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WELCOME TO ADVANCE LONDON Message from Advance London Chair, Sylvana Caloni We are privileged to be a part of one of the most dynamic, culturally diverse and historically significant cities in the world. London is a leader in finance, politics and the arts. We are fortunate to combine these strengths with the warmth, spontaneity, sense of humour and entrepreneurial spirit of our expatriate community. It is exciting to be witness to the birth of Advance in London and to be a pathmaker for global expansion. We can draw on the wisdom and knowledge of the Advance leadership across the pond while building an organisation that appeals to the nuances, needs and desires of Australians in London. Where we take Advance will largely depend on the active participation of our members. Who would you like to meet, who inspires you and how can we support you? What ideas, learning, connections, or business initiatives can you contribute? If you’d like to find out more, contact us at london@advance.org. We look forward to meeting you soon. Get Involved in Advance There are positions available on all of the Advance London committees and we'd love to have you on board. Email london@advance.org with expressions of interest. Below is a schedule of Advance committee meetings: - The steering committee meets the first Thursday of each month. - Financial & Professional Services Committee meets every second Tuesday of the month. - Arts, Media & Communications Committee meets on the first Wednesday of each month.	UPCOMING EVENTS & NEWS View London Calendar of Events Gala Wine Event, Australia House, 27th July Advance hosted a once in a lifetime tasting evening with the very best of French and Australian wine, up against each other, like for like, vintage and palate matched. Fabulous Alsace Riesling up against the very best of the Clare Valley. Amazing Rhone Valley Syrah (Cote Rotie) against an exceptional Australian Shiraz! Check back soon for a report. Homesick artist makes her point many times Homesickness inspired sculptor Nike Savvas to string together 50,000 polystyrene coloured balls in a homage to the Australian outback. [More... ] Where the Bloody Hell Are They? It seems most of them are in Britain. Australia's movers and shakers are ensuring the ties between the two countries are as strong as ever, writes SHM's James Button. More...
ADVANCE LONDON COMMITTEE Sylvana Caloni, Chair Sylvana Caloni is an Executive Coach. She has worked with leaders, business owners and financial analysts in the UK, US and Australia. She set up her own practice in London in January 2004 after 15 years experience in global financial markets. More... Heather Rolinson, City Editor Heather Rolinson arrived in London in May 2004. She is working as a management consultant for Avail Consulting, a recent start-up that is focused on providing premium consultancy services to central government. More... Cameron Wilson, Events Organiser Cameron Wilson first arrived in the UK in 1998 and, in amongst extensive travelling, held a role as an Account Executive with Hollander Communications. More... Lachlan Johnston, Committee Member Lachlan has lived in London for four years, having moved from Sydney in 2002. He works for Merlin PR, a leading Financial PR agency in the City of London. Prior to joining Merlin, Lachlan was a financial journalist with the Daily Telegraph and Guardian newspapers... More... Leo Ryan, Committee Member Leo Ryan has been working in the Creative Industries for the past ten years as a new media strategist. His career has taken him to jobs in Singapore, New York and now London. More... Tim Maher, Mentor Tim Maher currently heads Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Capital Introduction Group in Europe; having worked with their US based team since August of 2002. Prior to that, Tim worked with Private Wealth Management Group of Goldman Sachs, in the firms New York, Singapore and Sydney offices. More... Christopher Fung, Committee Member Christopher Fung is the Managing Director of Crussh Juice Bars. Crussh is UK’s leading retail chain of Juice Bars embodying the healthy fast food concept with 12 sites across central London. More...	ADVANCE LONDON COMMITTEE Nicola Burgess, Vice Chair Nicola Burgess arrived in the UK in 2000 to undertake an MBA at Cranfield University. Since completing her MBA in 2001 Nicola has been working as a management consultant for Deloitte (Consulting) in the area of Strategy and Operations across industry sectors for a variety of high profile strategic clients. More... Greg Love, Events Organiser Greg Love is the owner and MD of Lovewine, a fine wine and events Consultancy. He provides corporate and private clients with highly successful, relationship based, bespoke new business acquisition strategies and client reward schemes, which are based around activities involving fine wine. More... Frances Cowell, Committee Member Frances started in the investment management industry in 1983. She has managed domestic and international equity and fixed interest portfolios, and asset allocation; applying quantitative techniques that combine derivatives and physical investments to deliver portfolios with predefined risk characteristics.More... Matthew Chan, Committee Member Matthew Chan works in corporate strategy at Cadbury Schweppes. Originally from Sydney, he arrived in London in May 2005. He studied environmental engineering at UNSW, graduating in 1998 with Beng (Hons) and BA (Political Science). More... Paul O'Donnell, Mentor Paul O'Donnell is CEO of the Canonbury Group and President of Canonbury Securities Limited which was established in 1998. The Canonbury Group is based in London and provides financial markets strategic risk management and advisory services and alternative asset management and distribution services. More...
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