Curtin Business Insights: Finding success as an entrepreneur
This is a joint event sponsored by WA Singapore Business Connect Inc. and Curtin Business School.
Event details
This is a joint event sponsored by WA Singapore Business Connect Inc. and Curtin Business School. Gain an insightful perspective on business success from our expert panel, led by Curtin alumna and MBA & Executive Education advisory panel member Dr Sandy Chong.
- Date
- Tuesday 24 July 2018
- Time
- 6.00pm to 8.30pm
- Venue
- Curtin Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street, Perth WA 6000
- Cost
- Free for WASBC Members and Guests, $15 for non-members
Gain an insightful perspective on business success from our expert panel, led by Curtin alumna and MBA & Executive Education advisory panel member Dr Sandy Chong. The panel will share their experiences in leading entrepreneurship ventures, both domestic and internationally.
Sandy is joined by leading international trade and investment specialist, Michael Carter, and successful start-up entrepreneurs, Paul Long and Kenneth Tan.
This exclusive event has limited availability, so secure your ticket now.
Panel Members
Panel Chair: Dr Sandy Chong
- Vice-President (UNAAWA) & Chair of Partnership & Sponsorship Committee
- United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division) Inc.
A Curtin University and Harvard alumnus and founder of Verity Consulting, Sandy is an award-winning advisor, educator and active contributor in academia, industry and community. She is an accredited advisor by government agency that promotes international trade (IE Singapore), Sandy is a certified Senior Practising Management Consultant by the Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council (SBACC).
Michael Carter
- Manager International Trade & Investment, Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Michael has more than 25 years’ experience in International Engagement, Business Development and Government Liaison. This has included working in various senior management and marketing roles in the public sector, with the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), and various private sector international roles in food and agribusiness, road infrastructure, banking and professional consulting in Australia and the United Kingdom. He is currently the President of the national bilateral Australian India Business Council (WA Chapter).
Paul Long
- Director, WellteQ
As co-founder of WellteQ, Scott and his Perth based team delivered a prototype solution to address the gaps identified in current workplace wellness programs. The prototype gained extremely positive reception, with this in hand, Scott relocated the business to Singapore in 2014 to redesign and rebuild the proposition, but this time with real technology horsepower. Paul brings 15 years’ experience in wellness solutions along with high-level strategic leadership to the WellteQ team.
Kenneth Tan
- CEO and Founder – Sproutfore
Kenneth’s start-up Sproutfore is an Online Farmers’ Market that leverages on O2O Business Model (Offline-2-Online, Online-2-Offline). Sproutfore’s objective is to reduce the distance between farmers and consumers, creating a closer connection between producer and consumer. closer to each other. A unique feature from Sproutfore is the Food Traceability function, which uses QR codes that allow consumers to trace their food directly back to its source.
