AusCham’s monthly breakfast “coffee” presentation, in collaboration with LIN Center, provides members with an opportunity to present topics relevant to the greater community, in a casual and engaging discussion and environment. The proceeds raised at the event will be used by LIN Center to assist NGO’s in Vietnam.
We welcome members to present on topics they believe relevant at this monthly AusCham Chats event. If you would like to present a topic of interest, why not contact AusCham to get involved.
Topic:
Adapting to Changes in Vietnam – how Changed Consumer Behaviour has Altered Business Strategies and OperationsTime/Date: 15 September, 8.30am – 10am
Location: Old Compass Café, Pasteur St, District 1
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 | Brian O’Reilly - MBA Program Coordinator Vietnamese-German University & AusCham Board MemberBrian has been a member of AusCham for 19 years and has served on the AusCham Board for over 11 years. He has worked in a variety of roles on the Board and was formerly AusCham’s President. He is the current Chairperson of the Education and Training Working Group of the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) that represents all Chambers of Commerce in Vietnam.
In addition to his work with the VBF, Brian also helped organise AusCham’s Education Symposiums and the new breakfast event AusCham Chats. In 2020 Brian intends to continue to work to improve AusCham’s service to its members. He will also continue to represent AusCham in his role in the VBF, help run business related events, and help organise another Education Symposium in 2020.
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 | Matthew Lourey – Managing Partner, Domicile Corporate ServicesMatt Lourey is a qualified accountant who has lived and worked in Vietnam for over 14 years. Matt assists foreign invested companies enter Vietnam and ensures their ongoing accounting, tax, reporting and compliance are maintained at international levels. He also currently sits on a number of boards in Vietnam, advising as an independent non-executive director and has been an active member of the AusCham Board of Directors as Treasurer and President before stepping down easier this year.
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 | Ralf Matthaes, Managing Director – Infocus Mekong Research Ralf has worked and lived in Vietnam for over 25 years, all in market research.After 20 years of Corporate life, Ralf established Infocus Mekong Research, Vietnam’s first dedicated smartphone-based research agency with the largest consumer-based panel in Vietnam.From 1996 – 2015, Ralf set-up and ran offices in Vietnam and South Asia, as Regional Managing Director TNS – Kantar South Asia. Prior to coming to Vietnam in 1994, Ralf served as a policy analyst for the Provincial Minister of Finance for Ontario, Canada.He holds an honours degree from Wilfred Laurier University, Canada.Ralf has served in various capacities on the Cancham Board for 10 years, serving as President, Vice-President and Board Member.A Passionate Hockey Fan, Ralf established the Cancham HCMC Ice Hockey League in 2017.
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 | Matt Young, Principal/General Director (Vietnam) - Group GSA & AusCham DirectorMatt is an Auscham board member and resident of Ho Chi Minh City for the last 8 years. In that time he has set up and grown an Australian Architecture company to 40 staff that is actively engaged in multiple projects across the real estate and development spectrum. As an employer and client advocate he is seeing first-hand the changes now occurring in Vietnam both as a result of the current crisis and a natural evolution of the market. |
 | Chau Zesiger - Founder & Managing Director, Ha Vang Fashion (Exclusive Distributor of Furla, Geox, & Shooz - Multi Retail Brands)Chau launched Havang Fashion to build and grow brands for Vietnam’s young and fast-growthing retail market for branded fashion and lifestyle products.
From 2005 Havang began to import, distribute and retail more than a dozen international brands through a network of over 40 points of sale in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Danang and Nha Trang. Havang is the Exclusive distributor in Vietnam for Furla, Geox, Vionic, Native, Flossy, Holster, Eastpak, Mitchell & Ness and other brands. Many of these brands are featured in Havang’s homegrown SHOOZ multi-brand stores, which bring together leading footwear and lifestyle brands, including major recent additions, from adidas and Nike. In the past year, the company has recorded rapid ecommerce growth via its online sites GOSUMO.vn and SHOOZ.vn
Over the years, Chau and Havang have been active sponsors and supporters of LIN Community Center and partnered on a number of CSR activities together. In 2015, thanks to an introduction from LIN we partnered with BCNV and FitFlop in a campaign to raise money for Breast Cancer awareness. Then in 2016 we supported a campaign with LIN Lan Tỏa Tử Tế aimed at supporting children's health and welfare. Finally in our most ambitious CSR effort, for Geox 10th anniversary in 2017, we collected around 200 pairs of used but still usable shoes and redistributed them with LIN's help to three local charities to reach children and people in need. Last year Havang built on this Old Shoes, New Journey campaign to repurpose and redistribute over 1,400 pairs of shoes, 400 sets of clothes & 208 scholarships to children and needy families in the Dak Nong area. In May, Havang hosted a company blood drive after the COVID lockdown to support the Vietnam Red Cross to replenish blood stocks amid the ongoing public health crisis. |
