AGENDA
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA APRIL 20 - 22, 2022
WELCOME
It is my pleasure to introduce you all to our Global Business Strategy and Leadership Conference to be held in Australia from Wednesday April 20th to Friday April 22nd. The plan is to arrive in Australia on Monday/Tuesday, which should give you ample time to settle in before our Welcome Drinks and Dinner at a Sydney landmark on Tuesday evening. We will meet in the hotel lobby at 17:00pm. The dinner venue is a short walk from the hotel. Full day sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be held in the King Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel. The theme for the conference is Closing the Gaps. We should all be very proud of the tremendous progress our business has made over the last 2 years, but we are all well aware of the challenges both today and in the future. The conference is an opportunity to both celebrate our success and chart our way forward. On Wednesday, we will focus on where we are now, covering key stakeholder introductions, an overview of the business (past, present and future) finishing the day with a full report of the business. Thursday will be our Strategy day where we will cover business challenges, a Purpose, Values and Objectives Workshop, finishing up with our business strategy for 2022 and beyond. Friday will be a more interactive day where we workshop the future of the business. Together, we will plan how we are going to achieve our mission, goals and objectives. We will finish the formal part of the conference with a team dinner on Friday night, then on Saturday - we will be teambuilding on the heights of the Sydney Harbour Bridge! The success of the conference resides in the contribution from all of you. We hope that this conference will not only be informative, but interactive, engaging and above all - useful as we work towards achieving our business goals for this financial year and beyond. Included with the agenda is a short survey so please be sure to complete this as soon as possible. Your survey responses will plug directly into the content of our conference, so it is important that we receive responses from all of you well before the conference The following information outlines all that you need to know about the conference agenda, the hotel and other venues and activities. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Natalie. See you soon in Australia! Grant
HOUSEKEEPING Event coordination: Natalie Gil is responsible for all travel, accommodation and other conference logistics. Natalie will be in touch with each of you to facilitate flight bookings and any other special arrangements required. For anything urgent that comes up during travel or in Sydney, contact Natalie on +61 481 248 227 or Grant on +61 404 144 957. Conference Venue: The King Room, Hyatt Regency Sydney, 161 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD, Sydney. Transport: Transfer to and from the airport is your responsibility to arrange. Taxi is the most practical option although there is an excellent train service (alight at Wynyard station). Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Sydney, 161 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD, Sydney. HYATT REGENCY WEBSITE Covid Safety: Face masks will be required on public transport and public transport waiting areas, planes, public hospitals, private health facilities, residential aged care facilities, hostels and indoor music events. Certain hospitality venues may request proof of vaccination upon entry. Entry to Australia: • •
You must apply for your Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. This acts as your entry visa. You must be fully vaccinated and have completed the course 7 days prior to arrival in Australia, see link for vaccine requirements outside of Australia. VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
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You must take a PCR test up to 72 hours prior to departure. You must complete a digital passenger declaration 72 hours prior to departure, including your negative PCR result. PASSENGER DECLARATION
Drake Business Logistics Sydney Office: The office is located at Level 3, The Pavilion 388, George Street a 5-minute walk from the hotel and is opposite the Apple store on the corner of George and King Streets. You are welcome to use our office for any meetings, phone calls or any other administration. It is open from 8:30am – 5pm.
THE HOTEL Hyatt Regency Sydney, 161 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD, Sydney, telephone +61 2 8099 1234. VIEW HOTEL
Food: Breakfast is included in your accommodation booking. All other meals and transport to the activity day on the final day of the conference will be arranged. You are free to arrange your own dinner, activities etc. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings. Places To Eat:
Jackalberry
Zephyr
Sailmaker
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WEBSITE
Monday - Thursday: 7:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 3:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday to Friday: 6:30am - 10:00am
Friday: 7:00am - midnight
Friday: 3:00pm - 12:00am
Saturday and Sunday: 6:30am - 10:30am
Saturday: 10:30am - midnight.
Saturday: 2:00pm - 12:00am
Sunday: 10.30am - 10:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm - 10:00pm
In Room Dining MENU Facilities: Fitness Centre - Stay active in their state of the art fitness centres, fully equipped with cardio machines and strength training equipment.
CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Executive Team Name
Position
Grant Mackenzie
CEO DBL/DBSA
Natalie Gil
Executive Assistant
Country
Name
Position
Australia
Sameer Arora
Country Manager - Australia
Paul Thambar
Conference Facilitator
Singapore
Siew Wee Wong
Finance Manager
Philippines
Cristina ‘Krees’ Castaneda
Country Director
Japan
Daniel Hayashi Maiko Takahashi
Regional Account Manager - VACO Japan & Korea HR and Finance Manager - DBSJ
Keisuke Furuya
Senior Account Manager – DBSJ
Taiwan
Iris Chiu
Assistant Operations Manager
South Korea
Tae In Chung
Customer Service Supervisor
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Dr Paul J Thambar
PhD Accounting, Executive MBA, MA, FCMA, CGMA Dr Paul Thambar is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Accounting of the Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia. Paul is an Accounting academic with both industry and academic experience. Prior to joining Monash in Feb 2016, Paul was at UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia from 2010 to 2015. At UTS Business School, Paul was involved in teaching management accounting and strategy subjects in postgraduate programs including MBA and Executive MBA programs. Paul was also intimately involved in the design and launch of a new MBA program in entrepreneurship and innovation (MBAe). Prior to academic appointments, Paul worked in the financial services and healthcare industries in a range of senior financial and strategy roles. Paul has worked as a Financial Controller in Banking and in Healthcare and in Operations and Strategy roles in General Insurance and with IBM’s Global Business Services division. Paul completed a PhD in Accounting in 2015 at UTS. Paul’s thesis topic was examining the role of management control systems in enabling strategy formation at the inter-firm level. Paul is a Fellow member (FCMA) of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and holds the CGMA designation. Paul teaches management accounting and strategy subjects and is currently assigned to teach Applied Contemporary Accounting (ACF 5350) in the MA program and MBA 5704 in the Monash MBA program.
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AGENDA
Tuesday 19th April Arrive Sydney, Australia by Tuesday afternoon, transfer to Hyatt Regency Sydney: 161 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD, Sydney. We will meet in the hotel lobby at 5:00pm and transfer to dinner. Wednesday 20th April Meet in the lobby at 8:30am. Please be sure to have had breakfast prior to arrival. Where are we today? 9:00am
Welcome & Introductions (all)
10:00am
Coffee break
10:15am
History of the business - past, present, future (Grant & Siew Wee)
11:15am
Business Review - Australia – (Sameer)
12:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
Business review – Japan (Grant, Maiko-san, Keisuke-san, Daniel)
2:00pm
Business review – Taiwan (Siew Wee, Iris)
2:30pm
Business review – South Korea (Tae In, Daniel)
3:00pm
Coffee break
3:15pm
Business review – Philippines (Krees)
5:00pm
Wrap up (Grant & Paul)
5:30pm
Close
AGENDA
Thursday 21st April Meet in the lobby at 8:00am. Please be sure to have had breakfast prior to arrival. Strategy - where we need to go (Paul to facilitate) 8:30am
SWOT analysis workshop
10:30am
Coffee break
10:45am
Group discussions – ideas and initiatives for each country
12:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
Purpose, values, cultural differences, and objectives workshop
2:30pm
2022 Strategy and beyond – optimum business model for each country
3:00pm
Coffee break
3:15pm
2022 Strategy and beyond (continued)
4:00pm
Sales & Marketing
5:00pm
Wrap up
5:30pm
Close
Friday 22nd April Meet in the lobby at 8:00am. Please be sure to have had breakfast prior to arrival. Planning and Closing the Gaps - how are we going to get there? (Paul to facilitate) 8:30am
Questionnaire review & group discussion – identify the gaps
10:15am
Coffee break
10:30am
Action Planning Workshop – closing the gaps in each country
1:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Action Planning Workshop (continued)
3:00pm
Coffee break
3:15pm
Action Planning Workshop (continued)
3:45pm
Executive Education Opportunities
4:15pm
Wrap up
5:00pm
Close
AGENDA
Saturday 23rd April Meet in the lobby at 10:00am. Please be sure to have had breakfast prior to arrival. Activity: Sydney Bridge Climb VIEW WEBSITE
MAP OF SYDNEY CBD