Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors

President / Executive Director- Jeannie Foster

Jeannie is General Manager at Air Canada - Australia/New Zealand

Director: Richard Kohler

Richard is formerly the Consul General of Canada to Australia

Director: Stephan Delisle

Stephan is Managing Director of Executive Advisors Pty Ltd in Australia supporting several businesses in their business challenges in 32 countries.

Director: Dennis Cliche

Dennis is chairman of the CACC in Victoria and CEO of Connect East.

Director: Bob Onyschuk

Bob is Chairman of the Chamber´s Canadian Chapter and a Partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Toronto.

Director: Dominic Hudson

Dominic is Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets Asia Pacific

Director: Doug Carmichael

Doug is former President of the CACC

Director: Roger Saxton

Roger is Special Counsel for O'Neill Partners

Director: Jim Crowe

Jim is Managing Director of SES Asia, and CACC NSW Chapter Chair

*Govt. of Canada Representative (ex-officio): Tom MacDonald

Tom is the Consul General of Canada, Sydney.

*Govt. of Australia Representative (ex-officio): Stefan Trofimovs

Stefan is Australian Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner in Canada. He is based at the Australian Consulate General - Toronto.

*Past Presidents:

John R. Secker

John was the Chamber´s inaugural President, serving from 2005-2007. He is a past General Manager of the Royal Bank of Canada in Australia.

Doug Carmichael

Doug is General Manager of Australia Administration Services and headed up the CACC pre-launch planning committee. He also chairs the Chamber Partners & Affiliates Standing Committee.

*Manager: Chen Bian

Chen is responsible for strategic and day-to-day Chamber management.

*Legal Counsel: John Howard

John Howard is Partner at Thomson Playford Cutlers.

*Audit and Advisory Partner: Warwick James (BDO Kendalls)

Warwick is a Partner with BDO Kendalls, the official audit and accounting partner of the CACC.

* non-voting

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