About this regional hub
The Americas office located in Austin, Texas helps Western Australian companies access trade and investment opportunities in the United States of America, Canada and Latin America.
If you are an investor or industry and would like to enquire more about trade, investment and export with Western Australia get in touch with us via our online enquiry form.
Our Commissioner for the Americas
Natasha Monks
Investment and Trade Commissioner for the Americas
Natasha is the newly appointed Investment and Trade Commissioner for the Americas region at the Western Australian Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Natasha is a senior executive with deep experience in both the public and private sectors. Natasha has most recently been the Chief Executive Officer at the Great Southern Development Commission, delivering economic development outcomes for regional Western Australia.
Prior to this, Natasha served in commercial diplomacy roles focused on growing trade and investment linkages with Australia for the Commonwealth Government in ASEAN and the Americas. Natasha's private sector experience spans global and regional senior management roles that have been based in Singapore, Thailand and Australia across a range of sectors.
Email: Natasha.Monks@jtsi.wa.gov.au
Mobile: +1 512 633 8337
Our Locations in the Region
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Austin Centre, 701 Brazos Street, Suite 531 Austin, Texas 78701
Western Australia strengthens ties with USA ahead of new Austin office
The Invest and Trade Western Australia team has wrapped up a successful mission to the United States of America (USA).
Led by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation's Deputy Director of Strategy and International Engagement Simone Spencer, the mission aimed to strengthen WA-USA relationships and explore trade and investment opportunities ahead of the 2024 opening of the new Invest and Trade WA office in Austin, Texas.
The trip also provided an opportunity to introduce Natasha Monks, Western Australia’s newly appointed Investment and Trade Commissioner to the Americas, who will be overseeing the Austin office.
Over the course of 11 days, the delegation visited the cities of Houston, Austin, Boston, New York and Washington DC.
Highlights of the mission include:
- The announcement of the new Invest and Trade Western Australia office in Austin, Texas in 2024.
- Promoting Western Australia as an ideal location to visit, study, trade and invest at the Western Australia’s Happy Hour business networking event in Austin.
- Showcasing Western Australia’s health and medical life sciences capabilities at BIO 2023 in Boston.
- Holding one-on-one meetings and roundtables with industry partners and investors to promote collaboration with WA’s priority sectors of mining and METS, energy, health and medical life sciences and space.
- Highlighting Western Australia’s high-quality critical minerals resources, robust supply chain and skilled workforce at the Battery Gigafactories USA 2023 Conference in Washington DC.
The US was WA’s 6th largest trading partner in 2022, with a total trade worth of around $8.7 billion.
The country is also a significant investor in Western Australia’s resources sector, particularly across energy projects.
The establishment of Invest and Trade WA’s Americas hub in Austin is set to tap into this significant potential to grow WA-USA relationships across a range of sectors and explore other opportunities in markets across the region.
To find out more about investment and trade opportunities between Western Australia and global markets, contact the Invest and Trade WA team at investandtrade@jtsi.wa.gov.au.
Published on: 12 June 2023
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