MELBOURNE, Dec 10: The Victorian Government will keep working with its partners in business and industry.
Premier Jacinta Allan announced the establishment of a Premier’s Business Council to hear directly from business on how the government can continue to create a stronger, more prosperous Victorian economy.
Ahmed Fahour AO, CEO of Gurner Group and former CEO of Australia Post, NAB and Latitude Financial Services will be the Council’s Chair.
The other members of the Council are made up of leading businesspeople from multi-nationals, small businesses, those working in manufacturing, finance, education, retail, the arts, sports, housing, media and philanthropy. These members are:
• Andrew Dillon, CEO of the AFL
• Andrew Irvine, CEO of National Australia Bank
• Anthony Pratt, Chairman of Visy
• Bihong Wang, President of the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse Inc.
• Carol Schwartz AO, Chair of Equity Trustees and Our Community, Director of Trawalla Group, Member of Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia
• Carolyn Viney, CEO of Assemble
• Elizabeth Lewis-Gray, Co-Founder and Chair of Gekko Systems
• Lisa Barron OAM, Founder of Lisa Barron, Melbourne Made Womenswear Designer
• Mark Mentha, Co-Founder and Partner at KordaMentha
• Mike Schneider, CEO of Bunnings
• Mitu Bhowmick Lange AM, Founder and Director of Mind Blowing Films
• Nick Reece, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
• Penny Fowler, Chair of Royal Botanical Gardens, Tourism Australia and the Good Friday Appeal
• Professor Sharon Pickering, Vice-Chancellor and President at Monash University
The Premier’s Business Council is part of a broader initiative to establish and lead new Forums for business and industry.
These Forums will be led by industry associations and unions and will provide a platform for the Premier to hear directly from businesses on how government can continue to create a stronger Victorian economy.
The Forums will:
• Inform the government about real-time opportunities and barriers facing business
• Ensure existing government policy responses are working
• Test new or prospective government policy responses
• Explore how business can contribute to broader government and societal objectives
• Communicate government’s economic agenda.
The new Business Council will first meet in the new year. The Victorian Government is determined to work with, and listen to, its partners in business and industry.
“I want to embed a true partnership with business at the center of Government – ensuring that when we make decisions, we’re making them with economic growth and investment as the foundation”- Premier Jacinta Allan
