From customs to animal health, University of Queensland graduate Brian Ruddle is designing and delivering economic development programs for South East Asia.
For the past two years, Mr Ruddle has been designing regional projects in animal health, small/medium business, architectural standards, infectious disease control and customs training for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The former rural management student now works as the deputy general manager of the International Projects Division at UniQuest, UQ’s main technology commercialisation arm.
He specialises in development planning and project design, most recently working with the Australian Government funded ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP).
“The majority of my work with ASEAN has been the design of projects that aim to improve harmonisation across the 10 member countries to improve trade and development efficiencies in the region,” Mr Ruddle said.
“When preparing a design, it is always a challenge to meet the needs of ASEAN when such diverse groups are involved.”
Last month in Jakarta, Mr Ruddle helped draft ASEAN’s six-year action program and was the only Australian to assist in designing the socio-cultural section of the document.
Throughout the year, Mr Ruddle has been drafting project design documents for Vanuatu’s police and legal sector and trade policy training in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
He will lead two more ASEAN project designs for plant health and food safety next month.
UniQuest has been assembling international project teams for 10 years and is now a leading Australian supplier of services.
The 10 ASEAN nations are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
For more information contact Mr Ruddle (phone: 07 3365 3827, email: b.ruddle@uniquest.com.au) or Miguel Holland at UQ Communications (phone: 3365 2619, email: m.holland@uq.edu.au)
