Sakib and Neelo Awan thrived in Timor-Leste because they have the heart and tenacity of the Timorese people. Together they have built East Timor Trading, into a model socially responsible family business.
– His Excellency José Ramos-Horta
Official launch of the Timor-Leste – Australia Business Council, June 2024
Timor-Leste—Australia Economic & Business Conference in Dili delegates at the opening night event at Timor Plaza, June 2024
Greeting Vice Prime Minister H.E. Mr Francisco Kalbuadi Lay with Australian Ambassador, HE Caitlin Wilson at the Timor-Leste—Australia Economic & Business Conference in Dili, June 2024
Receiving the Order of Timor-Leste, May 2012
Greeting Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, 1990
Diya Restaurant entrance, Discovery Inn
Burger King, near Discovery Inn, Dili
Cheers, near Discovery Inn: Felismina Mendacao and Domingas Da Costa
Dili Harbour, near Cristo del Rei
Dili waterfront looking to Cristo del Rei
Diya Restaurant, Discovery Inn
The early East Timor Trading Team
East Timor Trading, Christmas 2018
Northern Territory Export Award 1994
Addressing the opening night of the first Timor-Leste—Australia Economic & Business Conference in Dili, June 2024
With President José Ramos-Horta, Neelo (my wife), and President Lech Wałęsa.
Neelo and I with Prime Minister Paul Keating, 1993
Ismat, Xanana Gusmao, me and Zeenat
Neelo and I with then Australian Governor General, Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
With Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, July 2011
Some of our ETT staff. Front: Norlyn Ngo, Eligio Perreira, Celina Soares. Back: Elvis Pereira, Pedro Gomez, Lucio Sarmento
Discovery Inn, Dili, at night
Gloria Jean’s, Colmera, Dili: Domingos Da Silva and Justina Magno
Gloria Jean’s Coffees, Colmera, Dili
Deck Bar, Discovery Inn
Neelo and I with HE José Ramos-Horta at Diya Restaurant
Dili Harbour at Sunset
One of the East Timor Trading warehouses in Dili
East Timor Trading Christmas Party, 2018
With Neelo at the Order of Timor-Leste ceremony
Meeting Australian Prime Minister John Howard
In Darwin with Pakistan’s President Faruk Laghari, Northern Territory Cheif Minister Shane Stone, and Mohammed Huq
Meeting Kofi Annan
Honorary Consuls for Mexico from around the world meeting in Mexico City, the mid-1990s
The Deck Bar, Discovery Inn
Cheers shop, Timor Plaza
Our original Burger King restaurant and Gloria Jeans cafe at Timor Plaza
Burger King near the Discover Inn (from left): Sherry Ann Sagun, Sara de Jesus, Ananias Pereira Goncalves (Anis), Antonio Soares, Marciano Maria Do R. Miguel (Abay) and Maria Fatima Ximenes
Dili waterfront
In line to receive the Order of Timor-Leste Award
East Timor Trading CEO, Sam Aluwihare
One of Dili’s colourful old colonial buildings