Organising Team for the China Lunch Room

Councilor Clifton Wong

Hurstville City Council

Sara Cheng

NSW Business Chamber, International Trade Department

Monique Donaldson

Export Advisor, Tradestart

Trisha Carter

Transcutural Careers

Glenn Holdstock

Manager Economic Development Sutherland Shire Council

Maria Cook

Executive Officer , BEC – St George & Sutherland Shire

Craig Edmondson

Hurstville Place Manager, Hurstville City Council

Danny Hau

Business Liaison Officer, Hurstville City Council

Graham Humphrys

Business Investment Officer, Bankstown City Council

Janelle McIntosh

Town Centre & Economic Development Coordinator, City of Canterbury

Garry Ferris

Business Development Manager, Department of State and Regional Development

Hurstville Council
Hurstville City Council supports the China Lunch Room in its aim to be the peak networking group for businesses in Southern Sydney who are interested in developing strong economic ties with China.

With almost a quarter of Hurstville's population now being of Chinese heritage, Council is keen to capitalise on the strong cultural and economic ties that already exist within our community in relation to trade with China and other parts of South East Asia.

Australian Business International Trade Service
Australian Business International Trade Service (ABITS), part of NSW Business Chamber, organizes and supports a series international trade related events as part of its programs to assist Australian businesses to do business globally. ABITS supports China Lunchroom as it is a good program to provide practical knowledge and contacts for businesses doing business/intending to do business with China.

ABITS has a China Desk consisted of experienced China specialists both in Australia and China. ABITS’ China Desk is a leading team in NSW to assist Australian companies to source from China, develop the China market or set up a presence in China through manufacturing partner/distributor/client/joint venture partner search, market research, China strategy development and business set-up in China. It is also the exclusive Australian strategic partner of Ministry of Commerce of China and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and strategic partners of many provincial and municipal government and industry bodies in China.

Austrade TradeStart
Monique Donaldson is the Austrade TradeStart Advisor for the Sutherland, St George and Bankstown region, and is employed by the Australian Institute of Export. TradeStart is a national network of export assistance offices run in a partnership between Austrade and other organisations to build export awareness at the regional level, and actively encourage small and medium size enterprises to get into export.
Monique initiated The China Lunch Room, along with the Business Enterprise Centre, so local SMEs could attend a quality forum to network with other experienced exporters, and seek assistance from trade agencies and service providers. Monique encourages all new and potential exporters to come along and talk to TradeStart about the free assistance available to assist them in their journey to export. Ask about the New Exporter Development Program!

Business Enterprise Centre – St George & Sutherland Shire Council (BEC)
The BEC’s mission is to assist local businesses to proper and grow. One way we can achieve that is to facilitate access to business knowledge, government grants and expertise within our region by holding targeted business events. The China Lunch Room is about making it easy for businesses from the Southern Sydney region to access a quality forum that delivers the information and contacts they need to facilitate their international business and trade with China – and ultimately to grow their businesses!

DSRD
The NSW Department of State and Regional Development is an active supporter of Business Networks like the China Lunch Room which seek to maximize broadly based business success. The particular Network has the potential to become a very important facilitator of increased trade between China and the Southern region of Sydney.

In addition to supporting Business Networks, the Department has a diverse range of programs to assist individual businesses, particularly in their efforts to export to the dynamic Chinese market."

Trans Cultural Careers
Trisha Carter and Trans Cultural Careers support the China Lunch Room through involvement on the Leadership Team and through emceeing the events.

Trans Cultural Careers assists people to work effectively with other cultures and considers this goal in line with the CLR goal of assisting local businesses to successfully trade with China and to encourage Chinese and non Chinese businesses to work together in order to improve and grow their respective businesses. Programs provided by Trans Cultural Careers include “Working Well in Australia” and “Working Well in China”.