EABC Organisational Profile

Purpose

The European Australian Business Council (EABC) was founded in 1999 to bring together various business organisations and trade agencies supporting the Australia-Europe trade and investment relationship, and corporations with significant commercial interests in Australian and European markets.

Structure & Membership

EABC is an incorporated, not for profit organisation, whose membership includes Charter Members, Corporate Members and members of the EABC Corporate Council.

Charter Members

Charter Members are organisations including bilateral chambers of commerce, business and industry associations, embassies, trade commissions, consulates and other agencies promoting Australia-Europe trade both at the EU-wide and bilateral levels. EABC Charter Members are:

• Australasian Access
• Australian Institute of Export
• Australian-Maltese Chamber of Commerce
• Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
• British Consulate-General
• Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary
• Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania
• Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia
• Consulate General of Romania
• Consulate of Luxembourg
• Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce
• IDA Ireland
• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce
• Swiss Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Trade Commission of Denmark
• Union des Francais de l'Etranger

Corporate Members

Corporate Members include leading Australian and European corporations who are stakeholders in the Australia-Europe economic relationship, either holding or providing services to high level trade and investment interests. EABC Corporate Members are:

• ACCOR Asia Pacific
• APN News & Media
• Aristocrat Leisure Limited
• Babcock & Brown
• Boeing Australia
• Customer Service Institute of Australia
• Dibbs Abbott Stillman | Lawyers
• EADS Australia Pacific
• European Gas Limited
• Export Finance & Insurance Corporation
• Goldman Sachs JBWere
• Kell&Rigby
• Louis Vuitton Australia
• Macquarie Bank
• Minter Ellison
• Möet Hennessy Australia
• National Australia Bank
• MFS Group Limited
• News Limited
• Palamedia Limited
• PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
• Qantas Airways
• Ramsay Health Care
• Rolls-Royce
• SEMA
• Servcorp Limited
• Stockland
• Sydney Airport Corporation
• Thales Australia
• The University of Sydney
• Visa International

Corporate Council

The EABC Corporate Council acts as a high level body of patrons of the EABC and its
programmes. Its members include representatives of Corporate Members and Charter Members, other leading members of the business community, government officials and diplomats. For further information on the Profiles of members of the EABC Corporate Council please click here

EABC Board

The EABC Board consists of representatives of EABC Corporate Members, Charter Members and the Corporate Council. The executive committee includes office-bearers of the President, Vice- President and Treasurer of the EABC.

Members of the EABC Board are:

• Alastair Walton - President
• Charles Curran AC - Vice-President
• Ian Murray - Treasurer
• David Cox (Qantas)
• John MacColl (Union des Francais de l'Etranger)
• Professor Mieke Leppens (Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce)
• Paul McClintock (Thales Australia)
• Max Moore-Wilton AC (Macquarie Airports Group)
• Michael Ullmer (National Australia Bank)