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Meet Our Team

PRESIDENT

Victoria 

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BCom (Economics & Finance)

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Fun fact: I love eating sushi

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Countries visited:

China, Japan, South Korea

TREASURER

Michelle

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BCom (Marketing & Finance)

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Fun fact: I visited two volcanoes over the summer

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Countries visited:

Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore 

EVENTS

Emma

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BSci (Psychology)

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Fun fact: I know how to sail and do springboard diving

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Countries visited:

UK, Switzerland, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand

ANALYST/WRITER

Viraj 

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BBiomed (Biochemistry)

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Fun fact: I don't like French fries

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Countries visited

South Africa

ANALYST/WRITER

Dinethi 

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BCom (Economics & Finance)

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Fun fact: I transferred to UniMelb from The University of Hong Kong where I studied for 1.5 years and came out with some survival Canto

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Countries visited

Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Hong Kong

ANALYST/WRITER

Oliver 

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BCom (Actuarial Studies)

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Fun fact: I'm exchanging in Shanghai right now!

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Countries visited

New Zealand, China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, US, Italy

VICE-PRESIDENT

Rob

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BArts Honours (History & Geography)

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Fun fact: I used to work on an apple farm and it was alright 

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Countries visited: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Spain, France, Denmark, Netherlands, UK

P&C / MARKETING

Fion

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BCom (Marketing & Finance)

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Fun fact: I really love bubble tea

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Countries visited:

Japan, Singapore, China

EVENTS

Claire

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Master of Public Policy and Management

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Fun fact: I like dancing in the streets with earphones

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Countries visited:

China, Singapore, Thailand

ANALYST/WRITER

Abhishek

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Master of Public Policy and Management

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Fun fact: I like to Google and read about new scientific developments and I love to explore new destinations

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Countries visited

India 

ANALYST/WRITER

Hridey 

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BCom (Economics)
 

Fun fact: I have a hidden talent of remembering birthdays

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Countries visited

India, UAE, Thailand, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Japan

ANALYST/WRITER

Sunny 

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BArts (Politics & Art History) + language diploma (Chinese)

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Fun fact: I used to think Jesus was born in Christchurch, NZ â€‹

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Countries visited

New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe, Indonesia, Cambodia

SECRETARY

Du-Mi

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BBiomed (Bioengineering Systems)

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Fun fact: I've attended some of my uni classes in rollerblades

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Countries visited:

China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, US Singapore, Taiwan

MARKETING

Hermosa

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BArts (Media and Communication & Screen and Cultural Studies)

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Fun fact: I love having every dessert in chocolate flavour

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Countries visited

New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, US, France, UK, Switzerland, Germany

ANALYST/WRITER

Elizabeth

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BSci (Computing and Software Systems)

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Fun fact: I had a fear of buttons as a child

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Countries visited:

Thailand, Korea, China, Croatia, Spain, France, UAE

ANALYST/WRITER

Carlo 

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BArts (Politics and International Studies)

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Fun fact: I like collecting random political propaganda posters from around the world

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Countries visited:

US, Canada, Italy, UK, Germany, France, Cambodia, China, Japan, New Caledonia

ANALYST/WRITER

Nina 

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BArts (Politics and Sociology)

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Fun fact: flying time of less than 30 hours sounds like a dream to me

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Countries visited

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, England, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam

ANALYST/WRITER

Tamanna

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BArts (Media & Politics)

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Fun fact: I refuse to wear glasses even though I have impaired vision and this cost me seeing one of my favourite singers, Joji, through blurry eyes

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Countries visited

India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia

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