Our Policy Committees

The detailed work of the Business Council of Australia is undertaken through four policy committees focused on the policy development priorities of the organisation. The four committees, and three special-issue task forces, are comprised of member CEOs.

Economic Policy and Competitiveness Committee
David Peever, Rio Tinto Australia (Committee Chairman)
Andrew Butterworth, Alcatel-Lucent Australia
Dale Cottrell, Bain & Company
Greg Ellis, REA Group
Mike Hirst, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group
Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton
Ross Love, The Boston Consulting Group
Chris Lynch, Transurban Group
John Macfarlane, Deutsche Bank AG
Peter Nash, KPMG
Catriona Noble, McDonald’s Australia

Efficient Regulation Committee
Kim Williams AM (Committee Chairman)
John O’Sullivan, Credit Suisse (Australia) Ltd
Andrew Reitzer, Metcash Limited
John Borghetti, Virgin Australia
Darryl McDonough, Clayton Utz
Peter Nash, KPMG
Andrew Stevens, IBM Australia and New Zealand

Labour Market, Skills and Education Committee
Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers Limited (Committee Chairman)
Gavin Bell, Freehills
Craig Drummond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Stephen Fitzgerald, Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Ltd
Pip Marlow, Microsoft Australia
Mick McMahon, SKILLED Group Limited
Grant O’Brien, Woolworths Limited
Rob Priestley, J.P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand
Matthew Quinn, Stockland
Michael Rose, Allens Arthur Robinson
Steve Sargent, GE Australia and New Zealand
Paul Thorley, Capgemini Australia and New Zealand
John Weber, Minter Ellison
Ian White, Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Limited

Infrastructure and Growth Committee
Grant King, Origin Energy Limited (Committee Chairman)
Mark Chellew, Adelaide Brighton Ltd
Tony Concannon, International Power Australia
Alan Cransberg, Alcoa of Australia
Tim Ebbeck, SAP Australia and New Zealand
Michael Fraser, AGL Energy Limited
David Knox, Santos Limited
Axel Kuhr, ABB Australia Pty Limited
Jonathan Ling, Fletcher Building Limited
Chris Lynch, Transurban Group
Steve McCann, Lend Lease
Kerrie Mather, Sydney Airport Corporation Limited
Paul O’Malley, BlueScope Steel Limited
Lindsay Partridge, Brickworks Limited
David Peever, Rio Tinto Australia
Ann Pickard, Shell Australia Limited
Charlie Sartain, Xstrata Copper
Julian Segal, Caltex Australia Limited
Hamish Tyrwhitt, Leighton Holdings Limited
Paul Waterman, BP Australasia
Stephen Williams, The Royal Bank of Scotland

Our task forces are:

Global Engagement Task Force
John Denton, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Task Force Chairman)
Philip Gentry, Agrium Asia Pacific Limited
Graeme Liebelt, Orica Limited
Ross Love, The Boston Consulting Group
Didier Mahout, BNP Paribas
Andrew Michelmore, Minerals and Metals Group
Ian Thomas, Boeing Australia and South Pacific

Healthy Australia Task Force
Rohan Mead, Australian Unity (Task Force Chairman)
Richard Bowden, Bupa
Rob Douglas, ResMed Limited
Mark Johnson, PwC
Jack Percy, Accenture Australia
Chris Roberts, Cochlear Limited
George Savvides, Medibank Private Limited
Andrew Stevens, IBM Australia and New Zealand

Indigenous Engagement Task Force
Michael Rose, Allens Arthur Robinson (Task Force Chairman)
Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers Limited
Steve Harker, Morgan Stanley Australia Limited
Ross Love, The Boston Consulting Group
George Maltabarow, Ausgrid
Steve McCann, Lend Lease
Rob McLeod, Ernst & Young
Stephen Roberts, Citi Australia and New Zealand