TV host, presenter, celebrity, author, entrepreneur, and wellness advocate are just some of the terms used to describe Heidi Dugan. Having lived in China for over 25 years, she became the first foreign TV host to have her own TV show in China, You are the Chef, which reaches over 6 million viewers daily, is a live host of Oriental Shopping channel completing up to $2 million in sales in one and a half hours. She has received awards such as Best Foreign TV Host and Most Popular Foreign TV Host, International Leading Woman in Business of the Year, International Alumnus of the Year, and Australia China Alumni Award for the Arts and Creative Industries. She is also Council Member of The University of Southern Queensland.

Heidi is Director of Arete Group. Companies and brands working with Heidi have strategic advantage to successfully integrate into the community, build their corporate network and friendships, and ultimately conduct business faster and expand their success in one of the largest economics markets in the world.

Her influence across Australia and China has been recognized through her media coverage on Channel 9 news, Australian Financial Review, Harper’s Bazaar, China Daily to name a few. She partners with the Shanghai Government and Shanghai Women’s Association to help better educate and train woman in health, nutrition, and parenting.

Heidi is a member of the Board's Nominations Committee.

Tony is the Chief Representative of Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) for the Greater China region. He is also the managing partner of Q Light Consulting, which is based in Shanghai with subsidiary in Sydney.

Tony was appointed as the Trade and Investment Commissioner and set up the Australia New South Wales government office in Shanghai in 2009. In the next ten years, Tony led his team to attract billions of dollars of Chinese investment into Sydney and NSW from multiple industries. He was also a Trade Commissioner in the Australian Embassy in Beijing between 2007 and 2009 leading the financial service team and food and beverage team to help Australian companies in these sectors to export to China. Prior to Beijing, Tony was working at the Australian Trade Commission’s Sydney office as a Senior Export Advisor.

Over the years, Tony has built strong network with Australian and Chinese governments, with which he helped to overcome many problems for his clients in the trade and investment process.

Tony has a Bachelor of International Business from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.

Tony is a member of the Board's Nominations Committee.

SimonWoods is the CEO and Executive Director of the Australian Chamber of Commercein Shanghai (AustCham Shanghai). He leads the secretariat in all matters toprovide value to members of the Chamber and broader Chinese-Australiancommunities.

Simon has lived andworked in Shanghai since 2016, and brings a wealth of operational, China andglobal management experience. Prior to his time in China, Simon resided inAustralia, where he developed a diverse range of knowledge across industriesincluding logistics, FMCG, security and finance.

Simon utilises his broad range of industry, globalmanagement, and China-Australia experience to ensure a strong strategicdirection for AustCham Shanghai that maximises member value, encourages andstrengthens relationships, and develops an improved understanding of China andAustralia. Simon Woods is the CEO and Executive Director of the AustralianChamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AustCham Shanghai).

Barclay cultivated his hospitality career and management style over 20 years of working for International hospitality and luxury five-star hotel management properties and later real estate development companies across China and Asia, culminating in Senior Management roles. He has consistently delivered customer service excellence while simultaneously exceeding financial targets and building trust with key stakeholders, particularly with owning companies and renowned international brands. His adaptability and ability to lead his associates and executive teams, of diverse cultural backgrounds, toward a common purpose of shared vision, goals, and strategy have accounted for his success in achieving above-average quality of hotel operation and performance results. During his career, Barclay has worked with international brands including Hilton, Conrad, Waldorf Astoria, Pan Pacific, Radisson, Marriot and Banyan tree as well as development companies, Hainan Airlines hospitality and PengXin.

He holds post graduate diploma from Cornell University and is fluent in in English and German.

Stephanie Liu is the LeadChina Partner of Azure Group. She has more than 15 years working experiences inprofessional accounting firms. Beforeshe transferred to China in 2012, she has supported numerous multinationalclients to set up businesses in Australia and managed their Australianaccounting and tax affairs. In her current role with Azure Group China office,she helps foreign businesses to understand the China markets and supportsforeign businesses’ accounting, tax, HR and internal control functions inChina. On the outbound side, she also supports businesses in China to expandtheir footprints to Australia and other countries via Azure Group’sinternational alliance network in more than 42 jurisdictions.

Stephanie has a bachelordegree in accounting and business law from UNSW and also a master degree ininternational business management from AGSM. She is a qualified member with CharteredAccountants Australia & New Zealand, a fellow member with CPA Australia anda member with Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). She specializesin international tax and was a research fellow with UNSW and UWA law school onChina’s international tax laws. She received Transfer Pricing certificate of Chartered Institute of Taxation UK.She is also a frequent guest lecturer teaching accounting and managementsubjects at Tongji School of Economic and Management.

Chesteris the Head of Corporate Finance for ANZ China and is responsible for providingstructured finance solutions for its clients, largely focused on outboundinvestment activity for large Chinese corporates and investment from MNCs/PEFunds into China.

Having worked in Chinaand Hong Kong for the past 15 years, Chester has built up strong networks inthe region, and has successfully helped many large corporates raise financingin the loan markets.

Chester has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Melbourne andis fluent in Mandarin and English.

Unice Liu is the Managing Director and Partner of Baldwin Boyle Group China, an AsiaPacific-focused reputation management and communications consultancy.

Passionate about helping build connections, understanding and trust between organisations and the people who matter most to them, Unice’s expertise include stakeholder engagement, crisis and issues management, thought leadership building, media relations and digital engagement. Unice has deep experience in leading strategic, multi-market communications programmes across food and agribusiness, travel and tourism, education, real estate and manufacturing sectors.

Based in Shanghai, Unice and her team are focused on helping foreign businesses navigate and leverage China’s media and digital landscape, to best achieve their business objectives.

Prior to joining Baldwin Boyle, Unice is part of a hospitality and tourism branding consulting firm with clients including the Singapore Tourism Board, the National HeritageBoard and the Suntec Convention Centre.

Unice is effectively bilingual and holds a Bachelor (Honours) in Social Sciences (Communications and New Media) from the National University of Singapore.

Unice is a member of the Board's HR Committee.

Alexandra is an architect from Melbourne who has lived & worked in China for over 22 years. She has successfully grown her own business from a 2-person consulting company into an established real estate development, investment and management company with 140 employees and a total past & present property portfolio of 454 million RMB under management.

Through this role, Alexandra has needed to attract local & international investors and work with district and city-level Chinese government agencies.

As one of the earliest pioneers of urban regeneration in Shanghai with the transformation of Ferguson Lane, ANKEN Group has made a name for itself as a being committed to sustainability, sensible design and ethical practice.

She is dedicated to bringing this ethical and community-based business approach to the Board.

Alexandra is a member of the Board's HR Committee.

Based in Shanghai since 1999, Todd has a background in quality control and manufacturing, working on supplying Australian customers such as Bunnings, the AFL and K-Mart.

Since 2010 Todd has been growing the Camel Hospitality Group which owns and manages four bars, five restaurants and three F45 gyms.

Todd has a degree in International Trade, a diploma in export management and speaks fluent Mandarin. With his 20 plus years on the ground in China working across a range of different industries, he has a great understanding of Chinese business.

Todd is a member of the Board's Audit Risk Committee.

Michael was appointed as the Executive Director of the University of Sydney’s China Centre in late 2018. He has worked at the University of Sydney since 2010, as Chief Operating Officer of the University’s Brain and Mind Centre till 2013 and then as the Chief Operating Officer of the Charles Perkins Centre till 2020.

Michael has worked in various roles in the higher education and public sector for more than 25 years, bringing a wealth of expertise in an important industry for the community, government relations and the Chamber.