Council on Australia Latin America Relations
Council Members
Chairman
Bernard Wheelahan
Board Chairman - Pacific Hydro
Former President - Shell Venezuela
Former Director - Transfield Services Ltd
Former Director - Normandy Mining Ltd
Vice Chairman
José Blanco
Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand
Banco Santander S.A.
Chairman - Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC)
Members of the Exexutive Committee
Ron McNeilly
Chairman - Worley Parsons Limited
Chairman - Melbourne Business School Limited
Deputy Chairman - BlueScope Steel
Director - Alumina Limited
Vice President - Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee
Professor Margaret Gardner AO
Vice-Chancellor RMIT University
Chair - COALAR Education Action Group
Chair - Museums Board of Victoria
Director - Australian Learning and Teaching Council
Martine Letts
Deputy Director - Lowy Institute for International Affairs
Chair - COALAR Tourism Action Group
Council Member - Australian National University
Board Member - Nonprofit Australia
Philippe Etienne
Former Group General Manager - Business Development, Orica Limited
Richard Warburton AO
Chairman - Magellan Flagship Fund
Chairman - Tandou Ltd
Director - Citigroup Ltd
Chairman - Board of Taxation
Charlie Sartain
Chief Executive Officer - Xstrata Copper
Cristina Talacko
President - Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce
NSW Vice-Chair - Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC)
Director - SalDoce Fine Foods
Ex-officio Members
Ric Wells
Deputy Secretary, representing Michael L’Estrange, Secretary
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Peter O’Byrne
Chief Executive Officer - Austrade
International Group Manager, representing Lisa Paul, Secretary
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

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