Associate Team
Harrison Chen
Partnerships Associate
Harrison is a lawyer based in the Sydney office of Baker McKenzie, the world’s first global law firm. Having also previously worked at the Baker McKenzie Fenxun Partners Joint Office in Shanghai, a world leading integrated international and PRC legal services platform, he has the unique distinction of being a lawyer who has represented both Australian and Chinese counterparties on a diverse range of domestic and cross-border transactions. Harrison’s practice focuses on advising multinational Big Tech companies on their online and offline media interests, including digital copyright, content regulation and consumer protection. Prior to being a lawyer, Harrison worked as an Associate at a top Australian Investment Bank.
Outside of work, Harrison has represented Australia in basketball as a sponsored athlete and also maintains an active involvement in Sino-Australia relations having been selected as a delegate to ACYD 2022 in Hobart, and joining the ACYD Team as a Partnerships Associate in 2022. While at university, he was named as a Top 100 Future Leader in Australia, by the Australian Financial Review and featured on the cover of the AFR Magazine.
Harrison holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and is an admitted legal practitioner in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. He speaks English, Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesian.
Tom Linette
Partnerships Associate
Tom is a Business Development Manager for EACON mining, a Chinese technology company specializing in autonomous haulage systems. He has lived in China for six years and worked across multiple industries in the Chinese market. He studied a master’s degree at Peking University in Beijing, majoring in China studies with a focus on economics and management. Tom is passionate about Australia China relations and hopes to assist ACYD in building relationships to facilitate another successful event.
Zach Eggleston
Communications Associate
Zach has been passionate about the Australia-China relationship since his first visit to China with his high school orchestra in 2010.
Since then, Zach has gone on to complete an Arts Degree majoring in Chinese and Asian Studies, studying in Melbourne, Shanghai, Chongqing, Taiwan and Seoul. He honed his Project Management and Communication skills at the Australia China Business Council and now acts as an Advisor for International Partnerships at RMIT University in Melbourne, supporting the University’s strategic institutional, industry and government relationships with a focus on China and Southeast Asia.
With Aotearoa (Ngāi Tahu) heritage, Zach is passionate about inclusivity and the creation of a more fair and equitable society and believes forming meaningful, transnational connections is the best start to gaining a better understanding for both social and international policy.
Yifan WANG
Treasury Associate
Yifan is currently undertaking a Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) at the University of Melbourne. While studying a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Newcastle (UoN), Yifan found her passion in Sino-Australian relationship. Her community achievement was proudly recognized by UoN as 2016 Global Citizen Award Winner.
Yifan has experience working in both financial services industry and non-governmental organizations, such as Corpus Prima Mandiri Jakarta and AustCham Beijing. In 2018, she was elected as the National Treasurer for the Australia-China Youth Association (ACYA).
Yifan is a strong advocate for gender equality and cultural diversity. Seeing herself as the beneficiary of international education, she aspires to support more female students to develop their skills and raise their voice. This motivated her to co-found the ACYA Women’s Network, a launching pad for women to grow, lead and empower each other. Her exchange experience in US, Thailand and Indonesia has further strengthened her cross-cultural communication and made her understand the active role youth play, which was featured on multiple media such as Lowy Institute and People’s Daily.
Joining ACYD in 2019, Yifan is enthusiastic to enhance the Australia-China bilateral relationship through intercultural development of young professionals and use her experience to support the finance team.
Amber Ziye Wang
Partnerships Associate
Amber Ziye Wang is the Senior Public Affairs Officer at the Australian embassy in Beijing. A former journalist and researcher, Amber found her passion for the bilateral relationship when she was an international student in Melbourne. Starting her career covering topical issues relevant to the Chinese diaspora, she has since reported for many publications on China particularly in the areas of politics, cyberspace and international education, and has conducted in-depth research for a few Australian think tanks. Amber was also the President of Australia China Youth Association Beijing chapter and is deeply passionate about youth engagement.