Following the departure of Rod Commerford, the Chamber is pleased to welcome Julie Quinn, Minister Counsellor & Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade Korea and Mongolia, as our new Ex-officio Board Member.

Julie commenced her role as Austrade’s Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner for Korea and Mongolia in January 2021. Her role is focused on attracting Korean investors to Australia and growing Australia’s goods and services trade to Korea and Mongolia. Julie previously worked as a Head of Austrade Centre of Excellence in Health in Melbourne.

Julie has almost 30 years of Health and Biotech experience before joining Austrade, including roles at the University of Melbourne, Neurology Ireland Limited, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Victorian Cancer Biobank, Australian Phenomics Network and Bionic Vision Technologies Pty Ltd.

Prior to that Julie has over 9 years of Marketing, Sales and Trade professions at ICI Australia and Abbot Diagnostics Division.

She completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Biology) from RMIT, Graduate Diploma in Business (Marketing) from Monash University and Master of Engineering from RMIT.

We look forward to working with Julie and the rest of the Austrade team to promote Australia-Korea trade and investment opportunities.