Strategic partnerships are built in rooms like this. Not over emails. Not through decks. But face to face.

It was a real pleasure meeting Anil Jain, Head of Audit at Indian Oil Corporation, along with his colleague Gaurav.

What stood out was not just scale or complexity. It was alignment.

• Governance first.
• Risk understood, not avoided.
• Audit as a strategic lever, not a tick-the-box exercise.

At Saby + Partners, we believe cross-border partnerships only work when trust, transparency, and technical depth sit at the core.

A New Phase of Collaboration

Australia and India are entering a new phase of collaboration. Energy. Infrastructure. Capital. Compliance.

These conversations matter because strategy is shaped long before contracts are signed.

The most meaningful partnerships aren’t forged through polished presentations or email chains. They’re built where professionals who share a vision of how business should be done find common ground.

When you meet leaders who place governance at the center of their thinking, who view risk as something to understand rather than avoid, and who see audit as a strategic asset—that’s when real opportunities emerge.

These early conversations serve a crucial purpose. They reveal whether values align, whether approaches are compatible, and whether there’s genuine commitment to making things work when challenges arise.

The Australia-India partnership has enormous potential across energy transformation, infrastructure development, and capital flows. But realizing it requires the patient work of building relationships based on shared principles and mutual respect.

Because the best partnerships start with a handshake and a conversation that matters.

Looking forward to what comes next.