September 2016

The G 20 and B 20 Summits are taking place in Hangzhou China this month and Andy Song and Nigel Arthur will be attending task force meetings to wrap up details for the leaders and the B20 Summit that takes place on September 3 and 4. The reception is being held in...

October / November 2016

I was traveling in the US during the October November period and of course had the opportunity to observe the election campaign up close. One trip into New York actually took me to Trump Tower for a lunch with a prominent marketing identity and professor of business....

December 15, 2016

Andy Song and I met up with Mahmoud Bakkar for some photos at RMIT before I went off to the awards ceremony at the Etihad Stadium where he received his doctorate PHD.

Paris May/ June 2016

Another OECD week, meetings with B20 task forces and BIAC. Nigel Arthur and Andy Song joined me at a number of these meetings held at the OECD over the first days of June. These included a session at which Nicolas Cary the co-founder of Blockchain...

July 2016

We have taken steps to formalize relationships and establish collaboration with the INSME International Network of SMEs following meeting Sergio Arzeni the President of INSME in Paris. Follow up discussions will take place with Christin Pfeiffer the Secretary General...

August 2016

Keidanren and Africa Recent announcements by Keidanren and TICAD in Japan about initiatives in Africa caught my attention and reminded me of the good work of the Japanese government agencies and private sector in this regard in past years and my many friendships in...