Warwick Smith
The Hon Warwick Smith AO is Chair of the Advisory Board at the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI).
He is Chairman, Advisory Board - Australian Capital Equity, holders of interests in Seven Group Holdings of which he is a Board Director, Seven West Media, Coates Hire, Beach Energy, WesTrac and Caterpillar industrial services and equipment in Western Australia and New South Wales. He is a Board Director at Estia Health Ltd, SGSPAA and Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline. He is the Chairman of Ord Minnett.
He is the Chairman of the National Museum of Australia. With Rio Tinto, he is a China Advisory Panel Member and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. At the Business Council of Australia, he is the Chairman of the Global Engagement Committee. He has served as Chairman of the Australia–China Council for over 8 years and was the inaugural Chair of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.
For ten years, he was an Executive Director with the Macquarie Bank Group; Chairman New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory and former Senior Managing Director for the ANZ Banking Group Limited for more than a decade; Chairman of E*TRADE Limited; Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission and an Australian Federal Government Minister with a parliamentary career spanning 15 years. He was also Australia's first Telecommunications Ombudsman and has received a Centenary Medal and has twice been awarded an Order of Australia.
