Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government has appointed two global Trade and Investment Commissioners—one to be stationed in the U.S. and the other in China—whose job will be to attract trade and investment to the state.
Announced by investment and trade minister Stuart Ayres on Friday, former deputy premier and trade and industry minister John Barilaro will be based in the U.S. as trade commissioner to the Americas, while former national CEO of the Australia China Business Council, Helen Sawczak, will take the role of the commissioner to China.
The appointments are the last of six commissioners chosen to represent NSW abroad and were said to have followed a rigorous global talent search by recruitment firm NGS Global….