Ambassadors Dinner 2022

On Wednesday 15 June, BESydney held its 11th Ambassador Gala Dinner at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney). The event celebrated BESydney’s Global Ambassadors as Australia’s leading minds and business leaders, recognising their achievements and contributions made to New South Wales and the country. This year’s theme was ‘Dare to Rise: Building Sydney and Australia back best’.

The evening was a celebration of the commitment and passion of our Global Ambassadors, who continue to give their time freely and open their networks to BESydney. The Ambassador Dinner brought together 280 members of the BESydney community, including the nine new Ambassadors who were formally invested this year.

We were honoured to be joined on the evening by The Hon. Stuart Ayres, NSW Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, Tourism and Sport, and Western Sydney, and The Hon. Gabrielle Upton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier. We thank the NSW Government for their continued support.

An established highlight of the Ambassador Dinner program, this year’s Australia Oration was delivered by Robyn Denholm – Chair of Tesla and Chair of Tech Council of Australia, who shared her vision for Sydney as it stands at the precipice of realising a truly great and globally unique tech offering.

The MC for the evening was Global Ambassador and Non-Executive Director, Sally Loane who also moderated an in-conversation session with Sarah Liu, Founder and Managing Director of The Dream Collective and Dr Ludwik Kranz a UNSW Research Fellow specialising in nanotechnology, quantum technologies and atomicscale engineering, who works with Silicon Quantum Computing and the ARC Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology.

BESydney extends a very special thank you to our Venue Host, ICC Sydney, for their generosity in again hosting our event. We appreciate their ongoing support of BESydney and our Global Ambassador program.