Craig Shim Email & Phone Number

Queensland, Australia

I founded Alphacrane Intercultural Specialists in 2015 to help people with their cross-cultural relational skills, in a professional context.It is a great honour to serve as the trusted intercultural advisor to the Australian Government's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, foreign embassies, various United Nations agencies, and multinational corporations.I take great pride in servicing globally recognised corporations such as Air New Zealand, Boeing, BP, Nike, PepsiCo… Show more I founded Alphacrane Intercultural Specialists in 2015 to help people with their cross-cultural relational skills, in a professional context.It is a great honour to serve as the trusted intercultural advisor to the Australian Government's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, foreign embassies, various United Nations agencies, and multinational corporations.I take great pride in servicing globally recognised corporations such as Air New Zealand, Boeing, BP, Nike, PepsiCo, and Mastercard, where I provide cross-cultural training, advice, and executive coaching.As a practitioner, I have a unique ability to apply intercultural theories and frameworks to address the diverse business challenges faced by my clients. My expertise is further grounded in my personal experience as a foreign resident based in Asia for nearly two decades, having lived and worked in China, Singapore, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Beasley Intercultural is a purpose-led organisation supporting leaders and their teams to thrive in culturally diverse complex settings - to inspire inclusive relationships built on mutual respect and understanding.

Brisbane, Australia

I've joined forces with a multidisciplinary team of China Specialists to co-found a business alliance: The China Collective. My contribution through Alphacrane Intercultural Specialists is sharing insights and advice on how Australians can understand and adapt to cultural differences in the Asian business mindset to avoid often-overlooked pitfalls of cross-cultural trade.

Brisbane, Australia

I am the co-founder of Project Global Citizen, a worldwide movement that create a foundation for global citizenship with cultural competence. We deliver cultural competency programs to make students employable anywhere in the world.

For more than 25 years, Cartus Intercultural & Language Solutions has worked exclusively with international businesses to ready employees and their families for success on the global stage.

Brisbane, Australia

Established and supervised a new business unit that designs and delivers cross-cultural training.

Yangon, Myanmar

Orchestrated major organisational leadership initiatives that resulted in RVi International’s growth into one of the premier providers of education and consultancy services in the ASEAN region.

Mandalay, Myanmar

As part of SCP Consultants' international expansion strategy, I set up SCP's first office in Myanmar and project managed various multi-million dollar city planning and design projects. In seeking new business opportunities for our Myanmar operations, I travelled extensively throughout Myanmar and China.

Brisbane, Australia

My role was to lead cross-organisational teams in identifying new marketing and development opportunities (e.g. incentive travel) that provide Queensland with a competitive edge, and then activate them at a global scale.

Brisbane, Australia

This role involved leading the strategy development of Tourism Queensland’s first global brand strategy, and setting the strategic direction for the organisation.

Townsville, Australia

Spearheaded the revitalisation of Townsville's CBD with international development concepts

Singapore

Led a specialist team responsible for the destination management, placemaking and revitalisation of two Singapore icons - the Singapore River and Marina Bay District.

Led the brand management across the Ken-Air Group, and oversaw all advertising, promotions and consumer events

Masterplanned Bintan Resorts as an international island holiday destination.

Prepared land use masterplans for the redevelopment of 5 Singapore districts.

Bachelor Of Regional And Town Planning (Hons)

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