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BETTY TRAN BIOGRAPHY

A pioneer fashion entrepreneur, fashion designer, philanthropist, a first and foremost a mother. Migrating to Australia from Vietnam at the age of fourteen, Betty’s love of fashion was born helping her mother, a talented seamstress, manufacture garments for numerous international and Australian fashion labels.

Betty Tran is a fashion, retail and lifestyle consultant with over 15 years of experience in the retail sector. She is creative, strategic and intuitive mentor and entrepreneur who has evolved in all facets of the fashion industry from being a manufacturer, sales consultant, fashion merchandiser, to launching & expanding her own global fashion brand Betty Tran in more than 20 countries around the world.

Betty Tran is a true entrepreneur and philanthropist with a track record of success. Focusing on nurturing talents, disrupting ideas, innovative products & technology and building community of leaders who are movers and shakers, educating consumers with meaningful stories and products.

Her desire has always been to discover and support emerging talents. Helping young talents discover the highest version of themselves, empower them with knowledge and develop them into fearless and inspiring leaders who can truly make a difference.

In 2018, a passion for nurturing creative talents and empowering creative entrepreneurs have led Betty Tran to launch “Betty Tran Consultants” which is a full-service corporate strategy and creative agency, specializing in Fashion & Lifestyle, Real Estate and Technology.

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I have had over a decade worth of experience in the Fashion & Lifestyle industry. I am passionate about sharing my knowledge, stories of successes and failures to other designers, talents and entrepreneurs. I have been involved in all facets of the industry to really understand what it takes to build a global business in of the most competitive markets.

MISSION

Betty Tran thrives to contribute to a future of innovative ideas and new levels of consumerism where sustainability will be of utmost importance, quality will prevail over quantity and craftmanship and individuality are celebrated. The objective is uniting leaders and experts around the world to create conscious products and programs that shape the future of tomorrow’s industry.

My number one mission in life is to impact, transform and empower many creative individuals and organizations through education, knowledge and global industry networks provided via our platforms. Everyone and every organization need mentors, experts and a network they can trust. I have had many obstacles and hardship to overcome with many costly lessons I wish I could avoid if I was guided and mentored from experienced trust worthy mentors.

This is the primary reason why I created Betty Tran Consultants.

PHILANTHROPHY

Never forgetting the hardships she experienced when she first landed on Australian soil, Betty seeks to provide others life changing opportunities and inspiring others to realize their dreams through her involvement with a number of philanthropic projects around the world. Betty’s commitments and dedications to the development of the fashion industry and to young women entrepreneur was acknowledged when she was awarded as winner of "Telstra’s business woman of the year award" for Western Australia and "40 under 40" awards in 2016.

As Betty continues her journey and mission to give back to her birth country Vietnam.

In 2017, Betty was appointed to be the ambassador for fashion in Vietnam by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to develop philanthropic projects which focus on developments in woman economic empowerment, youth education, gender equity and social justice.

This opportunity also brought Betty’s involvement to become the judge of "Sustainable Fashion Competition" hosted by Elle Magazine Vietnam in partnership with the Australian Government and RMIT University Vietnam.

40 under 40 business awards
40 under 40 business awards
Taste of Australia Gala Launch - Left to right – celebrity chef and tv presenter Luke Nguyen, Australian consult general Karen Lanyon, Australian ambassador Craig Chittick, Betty Tran
Taste of Australia Gala Launch - Left to right – celebrity chef and tv presenter Luke Nguyen, Australian consult general Karen Lanyon, Australian ambassador Craig Chittick, Betty Tran
Left to right Betty Tran, Julia Gaimster - Head of the School of Design & Communication and Head of School of Science & Technology, Lien Chi Nguyen - Editor in Chief of Elle Vietnam
Left to right Betty Tran, Julia Gaimster - Head of the School of Design & Communication and Head of School of Science & Technology, Lien Chi Nguyen - Editor in Chief of Elle Vietnam
Winners of Sustainable fashion competition
Winners of Sustainable fashion competition

SHAUN MELVILLE
BIOGRAPHY

Shaun is the current Executive Director for Raptor Global Corporation an Australian Venture Capital Firm and Global Head of Sales and Marketing for Neopharma Technologies.

His work has been applied across a range of Industry's including IT, Fashion, Mining, Health and Fitness, MedTech, Venture Capital and Recruitment.

Shaun graduated with Bachelor of Psychology Minoring in Organisational Psychology from Murdoch University and will be attending the Oxford Business Leadership Programme as well as the Stanford Business School Design for Disruption Programme in 2020. Shaun has been involved in the successful listing and restructuring of a number of public companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).

He has consulted to the CEO’s of a number of Leading Retail Chains in Vietnam looking to improve and streamline their business processes as well as prepare for Series A and B capital raises.

For me the greatest pleasure in life is working with entrepreneurs and leaders navigate through the various business challenges that life throws at them. Be a sounding board for their ideas. The ability to help draw on my knowledge and experience, to offer advice and structure to help leaders reflect on their decisions fulfills my purpose.

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MISSION

It is my mission to ensure your business is ready for sustainable growth and ensuring we take the necessary steps to ensure that your business can reach its optimal potential.

In business I believe timing is everything when you raise money, when to look for further acquisitions and when to ultimately exit. I believe they are critical decisions that can make or break a business. My expertise is to work with businesses to ensure that all the boxes are ticked before engaging in these critical business decisions. We do this by preparing Risk Management plans, ensuring business plans are up to date with the current vision of the company, creating Information Memorandums for upcoming capital raises as well as highly professional sales and marketing documents that connect to your brands strategy and identity.

I am here to transform inspiring leaders like you, accelerate your brand to the next level, transform your company into sustainable and successful company that truly makes a difference.

We look forward to journey with you.