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Sean Rodrigues, Chairman
Country Manager, Woodside Energy (Korea) Pte. Ltd, Woodside Energy Australia Asia Holdings Pte Ltd.
Ph : 739-3290
Email : sean.rodrigues@woodside.com.au
Having lived and worked in Korea since the late 1990s, Sean’s current role is to represent and facilitate Woodside’s marketing, business development and oil & gas exploration activities in Korea. Sean is also Woodside’s lead on gas business development in India, Thailand and Singapore.
Sean is currently the Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, a role he has held since January 2009. He was previously the Chairman of the Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ANZCCK) in 2007 and 2008, Vice Chairman in 2006 and first elected to the Board in 2005. Sean is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australia Korea Business Council (AKBC), a role he has held since 2007/8. Sean is married and has one daughter aged 9 months.
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Jim Lim, Vice-Chair
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Regional Manager
Ph : 3210-8400
Email : jlim@mla.com.au
Jim has almost 20 years of corporate experience in Australia, Korea, and Hong Kong. He is currently the Regional Manager for Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and was formerly Country Manager for Telstra, Level 3 Communications, REACH Networks and ASSA ABLOY in Korea. As a Korean born Australian educated national, Jim has a clear understanding of the Korean market and a global business perspective. Jim has served as a Director of the, then, Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea (2001~2003) and as a committee member of the Australian Business Group in Korea (1999~2001). Jim is currently serving as Vice Chairman for the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea.
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Mark Redmond, Vice-Chair
ROKIaccess, Senior Client Partner
Ph : 739-7980
Email : mark@rokiaccess.com
Mark is a Senior Client Partner with ROKIaccess, a Seoul based executive search company, co-founded with his partner Ms. Jooyon Kang. Before he joined ROKI access in 2003, Mark had spent 23 years in the financial services and the wealth management industry in the areas of business development, acquisitions and investments, corporate and technology planning, investment evaluation and project & change management. He has been a resident of South Korea since 2001, a Member of the then ANZCCK from 2004 until 2008 serving as Board Member in 2006 and Board Secretary in 2007 and 2008. He served as Vice Chairman, AustCham Korea in 2009
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Jean Ough, Treasurer
Government of Western Australia, Representative
Ph : 722 1217
Email : jean.ough@dsd.wa.gov.au
I am Korean Australian, with a wide range of cultural, educational and work experiences, and, currently working as the representative of the Western Australian Government Trade and Investment Office in Korea. My main responsibility lies in taking care of all commercial aspects of the Western Australian and Korean bi-lateral relationship. I was educated in Western Australia, and have a Bachelor of Business degree from Curtin University and MBA from Yonsei University. I speak Korean, English and Mandarin Chinese.
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Peter Feltis, Director
Chief Financial Officer, Hanjin Terminals
Ph : 3215 1208
Email : Peter.feltis@gmail.com
Chief Financial Officer of Hanjin Terminals, a global terminal management business operating a network of six container facilities in the US, Japan and Taiwan with annual revenue of US$600 million.
Resident in Korea for 16 years and developed extensive business networks and relationships throughout the Korean and foreign business community.
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Ric Frasse, Director
GS Caltex Corporation, Executive Vice-President, LNG Supply Business Unit
Ph : 2005-1695
Email : frasse@chevron.com
Ric Frasse is Executive VP of the LNG Supply Business Unit, GS Caltex. In this position he is responsible for the procurement and management of LNG supplies to satisfy GS Caltex and other Korean customer’s requirements.
Ric has worked internationally in the oil and gas industry since 1987, focusing on East and Southeast Asia since 1993. A native of California, he has lived in Asia since 1996.
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Matthew Gurr, Director
Rio Tinto Korea, Chief Representative Ferrous Materials
Ph : 561 4560
Email : matthew.gurr@riotinto.com
Has worked in Sales and Marketing for Rio Tinto for the past 12 years, the last three in Korea, supporting the sales of iron ore and coking coal to Korean and Taiwanese steel industry. Rio Tinto Korea also provides sales of aluminium, thermal coal, salt, alumina and bauxite to Korean industrial sector. In 2009 I served as a director on the AustCham board.
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Matthew Holmes, Director
KPMG Samjong Advisory, Senior Manager KPMG Advisory
Ph : 2112 0997
Email : matthewholmes@kr.kpmg.com
First arrived in Korea in 1998 as a student of International Business & Asian Studies. Matthew commenced work with Samjong KPMG Korea in 2001, and is currently part of KPMG Corporate Finance - a team advising Korean and international clients on business growth trough strategic investment and M&A transactions; and has also been involved in the KPMG Transaction Services and Forensic accounting functions.
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Myoung-Kyun (MK) Kim, Director
Fellow/Vice President, Corporate Strategy Department, POSCO
Ph : 3457 1390
Email : mkyunkim@posco.com
MK Kim has been working for POSCO for the past 31 years and his current role is as Fellow/Vice President, Corp Strategy Department. I also serve for the Korea-Australia Foundation based in Seoul as Secretary General. MK Kim has been involved in many activities concerning Australia and Korea relations for the last 20 years.
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Harry D Lee, Director
Telston, Inc., President
Ph : 455 8007
Email : harry@telston.com
TELSTON, Inc. develops interactive TV solutions and produces the content for them. The company recently developed Augmented Reality technology which is required in smart phones applications. Harry's initial connection to Australia was as a Graduate Diploma student at the University of Tasmania where he majored in Applied Computing in 1989. He served ANZCCK as a Director from 2002 to 2006 and AustCham in 2009. Harry's goal is to help link Australian and Korean members more actively than ever. He also enjoys writing interview articles for the DownUnder UPdate (AustCham’s quarterly newsletter).
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Mary-Jane Liddicoat, Director
Healthy Homes Asia Pty Ltd, Founder and CEO
Ph : 010 3669 9429
Email : mj.liddicoat@gmail.com
Mary-Jane was posted to the Australia Embassy in Seoul for eight years until 2009, first in the political section (2000-04) and then as head of the education section (2006-09). In 2010, Mary-Jane founded a health and wellbeing business servicing Asia. She is married to a Korean sculptor, with whom she has three children. Mary-Jane speaks Korean, Japanese and Arabic. As an AustCham Director in 2009, she contributed actively to the chamber's events, newsletters and let the Korean membership sub-committee.
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Ben Way, Director
Macquarie Korea Opportunities Management, Representative Director
Ph: 3705 8737
Email : ben.way@macquarie.com
Ben is a Managing Director of the Macquarie Group. In Korea, he is Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie's private equity funds businesses that have made over US$1.5bn worth of investments in companies such as C&M, Taiwan Broadband, Hanjin Terminals, Megabox Cinemas and SKE&S City Gas. Ben has lived in Asia for ten years, including the last eighteen months in Korea. Over the course of his time in Asia, Ben has been active in the community and was previously the Chairman of ANZCham in Taiwan and served as an AustCham Director in 2009.
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Dr Evanor Palac-McMiken
Economic Counselor, Australian Embassy
Ph : 2003 0124
Email : evanor.palacmcmiken@dfat.gov.au
Evanor joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2003 as Director of and Analysis Section. Seoul is her first overseas posting. Prior to DFAT, she was a policy adviser at the Department of Treasury and worked on indirect tax and international economic forecasting and modelling areas. Evanor has a PhD from the University of Sydney and was an international economics lecturer at the University of Auckland in New Zealand before joining the Australian public service.
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Martin Walsh
Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Ph : 3982 8001
Email : Martin.Walsh@austrade.gov.au
Martin Walsh has had four assignments in North East Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong. In August 2007 he returned to North East Asia to head the Seoul-based Austrade team as Senior Trade Commissioner. Austrade Seoul helps Australian companies win business in Korea and attracts Korean investment to Australia.
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Jennifer (YonHoon) Kim
Executive Director, Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea
Ph : 010-3281-3229
Email : exec@austchamkorea.org
Jennifer officially joined AustCham on 1st of June 2010 as the Executive Director. She was born and mostly raised in Seoul except one-year study at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work experience in international organizations and corporations such as the Europe-Korea Foundation, SC First Bank and MOFAT, have taught her great interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask. She hopes to have a lively communication with members and organize dynamic and interesting activities and events for AustCham members and friends.
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