Tony Zhang is the managing partner of AQL HOLDINGS. With decades of experience of its partners in trade and investments, PR, and executive search between Australia and China, AQL HOLDINGS offers a wide range of professional services, such as consulting and investment, executive search and HR advisory, PR and media, etc..
Tony is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Australian Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) Shanghai, which was established in 1994 and is the largest Australian chamber of commerce in the Greater China region. AustCham aims to support Australian companies to do business in China and facilitate the exchange between Australian and Chinese companies.
Tony is also the Chief Representative of Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) for the Greater China region. Australian Football is the most popular sports in Australia and PAFC, with over 150 years of history, is the most successful club among Australian Football League. PAFC can provide an unique and efficient platform for Chinese companies to develop business, make friends, and raise company profile in Australia.
Tony was appointed as the Trade and Investment Commissioner and set up the Australia New South Wales government office in Shanghai in 2009. In the next ten years, Tony led his team to attract billions of dollars of Chinese investment into Sydney and NSW, which were from multiple industries of mining and resources, renewable energy, food and agriculture, health and medical, infrastructure, real estate, and financial services.
Tony was a Trade Commissioner in the Australian Embassy in Beijing between 2007 and 2009. Tony was leading the financial service team and food and beverage team in the Embassy to help Australian companies in these sectors to export to China. Prior to Beijing, Tony was working at the Australian Trade Commission’s Sydney office as a Senior Export Advisor. In this role, Tony assisted hundreds of Australian companies in entering the China market and set up operations there.
Over the years, Tony has built strong network with Australian and Chinese government, with which he helped to overcome many problems for his clients in the trade and investment process.
Tony has a Bachelor of International Business from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.