CVAF

Cr. Margaret O'Rourke- Mayor City of Greater Bendigo

As COGB is one of five shire sponsors and the Mayor will have only just returned from our upcoming trip to China including three tiers of cities and agribusiness based site visits, Myr O'Rourke will offer an insight into the activities, experiences and possible outcomes and initiatives that could be developed to improve agribusiness prosperity for our region. 

Mr. Steve Mallanack- President of the Australia India Business Council 

Through CVAF's involvement with the AIBC including the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Melbourne Chapter, we have identified opportunities for collaboration and engagement in introducing Indian export and trade opportunities to Central Victoria. Steve has recently returned from India and will share his insights into this quickly growing market including a burgeoning middle class seeking sophisticated product.

Mr. Dean Freeman- Trade Advisor- Tradestrart

Dean will speak about access to markets, free trade agreement and will focus on a specific segment of the agribusiness industry whilst also reflecting on initiatives, opportunities and access to India. 

Mr. Stephen Grech- Lean Director- Doing Business Better

Stephen is well known throughout all levels of government for his ability to assist industry and organisations to streamline processes, production, manufacturing and agribusiness. Mr. Grech will share his knowledge, experience, insights and opportunities with access to funding that will assist agribusinesses and others to improve efficiency, minimise waste, enhance quality and free up capital that will help businesses to grow and prosper. Mr. Grech is also involved with the Australia India Business Council.

Mr. Nathan Carkeek- Regional Manager ANZ Central & Northern Victoria will have an interview with CVAF EO Martin Szakal to reflect on their shared experiences whilst on the China delegation and to introduce Brekkie delegates to ANZ's upcoming trade development workshops. 

This Speaker Series has been developed under consultation with our members, local councils and industry groups. Feedback from our conferences show networking, industry insights and local stories offer the most value to our delegates. 

The Series format will support this by offering; 

1 x Industry/Sponsor Speaker

1 x Local Agribusiness Insight

1 x Networking Session

The timing of the events will be based on the availability of key note speakers however we aim to run bi-monthly or quarterly events. The event is open to everyone and will hold enough general interest for the public, however the content will be agribusiness focused. We encourage greater participation across all agribusiness events across the sector and across demographics. 

Sponsorship is for a single session only and will come by way of an expression of interest or by general invitation. We hold a non-exclusive sponsorship model. We encourage broad participation.

If you would like to participate in these events in some way please email [email protected] for more insight.