AmCham's 'How Business Really Works' Podcast

While our regular host Duff Watkins is on sabbatical, hear Robert Hossary, AmCham's NSW/ACT General Manager speak with Thomas Carden, International Tax Director for US Global Tax on the facts behind FATCA.

While working in both the Tax and Financial Services for 19 years Thomas has built up an extensive knowledge of the tax issues that U.S citizens living overseas face.

He is enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. He started in 1995 in a small CPA firm and progressed to being the international expatriate tax specialists for a surviving remnant of Arthur Anderson.

He has a Bachelors in Global Business Management from the University of Phoenix and a Juris Science Masters in International Tax and Financial Service Law, and he is currently working on a Doctoral Degree in International Tax and Financial Services Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

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While our regular host Duff Watkins is on sabbatical, hear Robert Hossary, AmCham's NSW/ACT General Manager speak with Denni Francisco, CEO of The Energy Project in Australia and New Zealand.

Robert and Denni discuss transforming the way you work. How it's not just the hours you invest that determines the value you create; it's also the energy you bring to whatever hours you work.

Through her role as CEO of three SME businesses, as a facilitator, mentor, coach and speaker Denni has explored a different way of being for executives who wish to 'show up,' be present in every aspect of their life, find meaning, and identify their legacy.

Having worked with hundreds of executives across national and multinational organisations and government sectors in Australia, Asia and the Middle East, she understands the complexities of balancing key business performance outcomes with the real need to build and nurture human communities. For this purpose she is committed helping companies fuel sustainable high performance through meeting the energy needs of their people.

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In this series Duff Watkins has a discussion with Steve Schmidt on the US Political Scene.

As vice-chairman of Public Affairs at Edelman, Stephen Schmidt is a strategic counselor to chief executive officers and senior decision makers at global corporations, professional sports franchises, non-profit organizations and academic institutions. Recognized as one of the top public affairs and political strategists in the country, he has provided counsel on a wide range of issues, including telecommunications, technology, financial services, energy, health care, entertainment and gaming. He has been described by national media as a "damage control master."

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In this episode, hear Duff Watkins and Andy Vesey discuss 'How Energy is Changing.'

Andy has over 30 years' experience in the energy industry including strategic and commercial leadership of large energy organisations, and working in complex regulatory and political environments. His experience extends across the energy supply chain, including power development, generation, distribution and retail businesses. Andy commenced with AGL in January 2015, officially taking over as MD and CEO on 12 February 2015.

To survive and thrive in changing and increasingly competitive environments, companies need to build agile business processes and systems able to anticipate, adapt and position themselves to take advantage of opportunities as they emerge. This is the journey that AGL has embarked upon to ensure that we grow and continue to serve our customers. Acting entrepreneurially, having lean processes, ensuring that investments are evaluated rigorously and quickly, ensuring that scenario planning is employed, and that the company builds adaptive business partnerships and supply chains, all contribute to this success. Andy discusses this and more throughout the podcast.

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It has been a year since we launched our AmCham Business Podcasts and in our last addition we revisited some of the highlights of the 2015 series, today we are following on and have part 2 of the highlights.

In this podcast we hear from Dr. Duff Watkins, David Chalke, John Borghetti, Geoff Culbert and Angust Stewart & Glen Gooding.

You may also notice that we have changed our naming convention with this podcast. The new convention starts with the podcast episode number, year then name of the episode.

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It has been a year since we launched our AmCham Business Podcasts and we thought that we would revisit some of the highlights of the 2015 series.

In this podcast we hear from Dr. Duff Watkins, Consul General for the United States Hugo Llorens, Customer Care Guru Don Peppers, Australasian Divisional President of MasterCard Australasia and AmCham Governor, Eddie Grobler, and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Telecom David Tudehope.

You may also notice that we have changed our naming convention with this podcast. The new convention starts with the podcast episode number, year then name of the episode.

Thank you for your continued support of this podcast . Please continue to let us know how we can improve this service for you by sending an email to [email protected].

Today Duff Watkins discusses doing business in the US with Ian Smith, Founder and Managing Director of the United States Connect Pty Ltd.

Ian has extensive experience in the international trade in both private and public sectors across a broad range of industries and multiple disciplines. Ian is a former Australia Trade Commissioner for the Midwest region of the United States and former Chairman of the Chicago International Trade Commissioners' Association. More recently, he founded Access USA (2011) which provided exporters with practical information and advice on key aspects of doing business in the United States.

Access USA then morphed into the company that is today, United States Connect. It's a website; it's a one-stop shop for Australian and New Zealand companies looking at going to the US for business.

Our guest today is DHL Senior Vice President for Oceania, Gary Edstein. Join Gary and Duff as they discuss how Logistics "makes trade happen".

Logistics is a critical part of any business' supply chain. It covers warehousing, fulfilment, air-freight, ocean freight and it's a very critical component of the cost of sales. Sometimes it can be up to 30% of the cost of sales - even higher. So it's critical to get it right and to get that whole supply chain streamlined too obviously, reduced your costs in that component.

Gary is responsible for DHL Express operations in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Pacific Islands.

Gary has worked in the transport industry for 29 years, initially for 11 years with Trans Australia Airlines (now the domestic arm of Qantas), where he was National Accounts Manager. He joined DHL in 1986 as Sales Manager, Victoria.

Gary was appointed General Manager, Australia for DHL International and appointed Regional Director for DHL Express Oceania in June 2003.

In today's episode, our message is simple; disrupt or be disrupted. Duff Watkins speaks with our guest Geoff Culbert, President and CEO of GE Australia and New Zealand.

Geoff is President & CEO, GE Australia & New Zealand where he is responsible for GE's suite of businesses in the region including Oil & Gas, Power & Water, Aviation, Healthcare, Transportation, Appliances and Lighting. Geoff joined the company in 2002 and has held senior positions in Australia and Asia. Prior to his current role, Geoff was General Counsel for GE's Global Growth Organisation, where he led a team of over 150 legal and compliance professionals across Asia, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Canada and Russia/CIS. Before joining GE he worked in private practice for 10 years in Australia, Europe and Asia, specialising in international banking and finance.

In this episode we discuss cyber criminals. Duff Watkins has a discussion with our guests Angus Stewart, IBM's specilist in cybercrime and Glen Gooding, chief of the IBM Security Centre.

Cybercriminals continuously target financial institutions, enterprises, e-commerce operations and other organizations to steal financial and business information. Legacy solutions are hard pressed to prevent these attacks, as they lack threat intelligence and near real-time visibility into the full attack lifecycle. IBM has pioneered a holistic, integrated cyber-crime prevention architecture that has been successfully deployed in hundreds of organizations globally.

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