How To Bridge The Culture Gap And Be An International Team Player (2 CPD)

A not for profit discussion group for the members of CPA Australia.

CPA Western and Eastern Chat Group

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OVERVIEW – 
Are you interested in an International Accounting Career?
Do you want to hear how other Accountants have succeeded in their international career and overcome cultural barriers?
Join our moderator Leonie Lam, Director of My Focus and experienced Career Coach, as she hosts a diverse panel of peers within the Accounting industry, including:
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<LI>Sharon Chan, CPA – Relationship Manager at PwC Australia</LI>
<LI>Marcus Thelwell, CPA – Transformation Manager at Deloitte Australia</LI>
<LI>Xudai Sun, CPA – Senior Development Manager at Lendlease Australia</LI>
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On the evening, you will discover: * Job Search Strategies when you are considering working overseas. * Career planning strategies that will help you be proactive in gaining job opportunities. * Factors to consider when you move back to your home country (after you completed your job overseas) * The pros and cons of working in Europe and Asia. * How to succeed in an international career and overcome cultural barriers?
Stimulating discussions are expected. This event is too good to be missed. Book your seats now.
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Leonie Lam – Career Coach &amp; Speaker, My Focus
Leonie Lam is an experienced Career Coach, Speaker and Director of My Focus. Prior to her role at My Focus, Leonie held HR and training positions at Westpac, Commonwealth Bank and Veolia Water. She has over 16 years of experience in providing coaching, training and HR consulting to a range of professionals. 
Leonie has also been a shortlisted Nominee of the Australian Leadership Excellence award in 2017 (Institute of Managers and Leaders). She has been speaking at CPA events for the past 3 years.
Xudai Sun, CPA – Senior Development Manager at Lendlease Australia
Xudai Sun is a passionate property professional equipped with in-depth understanding of the entire property value chain from orgination, acquisition, financing, asset management as well as delivering and overall operation of large scale projects.
Started as a mechanical engineer with an industry leader in China Xudai expanded his education background into finance, accounting and law, as well as a certified professional in project management and sustainable built environment.
Xudai is currently a Senior Development Manager working with Lendlease in Sydney, helping the organization winning and delivering city shaping projects globally.
Sharon Chan, CPA - Relationship Manager at PwC Australia
Sharon is PwC’s relationship manager, who studied and worked in 5 cities globally. 
She began her career within ING APAC finance in penultimate year. The Hong Kong based role of which she took had an involvement in IPOs and other projects. After that she joined Aon APAC as a retirement benefit consultant in actuarial insurance team. During that time she coordinated businesses in more than 14 countries. Her major clients include Apple, Astra Zeneca and IBM. 
Sharon is now an inter-firm bridge and specialist focusing on immigration and taxation in PwC.
Marcus Thelwell, CPA – Transformation Manager at Deloitte Australia
Marcus is originally from the UK. He attended university in the UK and Sweden and then started a graduate position at Deloitte in London within the Finance Performance Management practice. He worked on many finance transformation projects across the UK and Europe and began growing his interest in management reporting processes and providing business insights.
After six years in London, Marcus moved to the Deloitte Sydney Finance Strategy consulting practice where he worked with NSW Government and Financial Services. Last year he took an internal role at Deloitte within the Financial Advisory Practice with a focus on improving operational performance, profitability margin, employee experience and client experience.

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