| Position: | Managing Director |
| Organisation: | Chinese Language and Cultural Advice |
| Website: | www.clca.com.au |
| Expertise: | Business, Management, Small Business and Finance |
| Position: | Managing Director |
| Organisation: | Chinese Language and Cultural Advice |
| Website: | www.clca.com.au |
| Expertise: | Business, Management, Small Business and Finance |
| Past Positions: | I have been in my own business for 10 years. Prior to that time I was living in Taiwan where I edited a series of ESL (English as a Second Language) books and taught English. |
| Qualifications: | Graduate Diploma in Business
Enterprise,University of Adelaide, 2000 Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology and Mandarin), University of Adelaide, 1996 |
| Involvement: | Winner of Entrepreneurial Scholarship
1998 Winner of Entrepreneur of the Year Award HKABA Position on the board to decide Business Scholarships for the University of Adelaide. |
| Interests: | Travelling, seeing movies, theatre, science fiction, growing vegetables and yoga. |
| Balance: | It is important that your work is good fun and that you are passionate about what you do. Once you know what you want to do work/life balance is not so hard. Stress generally comes from burnout and burnout mostly comes from being unhappy, and being unhappy is a manifestation of doing something you don't like. |
| Networking: | Networking is important because business is about people and when you network there are lots of surprises and you can meet the most interesting people. Networking teaches you to talk about what you do so other people understand you. |
| Motivation: | Knowing that everyday is different, and that everyday you learn something new. |