Course leader

Philip Sayeg, Director, Transport Roundtable Australasia, Brisbane

Philip Sayeg has specialised in the marketing of international consulting services for 21 years of his 28 year career. This experience has included the marketing of consulting services for urban and regional transportation, urban planning, urban infrastructure and the environment throughout the Asia – Pacific.

Clients have included all levels of government in Australia, foreign governments, international organisations and private companies. He has held advisory positions to senior public officials in Asia and has lived and worked in Asia – Pacific (15 countries) for 10 of the past 21 years.

As a former director of a large Australian consulting company, he managed their Thailand operations for three years after which he established his own firm in Bangkok and subsequently in Brisbane, Australia. He maintains close connections with his Asian colleagues, works part-time with the World Bank as a staff consultant in several Asian countries, and works with numerous other international clients.

This year he has worked for the World Bank in Africa (3 countries on environmental issues), Samoa (national transport policy) and Thailand (transport & air quality). He is also an editor of Smart Urban Transport publication and the Asia – Pacific correspondent for UK based global technology magazine Traffic Technology International.

Presenters

Geoff Upton, Managing Director, TradeFocusInternational, Adelaide formerly with AusTrade— has extensive private and public sector marketing experience in several Asian countries

Professor Phil Charles, University of Queensland and Transport Roundtable Australasia, Brisbane