Former Castlemaine lad and digital guru Samuel Walter was recently awarded the ‘Young Businessperson of the Year’ award at the Auscham Business Awards in Vietnam.
The awards held in Ho Chi Minh City by the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Auscham) celebrate the strength and resilience of Australian businesses operating in Vietnam.
This year’s awards sought to recognise exceptional businesses and individuals who demonstrate the highest levels of best business practice, responses to Covid-19, care of their working teams and a demonstrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) platform.
Local IT expert Samuel Walter moved to Vietnam in April last year, where he started a digital marketing agency called Artemis Digital, which also trades as ‘Heads On Pillows’ for their tourism clients.
Artemis Digital is made up of some passionate and talented individuals with a shared love of helping their clients grow their business and achieve their goals. Each digital strategy they implement is built on commercial research and linked to their client objectives.
Heads On Pillows specifically builds the online presence of travel and accommodation businesses through tailored tourism digital marketing campaigns.
Samuel says they are a fully owned by the Australian company he set up not long before moving overseas, and most of their clients are in Australia, but their client base is also growing in Vietnam.
Samuel said he was honoured to receive the ‘Young Businessperson of the Year’ award.
“It was great recognition for all we have achieved to date. We were also a finalist for Small Business of the Year,” he said.
“Our team is growing and we have eight employees here in Vietnam and have been able to work with some really interesting Australian and Vietnamese brands and help them to achieve their goals,” he said.
Despite his fast paced life and success in Vietnam Samuel says he still enjoys coming home.
“I grew up in Castlemaine and it’s still my favourite place. I love going home and I think I’ll end up back there one day,” he said.
