, Melanie Brock Advisory Ltd. and Global Ambassador, Advance
Emma Connors, South-East Asia correspondent, The Australian Financial Review
To our taskforce members for your time and contribution to this report:
Sid Myer AM, Chair, Myer Family Investments
Angus Armour, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Ainslie van Onselen, Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Accountants ANZ
Jonathan Yeung, Head of Asian Business Banking, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Yasmin Allen, Non-Executive Director, Cochlear, Santos, ASX and Chair, Advance, Faethm.ai and DSO
Ajay Bhatia, Managing Director – Australia, Carsales
Christine Holgate, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Australia Post
Sue MacLeman, Chair, MTPConnect, Anatara Lifesciences, Tali Digital Ltd, and Non-Executive Director of Palla Pharma Ltd, Oventus Medical Ltd, and Veski
Diane Smith-Gander AO, Non-Executive Director, Wesfarmers and Chair, CEDA
Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, University of Queensland
Martin Commons, Head of Public Policy, BHP Billiton
To our project team:
Mukund Narayanamurti, Chief Executive Officer, Asialink Business and Project Director, Winning in Asia
Shiraz Engineer, Associate Director, Asialink Business and Project Manager, Winning in Asia
David Murphy, Project Associate, Winning in Asia
Tom Colak, Associate, Boston Consulting Group
Thanh Ly, State Manager, Asian Banking, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Simon Grant, Group Executive – Advocacy & International, Chartered Accountants ANZ
Matt Pritchard, Head of Government Relations and Media, Advocacy, Australian Institute of Company Directors and
Joanne Gilroy, Board Diversity Manager, Advocacy, Australian Institute of Company Directors