Speakers

Paul Bartlett is the Director of ECP Katalis - the program established under the Indonesia Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) to maximise the benefits of the agreement.  He is an economist and Team Leader with over 20 years international experience in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.  He has undertaken consulting assignments for DFAT, World Bank, DFID, ADB, EU, NORDIC and the Government of the United Arab Emirates.  In each of these assignments, Paul has collaborated closely with national counterparts and senior government officials, as well as relevant aid agency, private sector and civil society stakeholders, often providing capacity building and mentoring advice on trade, investment, competition and private sector development issues. He holds an MSc Degree in International Trade and Economic Development and a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University.   

An innovative and outcome driven C Suite Executive in the Visitor Economy sector who brings over 30 years experience across various government, commercial, public private partnership and not for profit membership-based businesses. Karen has worked at C Suite level in Destination Marketing Organisations and Convention Bureau in Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney, in hotels, venues and worked for and developed some of Australia’s largest major events and trade shows. Karen is an inclusive thinker, with an unparalleled understanding of the Visitor Economy and Business Events ecosystem, and the opportunities and challenges it faces in the new economy.

An experienced strategist who influences change and transforms business in highly contested markets in extremely complex stakeholder environments within multiple cultural and geographic locations. Karen has written game changing Business Event strategies for Sydney, Melbourne, Ireland, Cleveland, Copenhagen and Best Cities which have transformed how they approach business events with huge success.

A proven history of improving company performance and exceeding sales revenues and targets through improved repositioning and business development pipeline strategies and marketing campaigns. Karen turns strategy into actions and delivers outcomes.

Karen was the initiator of two key global movements within the business events industry – the concept of city’s being positioned as intellectual capitals and the long tail benefits beyond traditional measures business events have on destinations known as Legacy or Impact on societal outcomes.

One of the most respected and accomplished hoteliers in the Australian market. Scott most recently served at Accor as SVP of Operations, Pacific North, where he was responsible for 85 hotels throughout NSW, ACT, QLD, and NT.

Mr Guglielmo is the Managing Director of Bass oil Limited.  He is a well credentialed Petroleum Engineer with over 40 years of technical, managerial and senior executive experience in Australia and internationally.

Mr Guglielmo was the CEO and Managing Director of two successful ASX listed companies; Stuart Petroleum Ltd for seven years and Ambassador Oil & Gas Ltd for three years.  Both companies merged with larger ASX listed companies generating significant value for shareholders following the identification of compelling resource potential in their respective petroleum resource portfolios.

Mr Guglielmo also worked at Santos Ltd, Delhi Petroleum Ltd, and internationally with NYSE listed Schlumberger Corp.  His experience spans the Cooper basin, Gippsland basin in Australia and Indonesia and Malaysia in South East Asia.  He has also had exposure to US land and other international basins.

Ikmal Lukman is the Highest ranking Senior Advisor since July 2024 and previously served as Secretary General at the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry Republic of Indonesia. His career at the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry began in 1988. Between 2018-2021, he served as Deputy Chairman of Investment Planning and Deputy Chairman of Investment Promotion. As Secretary General, Ikmal was tasked with Managing the ministry's day-to-day operations, Facilitated end-to-end investments into Indonesia, from planning and execution to post-investment facilitation; and Facilitated investments and identified prospects from companies.

Ikmal has a Bachelor of Agribusiness from Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB University) in 1986 and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School in 1997. In 2005, he underwent Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Widya Listyowulan is Vice President of Public Policy and Government Relations at Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s leading travel platform active in six markets, including: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. She is a seasoned public policy practitioner experienced in public-private partnerships, CSR strategy, corporate affairs, government engagement, program development and management, community outreach, and education policy. In her current role, Widya has leveraged Traveloka as the government’s industry partner by acting as the appointed industry lead for G20’s Digital Economy Working Group in 2022, partnering with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to boost the country’s travel industry, and recently collaborating with IA-CEPA Katalis and Universitas Ciputra, a renowned private university, to administer digital literacy training to tourism operators in East Java, Indonesia.

After spending nearly two decades working across different sectors in the United States and Asia, Widya knows what drives effective strategic partnerships – creating authentic, long-term relationships.

Widya holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and English  Literature, and Postgraduate Degrees in Southeast Asia Studies from Ohio University, and in Teaching and Curriculum from the University of Kansas.

I've worked in New Media and Television for over a decade as a Producer and Manager of some of the biggest productions around the world. Including Big Brother UK and Australia, English Premier League and MasterChef Australia.

I thrive on creating and growing brands into something meaningful and financially successful. With both a technical and creative mindset I have worked with and for some of the biggest brands in the world, including; Apple, Google, CBS, BBC, Foxtel, BSkyB, Endemol, and Fremantle Media to name but a few.

Specialties: Digital Media, Social Media, Technology, Relationships, Business Development, Innovation, Creativity, Television, Live Broadcast, Video On Demand, Gaming, Interactive Television.

Erin Molan is an Australian TV and Radio presenter. She is the host of her own prime time show, ‘Erin’ on Sky News and is a columnist for the Daily Telegraph and Stellar Magazine. Molan is also the proud designer and owner of a world first baby range, ‘By Erin’ available at Best and Less and a women’s fashion range through Honey and Beau. 

She is passionate about politics, national security and foreign affairs plus uses her platform to support countless charities and causes - including Bowel Cancer Australia, Dreams2Live4, Syd2Camera and Tresillian.

Her own experience with online abuse led to her advocacy for new laws to protect Australians online. The ‘Online Safety Act’ or ’Erin’s Law’, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison refers to it, was passed in Parliament in 2021.She spent over a decade as a sports and news presenter on Channel 9… including as the first female to host the NRL Footy Show and 2GBs Continuous Call Team.

Molan also competed in the World's most dangerous open ocean race, The Sydney to Hobart, on two occasions, the second as part of the World Record breaking winning team, Perpetual Loyal. 

She travels the country sharing her story of persistence, resilience, failure and always ‘fronting up’ regardless of what’s thrown her way… plus ensuring negative experiences become a catalyst for change… always with a laugh along the way!Erin considers inspiring and empowering the next generation of Australians as a genuine privilege and responsibility.

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Nicholas Moore is a former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited. After 32 years at Macquarie, 10 years as CEO, he retired in 2018. He is currently Chair of Screen Australia, The Centre for Independent Studies, The Smith Family, Willow Technology Corporation, the National Catholic Education Commission and Aldus Group, as well as a member of the UNSW Business School Advisory Council. 

In November 2022, Nicholas was appointed as Special Envoy for Southeast Asia for the Commonwealth Government.

Nicholas has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of NSW (UNSW). He was admitted as a solicitor and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2017, Nicholas was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business from UNSW. 

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Founder of Minotaur Capital, an AI-powered global equities fund. Prior to opening her own fund, Armina worked as a portfolio manager at Grok Ventures and as an equity research analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Khalid is a Business Leader, Project Director, Chartered Manager and Chartered Civil Engineer. He has a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales and over 30 years of International professional experience including several leadership and senior management roles in Australia and a number of countries in South East Asia including Indonesia.

Khalid is currently based in Indonesia and is the Country Director for global consulting engineering firm Arup. Previously, he was the General Manager for Australian consulting engineering firm SMEC's Transport business in Asia Pacific, based in the Philippines, Vietnam and then Indonesia.

As a Project Director and Subject Matter Expert, Khalid has been responsible for successful delivery of several high-profile complex infrastructure projects upto US$ 5 Billion+ in value in Australia and a number of countries in South East Asian including Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar. Some of his projects include: Inner City Bypass Upgrade, Northern Busway Alliance, and South East Transit, in Brisbane Australia; Jakarta MRT North South Line, South Sumatera LRT in Palembang, Jakarta to Bandung High Speed Rail, and Jakarta Cikampek Elevated Toll Road in Indonesia; Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1, Hanoi Metro Line 3, and Trung Luong to My Thuan Expressway in Vietnam; Maubin to Phyapon Road Rehabilitation in Myanmar; and NLEX – SLEX Expressways Connector Road in Manila in the Philippines..

CPC is a leading Australian-managed, UK-owned Agribusiness with strong ESG values. CPC owns and operates a portfolio of nine station aggregations in Australia. Across more than 3.2m hectares of land, the CPC team can care for more than 300,000 head of cattle and produce a diverse range of crops. With an asset base above AUD$1 billion, CPC supplies a variety of domestic and international customers. CPC holds a 90% interest in PT. Juang Jaya Abdi Alam (PT. JJAA), the other 10% being owned by our Indonesian Joint Venture partners. PT JJAA was first established in 2000 and now operates two feedlots in Indonesia, located in Lampung (South Sumatera) and Medan (North Sumatera). The Lampung feedlot has a capacity of 28,000 head, while the Medan feedlot has a capacity of 7,500 head; both facilities are “best in class” operations. CPC direct sales channels primarily involve selling cattle and beef to Asian consumer markets, domestic feedlots or exporting processors, and exporting live cattle.

CPC is owned by Guy and Julia Hands through the Hands Family Office. Terra Firma (UK) (owned by Guy Hands) is the investment manager of CPC for the Hands Family Office.

Professor Linda Taylor has been with Western Sydney University as Pro Vice-Chancellor International since 2014. A public policy expert with 20 years of experience working across industry, government and the education sectors, Linda managed the NSW Government’s India and Middle East Desks, building networks internationally to attract investment to NSW. In 2012, she received the prestigious Churchill Fellowship to study industry-research collaboration and commercialisation between Australia and India. From 2012 to 2014, she delivered a range of international education initiatives from the NSW International Education and Research Industry Action Plan, which included establishing StudyNSW, dedicated to supporting international education in NSW.

As former Chair of the NSW Deputy Vice-Chancellors International, Linda led the ‘safe return of international students’ project during COVID, an extraordinary collaboration for extraordinary times, which chartered flights for students unable to complete degrees offshore. As former Chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) and Chair of the India TNE Working Group, Linda championed the development of a proposal to establish a consortium campus in India, bringing the best of six Australian universities to the largest higher education market in the world.

Linda is guiding the development and delivery of Western Sydney University’s Transnational Education Strategy which included opening a campus in Surabaya, Indonesia in September 2024 and plans for a high-tech agriculture campus in India. She has also nurtured a high-performing recruitment team, with recruiters located in ten countries, delivering over 350% growth in international enrolments from 2017 – 2023.  As a member of the Council for International Education, Linda has contributed to the international education sector at a time of momentous policy change. 

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Andrew had a distinguished career as an Army officer of 35 years’ service prior to joining SunCable in mid-2021 as the Head of Government Affairs. His previous role prior to SunCable was the Assistant Defence Attaché with the Australian Embassy in Manila, Philippines.

Andrew has a mature understanding of the machinery of government and has developed a wide stakeholder network across Federal and relevant State jurisdictions at the ministerial and senior departmental levels and with relevant Australian and overseas diplomatic missions in the Indo-Pacific region.

As Head of Government Affairs (International) for SunCable, his remit includes international affairs and policy dialogue, capacity-building initiatives and advocacy for regional renewable energy transition and the future grid interconnector architecture and cross-jurisdiction coordination.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts (International relations and History) from UNSW, a Graduate of AICD, a Thai linguist graduate from the Australian Defence Force School of Languages, was awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2020), the Commendation for Distinguished Service and is a US Bronze Star Medal recipient. 

Professor Jennifer Westacott AO commenced as Chancellor of Western Sydney University on 1 January 2023. She is the University’s fourth Chancellor and the first woman to serve in the role. Jennifer also served as Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia from 2011 - 2023, bringing a unique combination of extensive policy experience in both the public and private sectors. The Business Council of Australia is the nation’s premier business organisation, advocating for a stronger and fairer society through a more prosperous Australia.

Under Jennifer’s leadership, the Business Council tirelessly championed meaningful policies that strengthened the ability of businesses to grow the economy for the benefit of all Australians.

She has served as the Director General of the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources; and was also the Deputy Director General of the NSW Department of Community Services, and the Deputy Director General of the NSW Department of Housing.