Committee

Thanh Cawthorne

Thanh is originally from the North of Vietnam, moving to Vung Tau in Ba Ria Vung Tau province as a child.   In Vung Tau, Thanh studied Accounting & Computing and worked for eight years in the Vietnam Tourism and Hospitality sector. Then, together with her husband Terry, they successfully started a company that provided …

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Lien Truong

Ms Lien is a Senior Legal Advisor with the Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VP Bank) in Hanoi and has held similar senior roles for Japanese, American and Australian institutions based in Vietnam. Having studied in Brisbane, Ms Lien is well versed with Australian business culture and has a very good understanding of Foreign …

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Robert Osborn

Robert is Principal Consultant at Accelerate Business Advisory. Robert specialises in helping companies who want to fabricate offshore, ensuring the finished product meets not only the relevant Australian Standards but the expectations of the customer. Robert has lived and worked in Vietnam. As General Manager of Vung Tau based Strategic Marine, a dynamic steel and …

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Suzanne Ardagh AM

Suzanne is a governance professional and Director, leading the Board Advisory Service of the Executive Search Firm, Lester Blades in Western Australia. Suzanne’s career includes diplomatic postings to Vienna, Austria, and Mexico City. Returning to Perth, she spent time in the corporate head office at Wesfarmers become making a career change and moved to Vietnam …

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Trevor Hughes

Trevor is currently the Engineering Manager (WA) at Palaris, a global engineering consulting company who provide their services to the international resources sector. Trevor has twenty five years of senior engineering management experience across a wide variety of industries that includes the Mining, Oil & Gas and Construction industries in Australia and Southeast Asia. In …

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Peter Quinlan

Peter has forty years of international experience in providing Instrumentation, Commissioning and Marine Engineering services. He has worked across a diverse number of industries that includes Heavy Industrial Construction, Mining, Marine & Offshore and Oil & Gas. He has managed and operated calibration facilities in three countries, and established the first NATA accredited test facility …

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Van Collin

Van is a director of Viet-Coffee which they started together in 2009. Having decades of coffee experience from her time working in the family café in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam they have together driven the business to become the largest internet retailer for Vietnamese Coffee and Tea in Australasia. In Vietnam, Van is a …

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Mark Lewington

Mark has been the General Manager at Metrowest Constructions Pty Ltd for over ten years and has more than thirty years of experience working in the Construction Industry managing the design, construction, and operation of numerous buildings in Australia and the Middle East. Having lived and worked in Dubai, Mark has access to a global …

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Hugh Collin

Hugh is currently a WA Public servant and has held Senior Project roles across the Health, Education and Community and is currently in a Senior Project role at the newly created Communities. Hugh and his wife Van started Viet-Coffee in 2009 and Viet -Coffee is now the largest internet retailer for Vietnamese Coffee and tea …

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Edmund Damouni

Edmund is the Managing Director of Antry Pty Ltd which he established in Perth in 1992. He has owned and operated businesses in the Timber and Architectural Metal Industries in the United Arab Emirates, Doha and the USA and he has received international recognition for his commitment to customer service. In Perth, Antry Pty Ltd …

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