MELBOURNE, 8 September 2022: The Australia India Business Council (AIBC) has announced the election of Jodi McKay as the National Chair of the AIBC and Ravneet Pawha as the National Vice Chair of the AIBC.
Both Jodi and Ravneet were elected unopposed in the absence of any other candidate seeking to nominate for election to these positions, says an AIBC media release emailed to the South Asia Times.
Others in the new AIBC leadership include Ashok Mysore as the Chair of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Digital Chapter and Irfan Malik as the new NSW AIBC President.
Jodi McKay said, “Ravneet and I lead the AIBC at a crucial time in the bilateral relationship. We are excited about the opportunities for Australia and the role of AIBC as the voice for business and an advocate for strengthening economic, social, and cultural ties.”
“I look forward to working with Jodi in strengthening AIBC’s role as a platform for leaders of businesses in both countries to transform and influence decisions that promote mutual awareness and understanding that makes it easier for Australian businesses to operate in India and vice versa,” Ravneet Pawha said.
The AIBC statement by Jim Varghese AM, National Chair AIBC & Sanushka Seomangal National Vice Chair AIBC adds:
” We encourage our future leaders to embrace continuous improvement and promote a culture of outcomes focussed collaborative leadership.
We want to take this opportunity to thank the directors of our board, AIBC Company Secretary, immediate past national chair, the state and territory presidents, national industry chairs, national advisors, AIBC Director India, Patron AIBC Victoria Chapter, National and state secretariat, interns and finally, our membership for their confidence in us over the last four years.
We also appreciate our value-added relationships with the federal, state and local governments of Australia and their trade representatives in Australia and India;
*centre and State Governments of India and their representatives in Australia, particularly India’s high commissioner;
FICCI, CII, Australia Indo Chamber, Invest India and other trade associations; and
*The Business Council of Australia and the Export Council of Australia.”
