Summary
Beyond Tasmania: Building Globally Competitive Businesses
Join your peers for an interactive lunch session exploring what it takes for Tasmanian businesses to successfully scale beyond our island and compete on the global stage.
Hear from two business leaders as they share their growth journeys, the challenges they face today, and the capabilities that have been critical to building internationally competitive organisations.
Then take part in table discussions focused on the barriers preventing Tasmanian businesses from scaling, the skills and capabilities needed for global success, and how CPA Australia can support members in this space.
This is a valuable opportunity to connect with peers, share ideas, and contribute to a conversation about Tasmania’s future business potential.
Facilitated by Amie Scruton FCPA, Tasmanian Divisional Council Deputy President & Founder, Scruton Advisory.
Light lunch included.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand and identify the key factors that enable Tasmanian businesses to scale beyond local markets, including the confidence, capabilities, leadership decisions and opportunities that support expansion nationally and internationally.
- Evaluate the critical capabilities of finance teams required to compete globally and identify practical ways CPA Australia can support members on their journey.
Speakers
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Billie Jones CPA
Billie is responsible for leading a team undertaking the assessment, submission, registration, and on-going management of plantation forestry carbon projects for SFM. Through SFM and the forestry estates they manage, Billie is responsible for the management of over 63 projects under the Plantation Forestry Methodology.
Billie is a CPA qualified accountant with 20 years experience in taxation, management, and financial accounting, along with a Masters in Commercial Law. Billie is passionate about promoting responsible and flexible forestry models and the opportunities a robust and transparent carbon industry offers to both the forestry industry, and the people who work in the carbon space.
David Aldred BBusStud CPA FMVA
David is currently the Finance Business Partner and member of the Operational Management Team of Extractas Bioscience, a Tasmanian-based biotechnology company specializing in the research, development, extraction, purification, and export of high-value botanical products, including alkaloid raw materials derived from patented opium poppy varieties. David’s role entails operational budgeting and forecasting, cash flow forecasting and inventory costing and control and bringing a finance lens to operational decision-making. He is the architect of various reporting and forecasting models used by the company.
David commenced his accounting career in 2001 and has occupied various roles in public practice and industry. He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Charles Sturt University and has been a member of CPA Australia since 2010. He completed the Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst certification with the Corporate Finance Institute in 2022.
Fees
Below is all of the pricing information for the event.
AUD pricing is inclusive of GST.
Member fee: $45.00 AUD
Non-Member fee: $65.00 AUD
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