On August 24, 2018, the Victoria Chapter of the Hong Kong Australia Business Association held its 2018 Annual Business Awards ceremony at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, honoring companies that have achieved outstanding success in trade between Australia and the Hong Kong SAR. Drawing on nearly 20 years of corporate foreign exchange management experience, and leveraging leading financial technology tools to safeguard corporate profits through its business operations and performance, KVB Kunlun stood out among many outstanding candidate companies to win the "Business Excellence Award of the Year."

KVB Kunlun business representative Charles Wang pictured with Melbourne Lord Mayor Ms. Sally Capp

As the Hong Kong Australia Business Association's annual business gala and one of the largest awards events in Victoria, this ceremony brought together members of the Australian Trade Commission, leading local business and government figures, media representatives, and other guests, totaling more than 300 people. Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Hong Kong Invest Hong Kong Chief Representative for Australia and New Zealand Dr Luca De Leonardis, and Salvation Army National Multicultural Director Samuel Pho attended the dinner and delivered speeches.

This business gala aimed to recognize and honor companies across various industries in Australia that stood out over the past year, commending their contributions to the international trade relationship between Hong Kong and Australia. The awards judging panel was composed of representatives from Australian business and government circles, including Bonnie Shek, Director for Australia and New Zealand at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; Winnie Chan, Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Sydney of the Hong Kong SAR Government; Kevin Louey, Councillor of the City of Melbourne; Scott Keck, Chairman of Charter Keck Cramer, Australia's largest commercial property services and investment firm; and Jonathan Yeung, Head of Asia Business at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

The independent judging panel scored the candidate companies based on indicators such as professionalism of operations, social contribution, market strategy, and degree of innovation. The panel noted that the "Business Excellence Award" is primarily presented to companies with keen business acumen that forge ahead courageously in the commercial world and achieve outstanding success. This award represents high recognition of KVB Kunlun's outstanding performance in business achievement and financial innovation.

KVB Kunlun started in New Zealand and has since expanded to Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries and regions. Over the past 18 years, KVB Kunlun has been committed to providing diverse, professional, and forward-looking financial products and services to Chinese individuals and businesses worldwide. Through its independently developed electronic trading platform and treasury management system, it has provided strong support for the cross-border development of import and export enterprises around the world. In the future, KVB Kunlun will continue to uphold its customer-centric service philosophy, building a trustworthy one-stop corporate foreign exchange and treasury management platform for businesses!