SCOTT SMILES
ATTRIBUTES:
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19 years in foreign service with Austrade and its predecessors inclusive of
- six years on postings in Asia (Malaysia and Republic of Korea) and three each in New York and Dubai
- in Kuala Lumpur, leader and/or member of the Australia delegation to the Association of Tin Producing Countries and the International Natural Rubber Organisation AGMs
- post activities focused upon budget and marketing plan formulation and execution, business development and strategic partnering, trade exhibitions and event management, political risk/cultural antennae and strategic assessment, public relations and issues management,
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Extensive network in business and government sectors in Australia, parts of Asia (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore) and the Middle East (Dubai and Lebanon)
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Post government career in financial services and wine marketing.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Quickly established and consolidated Dubai as a key Austrade Post in the Arab world, from which humble beginnings it grew into a major regional office
- Delivered presentations at ‘invest in Australia’ seminars in Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt and New York between 1991 and 1994
- Non executive Director of ASX listed Investment AustAsia Investment Limited (BOT toll road and bridge projects and Badaling Great Wall Cable Car operations in China)
- Introduced the underwriter ($35 million) in advance of the listing of Cabonne Limited (integrated wine company), secured a State Government Business Development Grant for Cabonne and subsequently served as that company’s Australasian Sales Manager
- ‘Eye on the prize’, completed all nine marathons started since 2000.
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