Advisory Board
Mr Muan Lim (Chair)
Muan Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours (1st Class) from The University of Melbourne in 1977 and a Graduate Diploma in Arts in 2020. Working with KPMG and PWC in audit, Muan was accepted as an Associate of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
A 22 year veteran of HP, Muan has served many roles in Finance & Admin., Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Leasing. Muan was instrumental in setting up the first joint venture leasing company in China, HP China Leasing Ltd and the first wholly owned manufacturing arm for China’s domestic PC and Server business, HP Shanghai Ltd. Amongst his many appointments were Finance Director Asia Pacific, VP Supply Chain Asia Pacific Personal Systems Group, Global VP Finance and Remarketing.
Currently Muan is an Advisory Board member of the Department of Management & Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE), and a lifetime member of the Chancellor’s Circle. Both of Muan's children are graduates from FBE and the Arts Faculty.
Prof Helen Hu
Director, Centre for Asian Business and Economics
Helen Hu is a Professor in Strategy and International Business in the Department of Management and Marketing, the University of Melbourne. She is the Director of the Centre for Asian Business and Economics (CABE) in the University of Melbourne. Her research interests are corporate governance with focuses on boards of directors, ownership structure, IPO, and internationalization of Asian firms. Helen’s work has been nominated and awarded at leading international conferences and published in Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, among others. She has also been awarded Deans' Prize for Exceptional Distinction in Research and several Deans’ Certificates for Research Excellence and for Teaching Excellence at the University of Melbourne. In addition, Helen was appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow at Monash University, where she obtained her PhD in international business. She is also a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and a regular commentator on Sky News, SBS and China Radio International on issues relating to business in China and Asia.
A/Prof Andrea Lu
Associate Dean, International
Andrea Lu is an Associate Professor with the Department of Finance and Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. She joined the University of Melbourne in 2014 after obtaining a Ph.D. from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (USA). Before that, she earned a M.A. degree in Economics and a B.C.A degree in Economics and Finance from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ). Her main research interests include empirical asset pricing, financial market frictions, and international finance. Her research has been published in a number of leading finance journals and won several awards, including Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Academic Competition, PanAgora Crowell Memorial Prize Finalist, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference PhD Forum Best Paper Second Prize, and Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. Outstanding Paper Award.
Mr Konfir Kabo
Founding Partner, Kabo Lawyers
Konfir Kabo is the founding partner of Kabo Lawyers, a law firm based in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the CEO of Aksara Group, a service station investment trust.
Konfir has been an avid art collector for the past decade and is a passionate patron of the arts through Project 11, a philanthropic initiative he established with his wife. Project 11 works with key institutions such as the University of Melbourne, Monash University and RMIT University as well as arts organisations such as the National Gallery of Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne, Multicultural Arts Victoria and Musica Viva. Aside from the arts, Konfir also supports health initiatives such as autism research with OTARC, Australian Prostate Cancer Research and the Skin Cancer Foundation.
Konfir has recently launched a few projects in Indonesia, including the establishment of an education centre in Bandung with Melbourne Polytechnic to deliver audio engineering courses as well as movie production.
Konfir was born in Makassar, Indonesia in 1973. He studied Law and Commerce at Monash University. He was admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia in 1998. He is also a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand College of Notaries. He currently resides in Melbourne with his wife and two children.
Ms Sara McCluskey
Head of Diversified Industries, ANZ Bank, Institutional Division
Recently appointed to the role of Head of Diversified Industries, Sara has national responsibility for leading the provision of tailored financial and capital management solutions to ANZ’s largest clients, covering industries ranging from Agriculture, Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail, Telecommunications, Government and Technology.
Prior to her current role, Sara was the Head of Private Bank, South – (covering Victoria, Tasmania, South Australian and Western Australia), where she was responsible for the client experience for more than 3000 high net worth clients.
Sara joined ANZ in 2006 and has held front line leadership roles in Corporate Finance and Transaction Banking within the Institutional business. Sara commenced her career in finance as a Solicitor in the Banking & Finance practice at Clayton Utz, including time acting as in-house counsel for Mayne Group Limited.
In 2019, Sara was a participant in the Melbourne chapter of the Observership Program, working with the board of not-for-profit organization, FareShare. In recognition of her corporate governance expertise, in 2019, Sara was also appointed to the board of ANZ subsidiary, ANZ ILP Pty Ltd, which runs ANZ’s Estate Planning business.
Sara holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. In 2015 she successfully completed the challenging “Certificate in International Cash Management” (CertICM) via the Association of Corporate Treasurers, Uniting Kingdom. Sara is married with two young children and resides in Melbourne.