Two of the Greek-Australian businesses have merged to form a united business-networking front.
The Hellenic Business Forum and Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HACCI) will from now on be united under the HACCI banner. The new-look HACCI was launched at Parliament House last week.
During the period of the merger both organizations virtually ceased recruitment operations, which has seen numbers drop to below 500. One of HACCI’s major new initiatives is the establishment of an internship program, aimed at giving young Greek-Australians a helping hand at the beginning of their careers. Also high on the new HACCI’s agenda is looking beyond Greece to establish international business partnerships, in particular targeting other Greek diasporic communities.
They intend to capitalize or build some bridges to other English-speaking countries, which happen to have very vibrant and very strong populations of Greeks. They focus on the USA and the UK, but is also aware that countries like Sweden and South Africa also have very active Greek populations. There is also the possibility that engaging with Greeks in these countries will lead to greater opportunities in Greece.
The opportunity’s enormous and HACCI is calling for anyone interested in getting involved, either on the board of management or any sub-committees, to come forward and make their interest known.
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