Visit by Honorary Consul of Australia in Rio de Janeiro
From 17th to 23rd September, the ABCC had the pleasure of hosting the visit of Ronaldo Camargo Veirano, lawyer and founder of Veirano Advogados and Honorary Consul of Australia in Rio.
Mr. Veirano has been a long-time promoter of the relations between Australia and Brazil, assisting a number of Australian companies entering the Brazilian market, appointed Honorary Consul of Australia in Rio de Janeiro in 2000 in recognition for his support .
Dr. Veirano was a guest at the Victoria Governor General’s House, Professor David de Kretser, A. C. who kindly hosted a dinner comprising of:
Mr. Myles Curtis, Managing Director - Securency International Pty Ltd,
Mr Ben Foskett, Chief Executive Officer - Invest Victoria (IIRD),
Mr John Gandel AO, Chairman - Gandel Group Pty Ltd,
Dr Ray Johnson, CEO, Genetics Australia,
Professor Margaret Alston, Head of Department of Social Work at Monash University,
Mr Telmo Languiller MLA, Parliamentary Secretary for Human Services and Member for Derrimut, Professor Frank Larkins AM, Deputy Vice Chancellor - University of Melbourne,
Professor German Spangenberg, Executive Director, Biosciences Research Division DPI,
Ms Cristina Talacko, President, Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce and
Mr Alex Vanselow – CEO for BHP Billiton amongst other guests.
Dr. Veirano was guest of honour at the Luncheon hosted by Mr. Bernard Wheelahan (Chairman – Pacific Hydro, Chairman for the Council on Australia Latin America Relations) and also visited a number of firms and Government departments in Sydney and Melbourne.
A bit about Ronaldo: Mr. Veirano is a true “carioca” born and raised in Rio. He is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, Portuguese Bar Association, American Bar Association and of the Association of Attorneys of the State of São Paulo. He is also a member of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI), the International Trademark Association (INTA), a member of the Advisory Board of the Brazilian Association of Informatics Law and Telecommunications (ABDI). He is a member of the Board of American Bank Note Company S.A. He is also a past Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil, a former Director of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce, a former President of the American Club of Rio de Janeiro, and a member of the Board of Directors of Gavea Golf and Country Club, which presidency he occupied for eight consecutive years. From 1966 trough 1971, he was International Counsel for the Kendall Company, in Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), and has been for the last thirty five years the senior partner of Veirano Advogados which until July 1, 1996 was associated with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the US Section of the Brazil-US Business Council and of the Brazilian Section of the Brazil-China Business Council. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance of which he is one of the founding members and a member of the Advisory Board of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. For the last six years he has been a member of the Board of Directors of AFS International, a non-profit organization which deals with foreign exchange students. He has spoken often at international seminars held in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America, sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce, the American Management Association, the World Trade Institute, Council of the Americas, Brazil-U.S. Business Council, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Department of Commerce of the United States of America, and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations. Mr. Veirano travels to Australia regularly, having headed Trade Missions including the Ethanol Road Show in 2005.
