Robert Champion de Crespigny

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Robert Champion de Crespigny AC is a high-profile Australian businessman.

Champion de Crespigny graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1972, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Upon completing his studies, he practiced as a Chartered Accountant for 13 years.

In 1988, Champion de Crespigny and his family moved to Adelaide, South Australia to undertake the position of Managing Director of the mining company, Normandy Mining. The company was taken over by Newmont Mining in 2002 but he and his family stayed in Adelaide.

Champion de Crespigny was the thirteenth Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1 June 2000 until 26 July 2004. ^[1]^[2] He is also a member of a number of associations, such as the National Gallery of Australia Council and the Commonwealth Expert Group on Democracy and Development. He is on a number of company boards, including serving as Chairman of market research firm Crosby Textor and Investor Relations firm CT Financial, both of which were founded by Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor.^[3]

In 2002, Champion de Crespigny was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the mining industry and education. He was also in the same year awarded the South Australian Director of the Year by the Australian Institute of Company Directors and South Australian of the Year for 2002 by SA Great.

He developed a passion for promoting and developing Adelaide and still promotes Adelaide by chairing the South Australian Economic Development Board. He also played a key role of the attraction of Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University to Adelaide.