Celebrating 50 years – Australian Business in Europe

Over 120 guests gathered at the Australian High Commission, United Kingdom to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Australian Business in Europe (ABIE).

Ambassadors, government officials, board members, senior business leaders and members from the 14 different ABIE organisations came together to commemorate 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚, 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚.

Richard York, European ABIE representative representing Richard Basil-Jones from the Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, introduced the distinguished guest speakers, including:

🎤 The Hon. Stephen Smith, High Commissioner, Australian High Commission
🎤 Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD – OCDE
🎤 Jennifer Mackinlay General Manager – Europe, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
🎤 Nick Woolfitt, Head of Specialised Finance Europe, NAB
🎤 Gina Bowman, European ABIE representative, Board Member, ANZSBA – Australia New Zealand Spain Business Association

The evening’s speakers highlighted the importance of strong and open trade relationships between the Australian and European markets.

A special thank you to our gold event sponsor, National Australia Bank, as well as sponsors Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Mondiale VGL, Gedeth Network, RMIT University and Fourth Wave. Guests also enjoyed a selection of premium wines served by DMG Fine Wines. 🥂

A sincere thank you again to all guests, speakers, sponsors and ABIE organisations for their contributions to this very significant and memorable event.

AusCham is proud to be a member of Australian Business in Europe (ABIE).

Pictured above are the representatives of the various European country associations and chambers of commerce that form ABIE. Photo gallery link – photography credit to Marcelo Sáez