ABCC Cocktail in Brisbane

On Thursday, 27 September 2007 the Australia Brazil Chamber of Commerce had a cocktail party at the United Service Club in Brisbane, sponsored by Brazilian mining company CVRD, JBS Friboi and Haycroft Solutions.
The meeting was an excellent opportunity for people in business and in government who have links to Brazil to meet and exchange ideas.
First to speak at the meeting was the Hon Tim Mulherin, MP. He spoke about his personal experience of connections between Australia and Brazil with specific reference to the sugar industry in his Mackay electorate.
The next speaker, Ambassador for Brazil, His Excellency Fernando De Mello Barreto provided an excellent talk which outlined Brazil’s increasing importance to the world economy and the size of Brazil’s economy particularly in relation to other South American economies.
Another speaker was Iain Mars, CEO of Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd who has recently been taken over by Brazilian company JBS Friboi. Mr Mars was working in Brazil before being transferred to Australia.
Wagner Martins of HHH Language School presented a speech in which he detailed the growing area of the teaching of English in language schools in Australia with particular reference to his own experience both as a student as now as an employee of the HHH Language School here in Brisbane.
The function was the start of more regular meetings with the Australia Brazil Chamber of Commerce here in Queensland.