2007 Christmas Long Lunch at Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
(Coverage by Syed Zafar Hussain)
Mr. Zia Qureshi, Chief Executive Business Catalyst International & Chairman International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, Australia contacted Sada-e-Watan and informed them that I am very pleased our partnership with AICD is continuing strongly. During 2007, we joined forces with the AICD in three major thought leadership events including David Murray, John Story and Roger Corbett. To finish off the 2007 year, we have decided to be a supporting sponsor for the Christmas Long Lunch in Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.
AICD
celebrated the beginning of the Christmas season in grand style this
year with an organized Christmas long lunch at Four Seasons Hotel
Ballroom, George Street Sydney. The Lunch was held on Friday, 7th
December 2007 and attended by prominent Businessmen. A few great prizes
were won by business executives including Mr. Zia Qureshi.
The Audience was entertained by the antics of 'The Chaser', serenaded by
veteran theatre performer Kaye Tuckerman who belt out some of the
biggest hits from the stage. The Chaser is the group behind ABC TV's
award winning comedy show 'The Chaser's War on Everything' and winners
of the Logie for Most Outstanding TV Comedy in 2004 and 2005.
The Christmas long lunch was a lively and entertaining event for the business clients and staff of different Australian firms. Zia Qureshi’s guests included Chairmen, CEO’s & executives of blue chip companies as well as family and friends.
Mark Carmichael, General Manager Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Chaser stars
Bob McKinnon, Managing Director, Multiplex Limited and Zia Qureshi
Ben Mclaughlin, Partner Baker& Mckenzie law firm with Nausheen Qureshi
George Edwards, Chairman SAI Global and Benjamin Chow, AO, Director Bond University
Kaye Denning, Development Manager Denning Group, Director Australand and Safdar Ghafoor, President Pakistan Australia Business Council
Aila Khan, Marketing Lecturer, University of Western Sydney, PhD Student, UTS and Nausheen Qureshi, Business Catalyst
Zafar Hussain Editor-in-Chief, Sada-e-Watan Sydney with one of Australia's leading business women, Megan Cornelius, Managing Director Expertise Austalia, Director Australia Post and Civil Aviation Authority (Retired)
Khalil Allawala and Mark Volpato, Business Catalyst with Garry Whatley CIO, Corporate Express
Usman and Amna Qureshi
Some of the senior consulting directors of Business Catalyst , Mark Valpato, Peter Schmalkuche, Gareth Eade and Khalil Allawala with Zafar Hussain, Editor-in-Chief Sada-e-Watan
Mr. Zia Qureshi, Chief Executive Business Catalyst International & Chairman International Association of Outsourcing Professionals & Nausheen Qureshi
