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NZAL Eye on Asia forum with Institute of Directors and Superdiversity Centre for Law, Policy and Business
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Held on Oct 31, the Eye on Asia forum was an inaugural joint venture between the Institute of Directors NZ (IOD), NZ Asian Leaders (NZAL) and the Superdiversity Centre for Law, Policy and Business, aimed at deepening a working knowledge of cultures and factors influencing business success in India and China.
Facilitated by Mai Chen, CMInstD, Founder, and Chair of the Superdiversity Centre, NZ Asian Leaders and David Jackson, CFInstD, Director, Fonterra, the forum provided deep insider knowledge from those doing business in the China and Indian markets.
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Providing this expertise, was a top line up of NZAL members who through their deep experience have insider knowledge of the Indian and Chinese markets. Issues included, understanding tax regulations to government machinery and digital growth in India. On the Indian business panel, Sameer Handa, CMInstD, Director, Deputy Chair, NZAL, Chandan Ohri, Managing Partner – Global Business Services, IBM and Jay Changlani, Director, Account Icon. Ziena Jalil, MInstD, Partner, SenateSHJ presented a case study on her experience of working within the education sector in India.
The second session on China capability included the China panel, Terry Lee, Managing Director, Milk NZ Ltd, who spoke about the investment and partnership opportunities in China and what the most recent 19th Communist Party Congress means focusing on President Xi Jinping's three and half hour speech, Lisa Li, Managing Director, China Travel Services explained the Belt and Road initiative, Dr. Xiaoying Fu, MInstD shared insight into innovation, growth and future growth industries and Leon Fung, General Manager, Winston Nutritional Ltd spoke about his experience on understanding the Chinese client and consequently the market. The case study was presented by Gavin Yang, Managing Director, Trademonster on the growing e-commerce market in China.
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NZAL Wellington Networking Session
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With an aim to develop a stronger and wider network in Wellington, on Wednesday Oct 25, NZAL held a networking lunch session for its members, sponsors and supporters.
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NZAL Chief Executive, Karinia Lee provided an overview of the organisation, the membership and the opportunities available to members and shared NZAL's new branding while Sameer Handa, Deputy Chair, NZAL elaborated on plans for 2018. Leading the growth for NZAL regionally, NZAL advisory board member and CEO, Future COL, Bharat Guha spoke about his interest to grow membership throughout all regions and Zong-Pei Zhao, NZAL advisory board member, and Special Counsel, Chen Palmer talked about his focus to identify and grow the diverse talent in the public sector.
To close the formalities on behalf of Victoria University of Wellington as host of the session, NZAL established member Rebecca Needham, Director, Confucius Institute welcomed all to continue their discussions, meet new people over lunch kindly provided by Eat My Lunch.
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Upcoming event - Monday Nov 6
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SUPERdiverse WOMEN, Young Enterprise Trust, NZ Asian Leaders and Microsoft NZ invite you to be a part of a multi-generational panel discussion on leadership and growth, facilitated by CE, NZ Asian Leaders, Karinia Lee and CEO, Young Enterprise Trust, Terry Shubkin
Guest speaker - Mai Chen, Founder, and Chair of the Superdiversity Centre, SUPERdiverse WOMEN and NZ Asian Leaders
Date: November 6, 2017
Time: 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm (main session begins at 12:45 pm)
Venue: Microsoft House, Level, 5/22 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Westhaven, Auckland
Registration fee: $25 pp (registration link below)
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14 new member announcements!
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(L -R) Chandan Ohri, Managing Partner – Global Business Services, IBM | Winston Fong, Vice President – Surgical Technologies, Fisher & Paykel | Prabha Ravi QSM JP, Director, International Education, YMCA Central NZ | Dr. Paula Ray, Senior Lecturer, Aspire2 International, Auckland
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(L -R) Jay Changlani, Director, Accounts Icon | Karen Sandhu, Consultant, Commercial Strategy & Planning, NZME | Mahsa Marks, Accredited Associate, Genratec | Nga Blanchard, Entreprenuer, Founder/Director, NZiFOCUS | Luisa Wong, Lawyer/ Barrister, Webster Malcolm Law | Pramod Regonayak, BI Solutions Delivery Manager, Bank of New Zealand | Jeffrey Yik, Portfolio Monitoring Analyst, Housing NZ | Megha Jha, Business Development - New Zealand, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand | Yong Han, Chief Risk Officer, HSBC
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Sally Ding, Management Accountant for Mental Health Services, Waitemata District Health Board
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BNZ renews sponsorship with NZAL
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For a third term, NZAL are pleased to announce the renewal of BNZ as a major sponsor.
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| India Unplugged series - Logistics & Operations for export to India |
NZAL partner, INZBC invites you to a presentation on Logistics & Operations for export and import from India on November 15, 2017.
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Mai Chen
Chair - NZ Asian Leaders
NZ Asian Leaders Advisory Board Members
Sameer Handa - Deputy Chair
Bharat Guha
Ziena Jalil
Terry Lee
Lisa Li
Carolyn Luey
Mitchell Pham
Ming Lim-Pollard
Nikhil Ravishankar
Brijesh Sethi
Thomas Song
David Tse
Zong-Pei Zhao
Karinia Lee - Chief Executive
Priti Garude - Marketing & Communications Manager
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