Dr. Frank Alafaci BA (Hons.), Dott. Lett., MA (Hons.), PhD is an academic who lectures in Business studies at UBSS, one of the premier higher education institutions in Australia.
Well-known in business circles, Dr. Alafaci is also President of the Australian Business Summit Council Inc., a non-profit organisation that that serves as a medium for sound business policies and practices, enabling business leaders to network and augment business opportunities in Australia and abroad.
As an author, Dr. Alafaci is the editor-in-chief of EKONOMOS business affairs magazine and was an article contributor on economics and finance to the Fortune Weekly magazine published in the weekend edition of the Australian New Express Daily, one of the highest selling Chinese Australian newspapers until it ceased publication.
Dr. Alafaci was instrumental in convening and moderating the 2015 Korean Australian Forum on East Asian Sovereignty Disputes and was the Convener and Master of Ceremonies of the 2015 Korean Small Business Forum, receiving that same year the Korean Community Service Award from the Korean Society of Sydney for services to the Korean Australian community.
As an eminent academic, Dr. Alafaci was invited as the keynote speaker on South Korea: Asia’s Economic Miracle by His Excellency Dr Whie Jin Lee (former Consul General of the Republic of Korea) at the Korean Australian Friendship Luncheon (Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney) in 2015 and as one of the keynote speakers with his address on the Australia China Economic Relationship at the Fifth China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services Roadshow (Rydges World Square Hotel, Sydney) in 2017.
Dr. Alafaci also appeared as one of the principal speakers with his address on Trade and Investment between Australia and the Philippines at the Filipino-sponsored 2019 Alumni Association of Australia International Convention (Pullman Hyde Park Hotel, Sydney) and delivered an important speech on Climate Change at the “Climate in Multilateral Mode: The Paris Agreement” breakout session during an elite conference of former world leaders (Imperial Springs International Forum, Guangzhou, China) in 2019.