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About ASR

ASR is the voice of professional services, aiming to secure Australia’s place in the global economy


Background
ASR is the only dedicated whole-of-services industry organisation and is part of the Global Services Coalition (GSC). Currently, services do not register sufficiently on Australia’s public policy radar. There has been no national research effort, and services do not feature in any of the Government’s national competitiveness strategies. Creating a national services competitiveness strategy is essential as we move away from a resource focused economy. With up to 1.5 billion people moving into Asia’s middle class over the next 15 years, Australia must ensure it is in the best position to take advantage of the opportunities at our doorstep.

Purpose
Services employ 85% of Australians, represent 78% of industry value-add, yet comprise only 20% of Australia’s total exports. Our purpose is to address these gaps in understanding and realise opportunities for the benefit of our members, professional service industries, SMEs, and micro-multinationals. We believe this is vitally important for all aspects of Australia’s economic, environmental, social and cultural future.

Priorities
  • We seek to develop the Australian professional services sector and facilitate market opportunities for our stakeholders.
  • We see services productivity, competitiveness, skills innovation and investment into human capital infrastructure pivotal to the success of professional services.
  • We support and ensure efficient regulatory settings for the services sector. Australia’s success is built on this.
  • We create new international services trade opportunities, investment channels and lead national research efforts to improve statistical data bases.
Capabilities

Business intelligence                                
Research  Policy formulation                              Digital transformation solutions

Industry representation                        Networking access                         Policy discussions & GSC involvement

Industries
We represent the broadest possible range of services sectors. These include but are not limited to:

Financial Services                                               
Professional Services                                     Health Service Providers

Export Education Services                                Environmental Services                                                 Energy Services

Logistics                                                                          Tourism                                            Information Technology

Telecommunications                                                      Transport                                      Standards and Conformance

                               Audio-visual                                                  Media & Entertainment                                  Cultural & Other Business Services

Objectives
We stimulate research promote international and domestic policy reform and identify regulatory obstacles to enhance international service competitiveness. We advocate and represent the interests of services industries to government building a strong public profile for the services sector. We focus on issues including:
Trade Policy                            Industry Development                    Competition Policy

Investment Policy                         Immigration Policy                          Taxation Policy                                Digital Innovation
We contribute to strategies for negotiating services trade and investment issues in various bodies and international agreements:
World Trade Organisation (WTO)                             Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Free Trade Agreements                                        Other bilateral & regional agreements

 

 

Board of Directors

 : James Bond

James Bond

President

Head of Government Affairs, Citi, Australia

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 : Holly Dorber

Holly Dorber

Vice-President

Head of Government Relations, PayPal Australia

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 : Uwe Kaufmann

Uwe Kaufmann

Treasurer

Research Programme Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, Australian Institute of Business

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 : Kaaren Koomen AM

Kaaren Koomen AM

Board Member

Director of Government & Regulatory – IBM

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 : John Richardson

John Richardson

Board Member

Director – Cox Richardson

 : Jane Drake-Brockman

Jane Drake-Brockman

Board Member

Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide

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 : Peter Draper

Peter Draper

Board Member

Executive Director, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide

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 : Daniel Moulis

Daniel Moulis

Board Member

Founder and Chairperson, Moulis Legal

 : Peter Geoghegan

Peter Geoghegan

Board Member

Founder of Geotron engineering consulting.

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