HCL Technologies (HCL) had enriching discussions with Christine Hamilton-Prime who is the Deputy Mayor of the City of Joondalup in Western Australia, about supporting the region in multiple areas such as technology cooperation, innovation, and skilling.
The discussions formed part of HCL's drive to strengthen its relationship with Western Australia.
Two decades ago, HCL started its journey in ustralia, and has now become the partner of choice for leading firms in Australia. HCL collaborates with a number of the top banks and with top retailers in Australia, empowering companies with next-gen integrated services. HCL is a partner of choice for leading firms in the country. These include financial enterprises, supermarket chains, telecommunications companies, and Australia’s largest city council. HCL has invested in Australia region for over 20 years and is committed to enabling digitalization and growing the local ecosystem.

Earlier this year, the Financial Review wrote about HCL's commitment in Australia to ramping up a training program that pays anyone from high school graduates to people seeking a career change, because the nation cannot rely on university graduates and migrants to fill big skills shortages across the IT sector.
HCL rolled out its TechBee skills training program around Australia, taking on 102 18-24-year-olds. Read more about this here.
One of the youngest elected female Councilors in Australia

Councillor Hamilton-Prime is the youngest Councilor ever to be elected to the City of Joondalup and, at the age of 19, was also one of the youngest female councillors to be elected in Australia.
Councillor Hamilton-Prime currently represents a number of committees including :
- Council Committees
- Former Audit & Risk Committee Chairperson
- Policy Committee Chairperson
- Strategic Community Reference Group
- Community Board of Advice - Joondalup Health Campus
- North-West Metropolitan Joint Development Assessment Panel
- Wanneroo/Joondalup Local Emergency Management Committee
- Western Australian Local Government Association – North Metropolitan Zone Committee

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