Roger Zhao

Roger is a friendly and enthusiastic business broker. Through the years, he has cherished the moments which have allowed him to share his knowledge and experiences with his clients. He always looks for deals that are win-win scenarios and thinks of himself more as an assistant than a broker.

Roger first stepped foot in Australia in 1989, during a time of political turmoil in China. He left his family and a career in academia and arrived at Sydney Airport with “no friends, no money and no English.”

He is grateful for the lessons he has learnt during his time in his “second home”, Australia. The first few years in Australia were tough. Roger worked his way through various employment stints, before beginning his career as a business broker. Through overcoming the various cultural and linguistic barriers that come with migration, he came to understand the value of hard work and the unique perspectives of small business owners. His philosophy is “to be fair; to give rather than receive in service”.

Roger first began his career as a real estate agent in 2002, before switching to business broking in 2005. In 2009, Roger established his own business agency. During his career, he has gained rich and varied experiences with a wide array of businesses: From lotto stores, dry cleaning, coin laundries, Asian groceries, convenience stores, gift shops, florists, bottle shops to various hospitality businesses. In more recent years, Roger has shifted his attention upstream to businesses such as accounting firms, wholesale distributors and import and export businesses.

He understands that clients value a business broker’s ability to problem solve. Therefore, he has committed himself to an endeavour of life-long learning. Roger is one of the few senior Chinese business brokers in the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) and is also a fully certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) trainer.

Roger feels lucky to be able to live in Australia. He takes every day as an opportunity to improve his English. He is extremely proud of his improvement and hopes to be able to leverage this by serving his clients in both English and Mandarin. His attitude towards these goals is to “never give it up”. He applies this not only to language but to business transactions as well.

Roger lives in Melbourne with his wife and two kids. There is also another “family member” called “Fishy”, who is ten years old. In his spare time, Roger enjoys a simple life. His hobbies include the gym, practicing Tai Chi and swimming. He also loves to travel and read.

罗杰是一位热情友好的商业经纪，多年来，在工作中他总是他享受那些能让他与客户分享知识和经验的时侯。他喜欢寻求双赢的交易，认为自己更多的是一个商家的助理而不是经纪人。

罗杰第一次踏足澳大利亚是在1989年，当时正值中国政局动荡。他毅然离开了他的家庭和学术生涯，一只旅行箱只身来到悉尼，当飞机降落在机场时，举目无亲，囊中空空。尽管最初几年的生活十分艰辛，他还是对自己在澳大利亚“第二故乡”经厉的所有生活心存感激。在开始商业经纪的职业之前，罗杰一直从事各式各样的工作和生意。或许跌宕起伏的生活，他对客户的需求总能多几分理解体谅，他的哲学是“公平再公平；给予好过接受”。

罗杰在2002年开始了他的房地产经纪人生涯，2005年转为商业经纪。2009年，罗杰成立了自己的商业经纪公司。在多年的职业生涯中，他积累了丰富的商业经纪经验，交易行业从乐透店、干洗店、硬币洗衣店、亚洲杂货店、便利店、礼品店、花店、酒瓶店，到各种各样的餐饮类生意。近年来，罗杰已将业务拓宽至如会计师事务所、批发分销商和进出口业务，等领域。

罗杰明白，客户看重商业经纪人的价值，在于解决问题的能力和工作努力。因此，他致力于终身学习，罗杰是澳大利亚商业经纪人协会（AIBB）为数不多的资深中国商业经纪人之一，同时也是一名经过全面认证的神经语言程式学（NLP）培训师。

罗杰感到很幸运能生活在澳大利亚。他把每天都当作提高英语水平的机会。他对自己的进步感到非常自豪，并希望能够通过利用英语和汉语的能力为客户提供服务。他的心态是“永不放弃”，不仅把这一点应用于学习语言，而且也应用于商业交易上。

罗杰和他的妻子和两个孩子住在墨尔本。还有一个“家庭成员”叫“Fishy”，今年10岁了。在业余时间，罗杰喜欢过着简单的生活。他的爱好包括健身，练习太极和游泳。他最喜欢旅游和阅读。

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