Rick Allert
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Richard Hugh "Rick" Allert AO is an Australian businessman who was chair of Tourism Australia from 2007 to 2012.
Before this, he worked with Carroll Winter & Co Chartered Accountants from 1959 to 1960, and then with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company from 1960; he was a partner with them from 1973 to 1979. He was a senior partner of Allert Heard & Co Chartered Accountants (1979–89) until it was acquired by the then Arthur Andersen & Co in 1989.
He was chair of Southcorp (1989–2002). In 1995, he was appointed a director of Coles Myer.[1] He was chair of Coles Myer from 2002 until it was acquired by Wesfarmers in 2007. Allert is also chair of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd, Voyages Hotels & Resorts Pty Ltd and a Director of the Australia Business Arts Foundation.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1997,[2] an Honorary Doctor of the University of South Australia in 2000, awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001,[3] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2008.[4]
Director list
- Northern Territory Development Corporation
- Northern Territory Trade Development Zone
- South Australian Oil & Gas Corporation
Chairman list
- Chairman of the National Mutual Life Association Ltd. (NMLA)
- Chairman of the Aboriginal Foundation of South Australia Inc.
- Chairman of the Western Desert Resources Ltd.[5]
• Chairman of the James Morrison Academy of Music
Charity positions
- Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme (SA)
- National President of the National Heart Foundation of Australia
- Chairman Pembroke School Foundation
- Deputy Chairman of the Adelaide Football Club Ltd.
Awards
In 2011, Rick Allert was the recipient of The Ernst & Young Champion of Entrepreneurship Award, Central Region. This award is given to those individuals "with a long-term record of outstanding entrepreneurial achievement, who have driven the growth of an Australian company, or companies over a sustained period of time and made a significant contribution to their community.[6]"
Other positions
- Commissioner of the South Australian Health Commission
- Deputy Chairman of the South Australian Development Council
- Chairman of AustralAsia Railway Corporation
- Chairman of the National Wine Centre
- Member of the Singapore Australia Business Alliance Forum
References
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External links
- Review of Business Taxation: [1]