Bryan Clark has over 25 years' experience in industry representation and advocacy. He was most recently Strategic Adviser to the Simplified Trade System (STS). Prior to joining the STS, Bryan spent ten years focused on global trade policy and advocacy at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) where he was the Director of the International Chamber of Commerce, Australia.

Through his involvement in ACCI, Bryan was an active member of a number of international networks and is the initial point of contact in these relationships for:

• The International Chamber of Commerce

• The Business and Industry Advisory Committee for the OECD

• Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Through his position he is often invited to participate in other external groups.

Examples include:

• Seconded to the Australian Governments’ Deregulation Taskforce (Treasury, August – November 2019)

• Lead the ACCI project developing a Trade Community System for Australia

• Membership of the Advisory Board to the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (Treasury)

• Member of the Peak Industry Roundtable on Modern Slavery (Home Affairs)

• Member of the World Council for the International Chamber of Commerce

• Member of the World Certificate of Origin Council for the World Chambers Federation (within ICC)

• Member of the International Trade Remedies Forum for the Antidumping Commission

• Chairman of the Indian Ocean Rim Associations’ Business Forum (2012–14) and continuing active member.

• Convenor of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Business Partnership Group (2012-2018)

• Member of Industry Reference Group on Trusted Trader (Home Affairs)

• Member of National Trade Facilitation Committee (Home Affairs)

• Member of the Trade Facilitation Initiatives Working Group (Home Affairs)

• Member of the International Policy Advisory Committee (Standards Australia)

• A member of the Melbourne Commercial Arbitration Centre’s Advisory Committee (2012-2016)

• Represented BIAC in the OECD SE Asia Summit in 2013

• Invited to present to the Government of Taiwan in regards to accession to the Trans Pacific Partnership.

• Member of the editorial committee for Business Envoy magazine produced by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2014-18)

• Vice Chairman, Australia- ASEAN Bilateral Business Council

• Lead projects on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Trade Facilitation in the Indian Ocean Rim (DFAT funded)

Prior to working for ACCI, Bryan held a number of roles in the agricultural sector in Australia, as well as operating a consultancy for 8 years.

Bryan commenced his career in the agricultural sector in the 1980s, farming with his family on a mixed irrigation property near Griffith in NSW, producing mainly rice, wheat, sheep and cattle.