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Hon John Brumby AO

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National President - Australia China Business Council

The Hon John Brumby was the former Premier of Victoria (2007 – 2010) and has immense experience in public life serving for more than 10 years as Treasurer and then Premier of Victoria, 6 years as Leader of the Victorian Opposition and 7 years as Federal MHR for Bendigo during the period of the Hawke Government.
 
During his time as Treasurer and then Premier, Mr Brumby forged closer links with China and Hong Kong, releasing Victoria’s first ever China Strategy, visiting China on numerous occasions, opening new trade and investment offices in Nanjing and Shanghai and officially welcoming then Vice President Xi Jinping to Melbourne in 2010.
 
Since retiring from politics, Mr Brumby has accepted a number of appointments in both the business and not-for-profit sectors, including:

  • Chairman of the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) Superannuation Fund;
  • Chairman of Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd;
  • Chair of BioCurate Pty Ltd;
  • Chair of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust;
  • Chair of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute; and
  • Chairman of the Fred Hollows Foundation.
 
Mr Brumby was installed as Chancellor of La Trobe University in March 2019 and is an Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne.  

In October 2015 he released his book titled ‘The Long Haul – Lessons from Public Life’.
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    • Hon John Brumby AO
    • HE Cheng Jingye
    • Senator Simon Birmingham
    • Graham Fletcher
    • Madeleine King
    • David Speers
    • Helen Sawczak
    • Lee Featherby
    • Andrew Martin
    • Grace Bacon
    • Maggie Zhou
    • Sophie Galaise
    • Ophenia Liang
    • Ben Slack
    • Kevin Magee
    • Andrew Culley
    • Kathryn Matthews
    • Andrew Kuiler
    • Tim Beresford
    • Chris Carr
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