About presenter Richard Beere.
Richard Beere has spent nearly half his professional life (over 30 years) working and living in Asia in senior management positions with responsibilities covering the broader Asian region from Japan to India. This involved 3 years living in Japan, 2 stints in Singapore of 4 and 7 years, and 4 years in Hong Kong.
Apart from 6 years working with TNT in the freight sector across Asia Pacific his career has been tourism focused involving 8 years with Tourism Victoria in various Australian capital cities; and 23 years with Tourism Australia where he held regional management positions within Asia and the USA , ran their Eastern market operations, and their Global operations.
Richard was part of the team that succeeded in making Australia the first western destination to gain Approved Destination Status in China; and that secured China Southern Airlines to initially fly to Australia. He was also instrumental in the development of Tourism Australia’s original China Development Plan- most of which is still in use today
In 2011 he received the Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Industry Award from the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) in recognition of his efforts especially in regard to Asia.
Today he is Managing Director of Fastrak Asian Solutions which he founded in 2011 to “help companies build business with Asia” and whose client list includes State Governments, State and Regional Tourism Organisations, local councils, SME’s, and multinational companies across Australia.