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Burgess Asia Pacific Marketing Pty Ltd

Director

2012/11～

My company Burgess Asia Pacific Marketing provides marketing and business consulting services to companies in the food and agricultural commodity trading business. The major client is Itochu Corporation with regard to bulk sugar trading.

Queensland Sugar Limited

Executive Manager Sugar Marketing

2009/12～ 2012/08

QSL is Australia’s largest marketer of bulk raw sugar. The company had annual revenue of AUD1.5 billion and employed about 130 people. My role was to manage the sales and marketing function.

Golden Circle Limited / H.J Heinz Australia Co Ltd

International Business Manager - Golden Circle Ltd / Business Manager North Asia - H.J Heinz

2002/12～ 2009/11

Golden Circle was one of Australia's major food processing companies (canned fruit and fruit juice), employing 1,500 people with revenue of A$400 million. I was responsible for the international business department with sales of about A$20 million. Heinz acquired Golden Circle in 2008, after which I continued to work for Heinz as Business Manager North Asia.

Australian Dairy Corporation

Senior Manager - Corporation Exports

2000/10～ 2002/07

ADC was a statutory marketing authority for the export of bulk dairy products. The trading activities comprised of sales of bulk cheese and milk powder to Japan for the ingredient sector and to Europe for the consumer sector. Annual export sales were about A$280 million. ADC closed its trading operations in 2002 at the request of its member companies who thereafter took up export marketing in their own right. My role at ADC was to manage all aspects of sales and trading, including logistics.

AWB Limited (previously the Australian Wheat Board)

Director Japan / Account Manager S.E Asia / Regional Manager Africa & Europe

1995/09～ 2000/10

The Australian Wheat Board was a statutory marketing authority. The company had sales revenue of about US$3-4 billion and was one of the world’s major grain marketers with about 400 employees. I enjoyed three successive roles whilst at AWB, firstly as Country Manager based in Japan ("Director Japan"), then after returning to Head Office in Melbourne: Account Manager S.E Asia and finally Regional Manager Africa & Europe.

Sumitomo Australia Limited

Manager Produce Dept

1988/03～ 1995/09

Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s leading trading companies with global revenue of about US$40B. After leaving university I joined Sumitomo Australia in the Produce Dept where I was involved in the export of Australian agricultural commodities such as grains and meat. I became Assistant Manager and in 1990 Manager level. In 1994/95 I spend 1 year in Tokyo with Sumitomo Corporation.