Robert Hunt Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

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Brisbane Australia

Led 7-person team that maintained international relations and organised events on behalf of the Lord Mayor's office, specifically with Brisbane's seven sister cities in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.Responsible for the successful deliverry of the Asia-Pacific Cities Summit in Brisbane, October 2007, including budgets, program development, speaker liason and sponsor relationships.

San Francisco And New York

Led an 8-person business development team that identified, qualified and facilitated investment from the US and Canada into Australia.During 2003-06, our team secured $450 million in new overseas investment from some 40 new clients, generating 1,000 new jobs and $200 million in exports. Companies introduced to Australia include PayPal, Iron Mountain and Kaplan International.Managed North American promotional program incorporating trade shows and conferences, including major events such as BIO 2003-06 and Nanotechnology 2004-06, plus numerous seminars and visit programs.Responsible for national branding in North America and delivery of Invest Australia key messages. Directed PR agency in media relations program; gave 50+ stand-up presentations and 70+ interviews, resulting in more than 100 instances of US media coverage for Invest Australia.Oversaw successful US visit programs by senior Australian government ministers, parliamentary delegations and senior Invest Australia executives.Worked closely with Australiia based industry groups and Australian state goverment teams to ensure quality of leads, investment briefs and responses provided to clients.

Sydney, Australia

Advised emerging technology companies on product strategy, export marketing and fund raising. Clients included Innovation Capital, evalu8 (online consumer survey software), OpenIN (communications integration), MobiPro (wireless email service), among others. Acted as interim Marketing Director for MobiPro; developed marketing plans, sales manuals and collateral for European distributor network.

Sydney, Australia

Promoted PwC services across practice groups, targeting emerging technology companies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Worked with PwC partners, coordinated with marketing teams and with PwC Technology Center in California to deliver paid research to clients.Recruited more than 30 paying clients for PwC's Technology/Information/Communications/ Entertainment integrated practice teams. Developed program branding, key messages and materials.Pitched, planned, researched and wrote or co-wrote strategic studies:- Submission to Ralph Commission for venture capital capital tax reform.- Strategic forecast and analysis of emerging ICT trends profiling top 100 global companies to be targeted by Invest Australia.- Analysis of total financial impact and benefits of Sydney 2000 Olympics.- 'What Australians Need to Understand about the United States' - presentation to clients.

San Jose, California

Recruited, trained and managed client service team that delivered paid research and business matchmaking services to more than 100 Australian IT exporters.Silicon Valley office was ranked #1 for revenues generated and #1 for client satisfaction among all Austrade Americas officesPersonally recruited dozens of clients and conducted Australia-side roadshow program, including guest experts from US to promote export in general and US market specifically to Australian technology companies.Worked closely with all Australian state government agencies to identify, qualify and brief new ICT exporters.Recruited exhibitors and organised Australian presence at Comdex'97 and first ever E3 trade show.

Sydney, Australia And Hannover, Germany

Project managed Australia's presence as Partner Country at CeBIT'95 in Hannover, Germany - the biggest and most successful trade promotion in Australian history, resulting in some $500 million in new export sales as estimated by Australian exhibitors.Conducted roadshows and presented to nearly 1,000 prospective ICT exporters across Australia, recruiting 154 companies and agencies.Briefed Prime Minister Paul Keating, scripted PM's promotional video for CeBIT'95, coordinated his program at CeBIT including opening ceremony.Responsible for national branding and key messages focussing on Australia as technology innovator and business destination. Scripted videos and brochures; wrote weekly column for The Australian, gave numerous interviews to all major Australian print media as well as ABC radio (Andrew Ollie, Paul Lyneham, John Doyle).Worked with allies in Australia and Europe, including all state governments, federal departments, CSIRO and industry associations in Australia and Europe.Organised and coordinated advisory committee of IT industry experts, with monthly meetings chaired by Industry Minister John Button.Secured more than $250,000 in sponsorship from state governments and private sector partners.

Sydney, Australia

Managed Austrade team that sourced international market intelligence for some of Australia's biggest manufacturers, including SimsMetal, Soul Pattinson, BHP Steel and Sebel Furniture.

Los Angeles

Provided Austrade market research and business matching services to dozens of Australian ICT companies and manufacturers.

Mba, Marketing And Information Systems

Phd, English