Roundtable Advisory Group

BCA Beijing 2008 Roundtable Advisory Group

The BCA Beijing 2008 Roundtable Advisory Group was established to ensure the program delivered high quality business and networking services to Australian companies. The Roundtable was chaired by Mr David Clarke AO, Chairman of Macquarie Bank and comprises ACCOR, Austrade, the Australian Olympic Committee, Tourism Australia, the Australia China Business Council, Channel Seven, BHP Billiton, Qantas, Telstra and Government Relations Australia.

These highly regarded leaders provided advice to BCA and ensured a united "Australia Inc" approach to Australian business activities during the Olympic Games.

Club patrons and Ambassadors

Co-patrons for BCA Beijing 2008 were Sandy Hollway AO, former Chief Executive Officer,
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Peter Montgomery AM, Vice President, Australian Olympic Committee.

Ambassadors for the program included Channel Seven Sports Host Johanna Griggs and former Chinese diving gold medallist Mr Xiao Hailiang.

Roundtable members

Chairman

Macquarie Bank Limited	David S Clarke AO (Chairman)

Participants

AIMS Financial Group	George Wang (Chief Executive Officer)
ANZ	Andrew McGregor (President, China)
Astron	Alex Brown (Managing Director)
Austrade	Peter O’Byrne (Chief Executive Officer)
Australia China Business Council	Kevin Hobgood-Brown (President)
Australian Olympic Committee	Peter Montgomery AM (Vice President)
BHP Billiton	Maria McCarthy (Project Director, Beijing Olympics Sponsorship Team)
Bluescope Steel	George Glover (General Manager)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Lorraine Barker (Assistant Secretary, Images of Australia Branch)
Government Relations Australia	Peter Phillips (Director, Asia)
National Australia Bank	Michael Shagrin (Business Development Asia)
PTW Architects	John Bilmon (Managing Director)
Qantas Airways	John Borghetti (Executive General Manager)
Seven Network (Operations) Limited	Andy Kay (Executive Producer of Sport)
Swimming Australia	Neil Martin (Chairman)
Telstra	John Hunter (Olympic Project Coordinator)
TFG International	Sandy Hollway (Director)
Tourism Australia	Geoff Buckley (Managing Director)
BCA Beijing 2008 Ambassador	Johanna Griggs (Sports Host)
BCA Beijing 2008 Ambassador	Xiao Hailiang (Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist, Diving)