Trilateral Trade Opportunities Australia, United Kingdom & Japan

We held a 3-part series on trilateral trade opportunities between Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan, and this is a summary on all the parts 1, 2 and 3. Click below for more. We featured a dynamic global business line-up of speakers that explored emerging opportunities across the regions.

Part 1 focused on intercultural issues HERE.

Part 2 focused on specific trade opportunities HERE.

Part 3 was a cross metro networking session HERE.

1st Session on Business Culture

• Language and cultural norms
• Business success and blockers
• Tips & hints from the experts

2nd Session on Trade Updates

• Update on trade agreements
• Business opportunities to be aware of
• How can you increase/start for your business

3rd Session on a Tri-Metro Meet-Up

• Invite attendees from both events to connect
• Attendees and speakers to interact
• Breakout rooms and connecting

Who should watch? Business leaders in any of the three regions who are looking to grow more effectively should connect in. We also reach out to business leaders looking to learn more about the business opportunities in Australia, Japan and the UK.

Amid free trade negotiations between the UK and Australia, coupled with the UK announcing that it looks to formally apply to join a free-trade partnership that includes countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, and Singapore, it has never been more important for global business leaders to be aware of the driving forces that bring about successful trading opportunities.

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss in the UK discussed the move with ministers in Japan and New Zealand early in January 2021 and requested to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The impact of joining CPTPP will cut tariffs in trading with its 11 members along the Pacific rim, which also include Mexico, New Zealand, and Vietnam. UK trade with the group last year was worth £111 billion.

Australia and the UK have a significant relationship underpinned by a shared heritage, common values, strong people-to-people links, closely aligned strategic outlook and interests and substantial trade and investment links. The Australia–Japan partnership is its most mature across Asia for Australia and is fundamentally important to both countries' strategic and economic interests. The relationship is underpinned by a shared commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, as well as common approaches to international security.

Australia and Japan also share deep and longstanding trade and investment ties. Japan was Australia's second-largest trading partner and second-largest export market, and third-largest source of foreign direct investment at the end of 2019. In session one...

Main speakers from the sessions were...

• Victoria Rennoldson - English Communication & Culture Coach, Founder & Director, Perfect Cuppa English
• Dominic Carter - Representative Director and CEO at the Carter Group
• Haruna McWilliams - Head of Accounts at Tokyoesque
• Richard Cuda - Head of Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets at International Investment Services
• Sally Townsend - Commissioner at Department of Trade, Tourism and Investment, Government of South Australia, and Chair of ANZCCJ
• Ziv Nakajima-Magen - Partner & Executive Manager at Nippon Tradings International

Speaker Brief Biographies

Victoria Rennoldson, English Communication & Culture Coach, Founder & Director, Perfect Cuppa English. Victoria is an English communication and culture coach, working with international professionals globally, who want to boost their Business English communication & cultural confidence for their performance and career. She is the founder and director of Perfect Cuppa English, and an expert speaker and writer on English Communication and British Culture. You can find out about her coaching and connect with her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson Victoria@perfectcuppaenglish.co.uk www.perfectcuppaenglish.co.uk

Dominic Carter - Representative Director and CEO at the Carter Group. Dominic has devoted his career to demystifying the Japanese consumer (and perhaps even more importantly, de-risking the market for his clients). He is known for being a clear-eyed consumer insights practitioner and entrepreneur. Today, he manages a team of over 40 researchers. They work with a wide range of clients based in Japan and overseas, including many household names. Their assignments cover the gamut of objectives from market entry strategy to innovation planning, brand architecture and customer tracking to social and climate advocacy.

Haruna McWilliams - Head of Accounts at Tokyoesque. Haruna has spent over 20 years in advertising as a Strategist in the world's major markets including Japan, UK, US, Singapore and now the Netherlands. Her past clients include Unilever, Google, Airbnb, Coca Cola, J&J, Tiffany & Co. and Suntory.

Having grown up in the Netherlands and Japan, she has always been interested in multicultural living and working environments. Her experience in a multicultural work environment extends from having observed her father who used to work at a Japanese company with Dutch employees, to managing truly mixed teams of her own at advertising agencies in and outside of Japan. Now Haruna is based in Amsterdam as Head of Accounts at Tokyoesque, a Japan focused market research and cultural insights shop, in charge of Client Services and New Business development. She is also the founder of Club Nagano - that connects people/business of Nagano Prefecture to the EU.

Richard Cuda - Head of Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets at International Investment Services. Richard is an International Business Leader with more than 12 years’ experience identifying, negotiating, and executing partnerships and advising and structuring businesses for international expansion. Richard has worked across global financial services, consulting firms and Government managing relationships with large and small businesses to scale and grow their businesses locally and internationally. Richard has helped businesses across 6 continents and conducted business on the ground in 35 countries. He has an extensive global network to call on particularly in the Asia Pacific region to help clients achieve their international ambitions.

Sally Townsend - Chair of ANZCCJ. Sally became Chair of ANZCCJ in January 2019, and has served as Commissioner for South Australia to Japan and Korea since March 2019. Prior to her current role, She was in charge of Business Development for Japan at global luxury lifestyle company Sarment Group, and before that, for an importer of premium Australian and New Zealand wine in Tokyo. She has been a member of ANZCCJ since 2008, with over 4 of those years on our Executive Council, including active roles within 3 committees; supporting the Food, Agriculture & Hospitality committee and establishing both the Sports for Business and TIER committees. A graduate of Nihon University, Sally is also the former President of the Australia Society Tokyo, a volunteer organisation that ran social events for Australians in Tokyo while raising money for charities in Japan.

Ziv Nakajima-Magen - Partner & Executive Manager at Nippon Tradings International. Trained and experienced as a corporate project manager, Ziv has been immersed in Japan's cultural & business arenas since the early 2000's. Together with his partner, they have established a real-estate buyer and proxy agency in 2011, representing buyers and sellers, large and small, in their forays into Japan's real-estate property market.

Cristina Merino - Head of Travel and Hospitality for STH Japan. Cristina currently serves as Head of Travel and Hospitality for Sports, Travel & Hospitality (STH) Japan, the exclusive Official Hospitality provider for Rugby World Cup 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Previously she worked as Executive Director of the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan where she focused on strengthening the commercial links between Australian / New Zealand and Japan, and raising awareness about the opportunities for Australian businesses in Japan. Over her career, she has worked at Meat & Livestock Australia, the Australian Embassy Tokyo, and as part of a Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) development project in Central America. Cristina first came to Japan in 2001 as a Researcher under the Japanese Government’s Monbukagakusho Scholarship Programme. She holds a Bachelor of International Business, specialising in Japanese, from Queensland University of Technology; and a Master of Intercultural Communication from Kyushu University. She is fluent in English, Japanese and Spanish.

Moderators:

Kathleen Keith, Executive Director

Global Chamber® London

Meet Katie Keith, a British / Australia Citizen, originally from a small colonial town on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. Katie moved to the UK in 2016 to pursue international career exposure, and to complete her master’s degree at Henley Business School. Katie is now pleased to call the UK home.

As a Thought Leader with 20 years’ experience within the Institutional and Retail Banking space, Katie has extensive exposure to corporate leadership, business growth and change management strategies within the corporate and finance sector.

Katie operates her Executive Coaching & Business Consultancy practice and works closely with companies such as Equals Group Plc, and Business Networking International (BNI), focused on developing and managing business growth and corporate partnership opportunities.

Katie also works very closely with prominent business networks in the UK focused on connecting decision makers and business owners into her global network. Having recently been appointed as the Executive Director within the Global Chamber, Katie’s mission is ‘to make a big world small’ one genuine and authentic business connection at a time.

Kirsty Wilkinson, Executive Director

Global Chamber® Melbourne

Kirsty Wilkinson is Deputy Director for Global Chamber® Melbourne. In addition Kirsty is Principal and Founder of Asia Market Makers. She founded Asia Market Makers about six years ago to help businesses wanting to export to Japan, teach Japanese language and culture and empower translators and interpreters with the right skill set for their businesses to flourish.

Originally from Whyalla, Kirsty has lived in Melbourne for over 15 years after returning from London and is committed to helping companies be more global and successful with a focus on Japan, UK, Europe and the U.S. She has lived in 3 Australian States and 3 countries (UK, Japan and Indonesia), and travelled extensively.

Kirsty has a BA (Advanced Japanese); BBus (International Trade) – Monash University. She is a member of Golden Key International Honours Society and Lions Club of South Vermont. Here past affiliations have included BHP Billiton, Allied Domecq Wine, Holden and Shell.

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