APEC Conference 2011 - Is Australia managing?

L2 - Australia and the European downturn - Dr Ed Shann, Director, Prime Value Asset Management

Dr. Ed Shann is a Director of Prime Value Asset Management. He was a director of Access Economics during the nineties until his retirement in 2000. He is a regular participant in the media and previously wrote the Economist Column in the BRW. Dr. Shann was formerly Research Director of the Business Council of Australia and Chief Economist at Shell (Australia) in the eighties. He worked in the seventies and early eighties as an economist in the Federal Treasury and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, including periods at the International Monetary Fund and as a Research Fellow at ANU. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

L1 - Regulatory trends in financial markets - John Trowbridge, Centre for International Finance and Regulation

John Trowbridge is the Director of the Centre for International Finance and Regulation. He was also up until recently the Chairman of the Natural Disaster Insurance Review. He was previously an Executive Member of the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) between 2006 and 2010 and was appointed to APRA after a distinguished career in the actuarial profession and in the insurance industry, holding consulting, executive and director roles.

Australia’s Trade Outlook - Q and A - Part 2

Stephen Somogyi, Chief Operating Officer, RMIT University

3.4 - Australia’s Trade Outlook - Manufacturing

Rob Sindel joined CSR April 2008 as Executive General Manager of CSR Lightweight Systems. In October 2009 appointed CEO of CSR Building Products. Formerly the managing director of Civil & Marine (UK), a subsidiary of the global building materials company, Hanson, now part of the Heidelberg Cement Group. Rob has also held the position of commercial trading director for Hanson Aggregates (UK). Previously Rob was with Pioneer Australia, where he worked for over 13 years. A member of the UNSW Australian School of Business Advisory Council and a member of the Australian Business and Community Network Council, a not for profit organisation, working on mentoring and coaching programs with schools in areas of high need. Rob was appointed to the board of CSR as an executive director December 2010 and managing director January 2011.

3.3 - Australia’s Trade Outlook - Agriculture

Philip Gentry is currently the Managing Director of Agrium Asia Pacific. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2010 at the AWB after serving as their Head of Strategy and M&A before its acquisition by Agrium. Prior to working at the AWB, Mr. Gentry held several positions at the ANZ Bank including Head of Investor Relations and Global Head of International Trade and Finance. Mr. Gentry holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales, an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development, and completed the Executive Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Gentry is also a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.

3.2 - Minerals

Brendan Pearson is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of the Minerals Council of Australia. He was formerly the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 2006 and 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Pearson was the Japan and Korea correspondent for the Australian Financial Review. He was also a Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C. Mr. Pearson holds a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

3.1 - Australia’s Trade Outlook - Services

Stephen Somogyi is the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Resources at RMIT University, Melbourne. He has extensive experience in the financial services and health care industries, including 27 years with National Mutual and as an Executive Member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for 3 years to June 2006. He holds a Master of Science from the University of Melbourne in Physics and a Master

of Science from the Massachusetts Institution of Technology in Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. Mr. Somogyi is a Commissioner of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, and Director of OnePath Australia, Guild Group, VERNet and RMIT Foundation.

3.0 - Australia’s Trade Outlook

Bruce Kean AM is a former CEO of Boral Ltd. Other senior appointments include Chairman of the Oil Company of Australia Ltd, Director of AMP Ltd, Director of the Australian Submarine Corporation, Director of Capral Aluminium Ltd, Director of Pirelli Cables (Australia) Ltd, and Director of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Australia Ltd. He was Chairman of CEDA from 1994 to 2002. Mr. Kean has also served on a number of Industry and Government Committees. He was a member of the Prime Ministers Economic and Planning Advisory Committee, a member of the Australian Committee of the American Bureau of Shipping, and Chairman of the International Relations and Trade Committee of BCA. He is a recipient of The Order of Australia for Service to Industry and the Sir John Allison Award for achievements in Export and Trade.

2.3 - If Doha can’t deliver what can?

Peter Gallagher is a specialist consultant who provides analysis and advice on international trade, public policy and business communications to food companies, industry organisations and government agencies. Previously, Mr. Gallagher was the head of the Australian Dairy Industry Council and taught at the Business School of the University of Melbourne. Mr. Gallagher was also a Diplomat with the Department of Foreign

Affairs and Trade. He is the author of numerous publications on international trade issues and has participated in several trade capacity-building projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds a Bacheolor Degree in Philosophy from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from the Australian National University.

2.2 - Australia’s trade and investment performance in Asia

John W.H. Denton is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He is also the Chairman of the Global Engagement Task Force within the Business Council of Australia, and one of three Australian representatives to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). He is also the chairman of ABAC’s Finance and Economics Working Group, and chairman of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Australia. Mr. Denton was previously a specialist adviser on public international law in DFAT’s Legal Division and worked specifically at the United Nations New York, and participated extensively in UNCTAD related activities. Mr. Denton has Bachelor Degrees in Arts (Hons.) and Law from the University of Melbourne, and is a Harvard Business School alumnus.