John Story (businessman)
John Story, an Australian businessman, was previously a chairman and/or director of a number of Australian listed corporations.
Story is the grandson of John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant.
Career
After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:
- ECHO Entertainment Group (2011 - 2012).[1] In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Limited, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign [2]
- CSR Ltd (2003 - 2012) [3]
- Suncorp Group Ltd (1995 - 2011, chairman 2003 - 2011) [4]
- Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (2004 - 2011, chairman 2007 - 2011) [5]
- Magontec Ltd (2001 - 2005) [6]
John Story is the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland.[7] He succeeds Llew Edwards. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.tabcorp.com.au/investor-centre_shareholder-centre_demerger-of-echo-2011.aspx
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/business/echo-chairman-bows-to-packer-pressure-20120608-20094.html#ixzz1xAL5bkkV
- ↑ http://www.csr.com.au/Investor-Centre-and-News/News-Releases/Pages/Changes-to-CSR-board.aspx
- ↑ http://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/new-chairman-at-suncorp-as-insurer-faces-the-heat-over-offshoring
- ↑ http://www.tabcorp.com.au/resources.ashx/shareholderreportschilddatadocuments/1347/FileName/A676F3DB1E973CFA5817D9E84DF89C4F/Concise_-_Directors_report.pdf
- ↑ http://news.iguana2.com/thebull/ASX/MGL/167898
- ↑ http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2009/02/john-story-uq-chancellor-new-century''. Missing or empty
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