Wednesday luncheon with Sean Keenihan, Chair, SA Tourism Commission

Guest Speaker: Sean Keenihan, Chair, SA Tourism Commission

Tourism in SA/Potential of China

 

 

He has led the South Australian local government sector’s growing role in key infrastructure, development and commercial projects and is a leading voice on the critical economic development role that Councils play in growimg local economies and communities in South Australia.  He has a particular interest in local government and is recognised as one of the State’s leading practitioners in this area.  Sean Keenihan is the Chair of the Board at Norman Waterhouse and specialises in commercial, infrastructure, property and foreign investment law and transactions.

 

In May 2015 Sean was appointed as the Chair of the South Australian Tourism Commission in recognition of his extensive international engagement experience, focus on international competitiveness and commitment to job creation in South Australia.  He is National Vice President of the Australia China Business Council Ltd and SA President of the Australia China Business Council, and the Chair of StudyAdelaide, South Australia’s peak body promoting Adelaide as Australia’s premier learning city and growing South Australia’s second largest export industry.

 

Sean is also a recognised opinion leader around Australia’s engagement with China with a particular focus on South Australia’s economic transformation through improved trade and investment dealings with China.  He was a co-author of South Australia’s China Engagement Strategy in 2012 and served as the SA Government’s advisor on China, providing strategic advice to the Premier, Ministers, Local Government and Industry Bodies to facilitate closer bilateral links between South Australia and China.  He was the recipient of an Australian government scholarship to study intensive Mandarin in China in the late 1980s prior to commencing a double degree in Law and Arts at the University of Adelaide.  As a highly competent Mandarin speaker, he plays a pivotal role in trade and investment deals involving Chinese parties.

 

 

 

 

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