Rotary Melbourne Weekly Club Meeting - 20 August 2025

Guest Speaker Duncan Harris, President Australia Africa Chamber of Commerce (AACC)

Topic 'Chambers: Bridging Global Opportunities'

Details 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM

Venue No35 Sofitel Melbourne

Duncan Harris has a longstanding interest in trade and investment with Africa.

A former Special Adviser to the Commonwealth Business Council in London, Duncan had established strong Africa connections. On becoming President of the AACC in early 2018, he was determined to put in place the building blocks that would establish the Chamber as the peak body for such business. His fundamental objective was to make the AACC the conduit to Africa. To do so, he set about creating a series of Partnerships with major bodies – both Government and private. These now include Austrade, Export Finance Australia, and DFAT and with Africa based organisations that provide the all-important on-ground intelligence and access such as Asoko Insight, Invest Africa, Trade Advisory, IHS – Markit and this culminating in Road-Map 2020.

Duncan is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Mossgiel Group, notable for its Corporate Advisory work, and is a director of the privately held Kilmour Investments which has major investments in the forestry industry along with real estate and other asset classes.