Gary Neat
Gary Francis Neat' (born 27 October 1948) is an Australian business leader and company director. He is a former journalist and senior political figure.
Career
Neat is Chair of the ADSHAN Group[1] and the former National President of the Australian Institute of Management.[2]
He was a Chevening Scholar[3] at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has a master's degree in Management from the Norwegian School of Management.
He’s a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors,[4] the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Vic) and the Australian Marketing Institute. Neat has been awarded 5 Australian Marketing Awards and was Chairman of the Australian Marketing Industry Review.[5]
Among some 20 directorships, he was formerly a Director of Greening Australia, a Director of the Adult Community & Further Education Board,[6] a Director of the Joint Accreditation System for Australia & New Zealand and a Vice President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria.[7] He was also Australia’s representative on Asia’s major business forum – AAMO.
Neat was State Director of the Liberal Party in Queensland for 7-years and directed more than 20-election campaigns. He was a member of the Liberal Party’s Federal Executive and ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1987.[8] He published “The New Politics” in 1987.[7]
Neat was a senior journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for 16-years including assignments as a Foreign Correspondent in Asia during the 70’s in Indochina, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong & the Philippines.[9] He was a Political Correspondent with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation[10][11] and a producer with the BBC in London.
References
- ↑ "ADSHAN Consulting Group - Gary Neat". adshan.com.au.
- ↑
- ↑ "Welcome to Chevening". chevening.org.
- ↑ "Our Fellows - IPAA Victoria". ipaa.org.au.
- ↑ Smeaton, Kirra, ed. (2012). Who's who in Business in Australia 2012-2013. Crown Content. p. 863. ISBN 978-1-74095-182-1.
- ↑ Adult, Community and Further Education Board Annual Report
- 1 2 Australian Institute of International Affairs ANNUAL REPORT 2013/2014
- ↑ "Journalists in Parliament - Crikey". crikey.com.au.
- ↑ "Papers of Gary Neat, [manuscript]. - Version details - Trove". nla.gov.au.
- ↑ Anderson, Fay; Trembath, Richard (1 April 2011). Witnesses To War: The History Of Australian Conflict Reporting. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. pp. 427–. ISBN 978-0-522-86022-1.
- ↑ "Search". awm.gov.au.