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Clout Asia
by Lucy
Profiling the journey of Asia capable Australians. cloutasia.substack.com
Episodes
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Peter Osborne
For the past two years, I’ve had the privilege to tell the stories of Australians and their journey to Asia capability. These are unique stories but also lived experiences shared by many Australians. I hope that these stories gave you a glimpse of the diverse fabric of what it means to be...
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Louise Tran
Hi everyone, Today’s a bittersweet moment, as Clout Asia comes to an end. For our penultimate episode, I am here with Louise Tran, a strong advocate for Asian-Australian leadership and a leading profile in the food and sustainability sector. Louise is the child of refugee parents, who fled…
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Weh Yeoh
In this episode, I am joined by Weh Yeoh, a formidable force contributing to redefining the for-purpose space. Weh is the author of Redundant Charities and co-founder of Australian social enterprise Umbo. The youngest in a family of doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists, Weh’s initial goal was to...
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Penny Burtt
Welcome back to Season 3 of Clout Asia. For our first episode, I am joined by Penny Burtt, the former CEO of Asialink, Australia’s leading institution for driving Asia engagement and building Asia capability. Born and raised in her early years in Penang, Malaysia, Penny’s calling to Southeast…
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Edwin Chu
For our final episode in Season 2 of Clout Asia, I am joined by Edwin Chu, a Sydneysider who has had a compelling career in the commercial real estate sector across Asia. Edwin started his career in financial services in the middle of the GFC, so in 2009, he decided he would put his career in…
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Reggie Ba-Pe III
My guest today is Reggie Ba-Pe III, the founder of creative venture studio AWZA, and one of the great minds behind Shanghai’s nightlife scene in the mid to late-2010s. Reggie is a Burmese-born Australian creative entrepreneur living in Melbourne with an incredible catalogue of entrepreneurial...
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Wesa Chau
My guest today is Wesa Chau, the CEO and founder of Cultural Intelligence and one of the few Asian-Australians who ran as a candidate in the last Victorian state election. When she was 7, Wesa moved to Australia from Hong Kong with her family. Despite growing up in 90s Australia and the pressures...
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Tom Parker
My guest today is Tom Parker, the Commercial Business Advisor at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Vice President of the Australia China Business Council in Victoria. Tom’s Asia journey was seeded in his mind when he saw his mum attend night school to study Chinese. Coupled with some...
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Celeste Koravos
My guest today is Celeste Koravos, a Principal in Decarbonisation & Energy Transition at Xodus, focusing on Japanese investors in Australia and their partnerships with Australian companies to achieve Net Zero. Celeste’s choice to study Japanese in high school led her to gain experience working as…
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Kevin Wang
My guest today is Kevin Wang, Product Manager at a Ride-hailing Company. Kevin’s Asia journey started in his birthplace Nanjing, where he lived until he moved to Sydney when he was 10. Kevin’s career has spanned across Asia, spanning financial payments platforms, a global digital advertising...
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Natalie Lowe
My guest today is Natalie Lowe, an Aussie entrepreneur who has built her brand and business in Asia. In 1999, Nat packed her bags with $1,000, bought herself a one-way ticket, and flew to Singapore. 20 years on and she is still in Asia and has built a thriving creative agency business…
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Andy Curtain
My guest today is Andy Curtain, a recovering comedian having spent years touring China and Asia performing in Chinese and English. Andy is currently the APAC Head of Comedy for Asia, at US multinational entertainment company, Live Nation. Andy’s Asia journey started in the same way he ventured…
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Karan Anand
Karan Anand is the Managing Director for Australia at fintech company Hnry. Unlike my other guests, I didn't know much about Karan's background apart from what was on his LinkedIn, but we had a great conversation. Perhaps it was because our journeys were so parallel yet so different. We discuss...
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Bonus Episode: Victoria Kung & CAAL
In our mini bonus episode, Lucy interviews Victoria about her new role at the ANU's Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership (CAAL). Victoria shares insights about her position and highlights some of the exciting projects that CAAL is currently involved in. These projects aim to break the bamboo...
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Victoria Kung
Victoria Kung is an Australian-born Chinese to Shanghainese and HK parents. At uni, Victoria was one of the few Asians who studied English Lit and Philosophy. Upon graduation, she took a non-linear career path and accepted an offer to study international relations at Tsinghua University. After...
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James Scullin
James Scullin is the Programs Director at Asia Society. James' Asia journey started when his Melbourne school made Mandarin studies compulsory for the first four years of high school. James and I first crossed paths via our China connection. But what intrigued me about his Asia journey was his...
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Joanna Capon OAM
Joanna Capon is an Art Historian, Industrial Archaeologist, curator, writer, art consultant, cataloguer, and lecturer. Joanna was born in the UK, and her interest in Asia, specifically China, began when she received the book The Dragon Fish by Pearl S Buck for her 8th birthday. In 1974, Joanna...
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Andrew Nip
Andrew Nip is a Chinese-Australian born to Shanghainese parents in Hong Kong. Andrew moved to Australia when he was in Year 7 and lived in Sydney until 2012 when he moved to Shanghai with his former employer, Hays. 11 years later, Andrew is still in Shanghai and is now the Director of Talent for...
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Friska Wirya
Friska is Indonesian-Australian and has worked for the biggest names in mining, engineering and technology, leading change programs that have influenced over 20,000 people across 6 continents, transforming organisations to enable them to better respond to the changing environment. Not just a…
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James Oswald
James Oswald is an Aussie in Beijing who has had more careers than he's had farmers union ice coffee. Not only does he have a doctorate in Asian Studies, but he's also a qualified electrician. Jimmy's career has crossed the fields of translation, policy research, and government relations, leading...
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Aimee Zheng
Aimee Zheng is the Founder of Oplay, an online community promoting women’s sexual health wellbeing across cultures. Before empowering female communities Aimee was trained as an architect and was involved in a number of residential and commercial architectural design projects in Australasia. We...
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Jessica Mudditt
Jessica Mudditt is the author of Our Home in Myanmar – Four Years in Yangon, a memoir that describes her life in Myanmar in the lead-up to the historic general elections of 2015. She worked in Myanmar as a journalist at the state-run newspaper The Myanmar Times, as well as for the British Embassy...
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Christopher Kong
Christopher Kong is the founder of Data Hero Network, a company that helps organisations build data capability, identify business use cases and recruitment to find data talent. Chris has a deep understanding of data transformation and understanding consumer behaviour, with 18 years of in-market...
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Natalie Liddiard-Gray
Natalie Liddiard-Gray is an educational leader. She has spent the last decade recognizing and developing the talents of a generation of young Shanghainese at the renowned YCIS International School, following earlier stints in Melbourne, Sydney & Guangxi Province, China. Her journey to Asia...
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Frances Goh
Frances Goh is an innovation expert, serial entrepreneur and champion of women-led businesses. Frances was born in Melbourne to Chinese-Malaysian parents and retained her hybrid American-Aussie accent after spending a part of her life in the Philippines. Frances has spent her professional life...
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Ben McMahon
Ben McMahon (孟杰明) is a Mandarin-language social media influencer turned property developer. With studies from Beijing’s Peking University and Shanghai’s Fudan University under his belt, Ben founded a Mandarin-language walking tour company in Melbourne before taking to the silver screen to star in...
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Lucy Du (holiday special)
With the holiday season upon us, we thought we might go back to where it all began. Today's episode is an early cut with Clout co-founder Lucy, diving into a few themes that showcase the journey of Asia capable Australians. We hope you enjoy, and look forward to bringing you new chats and...
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Tim Martin
Tim Martin is an entrepreneur at the start of the journey. An MBA graduate from the University of Melbourne, Tim recently made the big decision to relocate to Bali with family in tow and a long term plan to make a mark in one of the regions fastest growing economies - Indonesia. We asked Tim to...
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Joanne Warrin
Did you know the characters for clout are the same in Japanese (影響力) as they are in traditional Chinese (影響力)? Today we talk to Joanne Warrin. A long term Aussie expat in Asia, Joanne calls Kyoto, Beijing and Shanghai her second, third, and fourth homes. Originally from Melbourne, Joanne's…
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Matthew Wong
Matthew Wong is an entrepreneur with interests in hospitality, education and real estate. An Aussie-born Malaysian-Chinese who grew up in Sydney, Matt moved to Beijing in 2008 as a young professional, to get out of his comfort zone, a journey which lasted for 10 years, and included opening an...
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Emma Pitt
Emma Pitt is an experienced professional in financial services and higher education in Australia and China. In her first year of uni, Emma took a break to spend 6 months teaching English to students in the tiny city of Sihong, in Jiangsu province China. We asked Emma to take us on her journey to...
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Welcome to Clout Asia
Welcome to Clout Asia!! A brand new podcast that will help you navigate the journey to being an Asia capable Aussie. We talk to Australians about their journey to Asia capability with a focus on the food, music, movies & stories of our near neighbours. Whether you are an old China hand or just...
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