Location
Australian Embassy
Via Antoio Bosio 5
00161 Rome

Tel: +39 06 852 72251 
Fax: +39 06 4425 4103

Office hours
9.00am-5.00pm, Monday to Thursday
9.00am-4.15pm, Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours







Tech specialist
Francesa Di Croce - Business Development Manager

Francesca's experience in ICT includes working for many years as the Italian Sales Manager for a Belgian company that specialises in providing hardware and software solutions.

Location

Tel: +48 22 521 3473
Fax: +48 22 627 3505

Office hours
8.30am-5.00pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 15 hours

Tech specialist
Bozena Swierbutowicz - Business Development Manager

Bozena assists Australian hi-tech companies and industry groups by providing in-market assistance and strategic marketing advice, as well as undertaking targeted market research.

Bozena has been with Austrade for two years, working with Australian companies in planning their market entry strategies. Her role is to raise the profile of Australian hi-tech companies through networking amongst the Polish hi-tech companies and allies. Bozena's experience has covered the IT, telecommunications, education and inward investment.

In addition to this experience with Austrade, Bozena has a comprehensive background in marketing and trade, having spent 10 years with one major Japanese trading company.

Education
Marketing for E-commerce, UC Berkeley
MBA, Thames Valley University, UK
Agriculture University, MSc-Warsaw, Poland

Experience
Joined Austrade in 2000 as Business Manager working with Australian hi-tech companies and helped them to establish business activity in Poland and then as Business Development Manager.

Prior to Austrade, Bozena had been working for 10 years for Japanese trading company in Warsaw as Sales Manager dealing with a variety of projects in sectors such as construction, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, industrial machinery, environmental protection.

Location
Austrade
10a/2 Podkolokolny Lane
Moscow 109028
Russia

Tel: +7 095 232 3284

Tech specialists
Gregory Klumov - Senior Trade Commissioner
Natasha Smirnova - Business Development Manager

Location
Diplomatic Quarter
P.O. Box 94400
Riyadh 11693

Tel: +966 2 652 8540
Fax: +966 2 652 8560

Office hours
8.30am-4.50pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist
Andre Barbour - Business Development Manager

As Business Development Manager in Austrade's Jeddah office, Andre assists Australian companies in their efforts to penetrate the complex and competitive Saudi, Bahraini and Kuwaiti markets. Drawing on his direct experience and extensive networks he helps develop solid market entry strategies and offers in-market advice and assistance across a wide spectrum of industries.

Education
D.E.U.G. (Economy option level), ASAS University Paris II (Part of Sorbonne) Paris - France.
Computer Programming, with highest honors from Montreal - Canada

Experience
North American work experience.
Purchasing Manager at IBM Saudi Arabia.
Training courses with Iomega - Tektronix - IBM - Lexmark.

Location
4th Floor, Fedsure Towers
13 Fredman Drive
Sandton, Johannesburg
South Africa 2146 RSA

Tel: +27 11 784 0620
Fax: +27 11 784 0446

Office hours
8.30am-4.50pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist 
Jay Meek - Trade Commissioner

Location
Australian Trade Commission
Calle Santa Engracia,
120 2nd Floor
Madrid 28003
Spain

Tel: +34 91 441 6025
Fax: +34 91 442 3885

Office hours
8.30am-5.00pm, Monday to Thursday
8.30am-2.20pm, Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist 
Auriol Seaton - Business Development Manager

Auriol has been assisting Australian hi-tech companies and industry groups for more than 10 years, providing them with in-market assistance, offering strategic marketing advice, as well as undertaking targeted sectorial market research.

During her 15 years with Austrade, Auriol has worked closely with Australian companies in planning and executing their market entry strategies. Her experience has covered many sectors, including Information and Communication Technologies, Automotive, Education, Construction, Pools/Spas and Giftware.

Auriol has been an active member of the Automotive, Education and Hi-tech pan European strategies since their start-up in the early 1990s.

Education
Diploma in Languages for Business (Spanish) and Languages for Commerce (Spanish and French), Wolverhampton Polytechnic, United Kingdom.
Royal Society of Arts: Diploma for Bilingual Secretaries (Spanish); Certificate for Secretarial Linguists (Spanish and French).
Marketing for Internet Business (University of Berkeley)

Experience
Joined Austrade in 1989.
Previously held senior secretarial positions in US and Danish companies based in Spain.

Location
Australian Embassy
Sergels Torg 12
PO Box 7003 S-103 86
Stockholm, Sweden

Tel: +46 8 5451 8001
Fax: +46 8 5451 8009

Office hours
8.30am-4.50pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist
Glenn Nielsen - Business Development Manager

Education
Law Studies Stockhom University

Experience
Glenn has worked in IT sales, project management and consulting for over 20 years.

He has worked for companies throughout Scandinavia and the UK including Rank Xerox, ICL Data, Cominvest Systems, Belkos, Ramlosa Halsobrunn. 
Joined Austrade in 1996.

Location
Austrade Consulate General
Elmadag Askerocagi
Caddesi No. 15
Sisli, 34367

Tel: +90 212 243 1333 
Fax: +90 212 243 1332

Office hours
8.30am-4.50pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist
Burc Buyukonal - Business Development Manager

Location
Australian Consulate-General 
Level 25, Burjuman Business Tower
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed (Trade Centre) Road 
P.O. Box 124400
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tel: +971 4 508 7115
Fax: +971 4 355 1547 

Office hours
8.00am-3.30pm, Sunday to Wednesday
8.00am-2.45pm, Thursday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 9 hours

Tech specialist 
Preeti Rekhari - Business Development Manager

Location
Australian High Commission
Australia House
Strand
London WC2B 4LA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7632 0002
Fax: +44 20 7632 0098

Office hours
9.00am-5.20pm, Monday to Friday
Australian Eastern Standard Time less 10 hours

Tech specialists

Colin Biggs - Senior Business Development Manager 

Colin assists Australian hi-tech companies and industry groups by providing in-market assistance and strategic marketing advice, as well as undertaking targeted market research.

Colin has been with Austrade for 20 years, working with Australian companies in planning and executing market entry strategies. Colin has worked with many sectors, but has focused on the hi-tech sector for 10 years. During this time he has assisted numerous companies to develop a successful presence in the United Kingdom.
 
Education
BSc Botany, London University

Experience
Extensive experience in every aspect of developing a market entry strategy for hi-tech companies in the United Kingdom.

Elements include research, PR, strategy development, network development, and advocacy on behalf of companies.

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