AIIA Qld event: Getting down to the business of increasing trade and investment between India and Australia

The Australia India Business Council has just completed a joint strategic plan with the QUT Business School MBA students. This plan outlines practical strategic approaches to increasing the trade and investment in the bilateral relationship. This presentation will go through this strategic action plan which involves every state and territory in Australia.

Jim Varghese AM is the National Chair of the Australia India Business Council and owner and Chairman of The Leadership Company which specialises in change and transformation. He is also Executive Director of the Springfield City Group and was the Chief Executive from 2008 to 2012. Prior to 2008, Jim completed a 30-year career in the public sector that included experience as a chief executive in leading government agencies covering Transport, Main Roads, Education, Training, Employment and Primary Industries in both the Victorian and Queensland public sector. He has been granted the award of Fellow of these professional organisations: Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), Australian Institute of Management, Royal Institute of Public Administration and Australian Marketing Institute. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Jim is a Director of MindHive Pty Ltd, Deputy Chair of the Puuya Foundation (serving the indigenous community of Lockhart River in North Queensland) and is a director of the Qld Mental Health Foundation. In addition, he is Chairman, Mahatma Gandhi Memorials Committee (Qld) and Chairman, Gandhi Salt March Ltd. Jim is an author and contributor of articles on crisis management, change and organisational transformation.  In the field of higher education, Jim served for over three years as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland. He has also served on the Council of Queensland University of Technology, the Senate of University of Queensland and the Council of the University of Southern Queensland. He is also a former Chairman of Aviation Australia Ltd. Jim has a Bachelor of Arts (with honours) and Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Queensland. He holds a Master of Business Administration and a Diploma in Education from the University of Melbourne. In 2009, he was admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia.