Americas

Our trade and investment office in Houston, Texas, opened in early 2020 with the Americas region being looked after by Stuart Nutting, Regional Director – Americas, currently based in New York, and Ms Regina Johnson, Deputy Director – Americas based in the Houston office. The Americas trade and investment office provides the opportunity to work in partnership with South Australian exporters, importers and distributers, as well as potential investors.

Primary contacts

Stuart Nutting

Regional Director Americas - New York

With a background in public capital markets, Stuart moved to New York in 1994 working for UBS for more than 20 years. He has significant international capital markets experience, relationships and networks. Previously, he has worked in Sydney, London and New York and has a global mindset. Prior to joining the Department for Trade and Investment in August 2020, he worked with The GPO Fund which invests in private US technology companies.

Contact

+1 203 252 0479 stuart.nutting@austrade.gov.au

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), 150 East 42nd St, New York, NY 10017 USA

Regina Johnson

Deputy Director Americas - Houston

Regina has extensive experience in a cross-section of industries, including technology, telecommunications and construction. Based in Houston, Regina is responsible for facilitating business introductions, generating leads and business matching to help companies expand into the South Australia or US markets.

Contact

+1 202 873 4128 regina.johnson@austrade.gov.au

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), 3009 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1310, Houston TX 77056 USA

Andrew Letton

Business Development Manager - San Francisco

Andrew has a background in management consulting in APAC and North America, having worked to solve challenges for some of the world’s largest private and public organisations. Andrew has a keen interest in helping high-growth and high-potential organisations and their founders achieve new levels of success in the US market, as well as helping US organisations leverage the rich business landscape of South Australia.

Contact

+1 312 374 9417 andrew.letton@austrade.gov.au

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Suite 1800, 575 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

Overview


The Americas consists of the United States, Canada and South America. 

Australia has considerable market access advantages under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) which came into effect in 2005.

Canada is an attractive, stable economy, due to its proximity to the United States and Mexico. The country’s major industries include manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, construction and finance.

Sector opportunities


For wine companies in South Australia, the United States is an attractive market, but it can be a challenging market to enter due to competition and having a complex and highly regulated distribution system. The premium wine segment has opportunities for South Australian winemakers and the Houston trade and investment office can provide support to those looking to expand into the Americas. 

South Australian exporters to the US can add value to food processing supply chains as well as research and development in food and agribusiness, through agtech, big data, food processing and aquaculture.

Companies providing more accessible, efficient and cheaper medtech can drive exports into the US market across ehealth, remote care, personalised medicine, portable diagnostics and 3D printing.

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