A source of light

It is no secret that Illuminant Partners is closely aligned with the Australian business community in China. While we have team-members with a wonderful diversity of ethnic and cultural heritages, our Chief Exec is an Australian, and he has brought a lot of Australian corporate clients onto our roster.

Our involvement with Australian businesses operating in China and Hong Kong is not the last word in our Australian roots: we also work very closely with the various departments of the Australian Embassy in Beijing (primarily, Austrade and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), and our Chief Exec serves as deputy chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.

This week, we are proud to further demonstrate our support for Australian business interests in China, by our sponsorship of the Australian Ball, to be held at Beijing’s China World Hotel on Australian national day, January 26, 2008.

We’re a “bronze” sponsor, and by coincidence, our two fellow bronze sponsors are good friends of Illuminant’s: Woods Bagot is an important client of ours, and GNS is our corporate advisory firm.

We decided to provide sponsorship for this flagship event in the Beijing expatriate calendar because (a) it is a demonstration of good corporate citizenship, (b) we want to put our money where our mouth is, and (c) sponsorship will expose our brand to a great many influential business people, both clients and prospects. Since we entered our “fast growth” period four months ago, the added profile for Illuminant will (hopefully) support our business development objectives.

Tickets went on sale from the Austcham secretariat in Beijing on Tuesday this week. Last year, they sold out in only three days — they’re a hot property!