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From 6:30pm until 9:00pm
At PwC
Melbourne Riverside Quay, Southbank
Please join us for our Melbourne Member’s Dinner on Monday 25 May to be held at PwC, 2 Riverside Quay, Southbank at 6.30pm.
Apart from offering the opportunity to network with peers, at the dinner we will hear from our special guest Peter Yates AM, influential Melbourne business identity and philanthropist where he will discuss the many complex issues facing Australian business, the expectations of Boards and how the country might better face its issues by acting together.
For further information, please contact Cara Hickey in the Secretariat, cdhickey@group100.com.au
Peter is Chairman of AIA Australia and a Director of Mutual Trust and of the Australian Japan Business Co-operation Committee (AJBCC). He is Chairman of the Royal Institution of Australia, the Australian Science Media Centre, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD).
He co-founded, and is Chairman, of the Shared Value Project where he uses his experience and networks to advocate for, and demonstrate how, business can solve our society’s social problems profitably.
Peter was CEO of Oceania Capital Partners and held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited from 2001-2004. He worked in the Investment Banking industry including 15 years with Macquarie Bank. He began his career in the Tokyo Office of Booz, Allen and Hamilton. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Murdoch University, a Masters from Stanford University and a Commerce degree from Melbourne University. He speaks Japanese, having studied at Keio University in Tokyo and Yamate High School in Yokohama.
Peter was Chairman of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Melbourne University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication at UNSW, the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Deputy Chairman of The Myer Family Investments and Asialink, and a Director of Linfox Australia, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Crown Ltd, Foxtel Ltd, The Nine Network, the National Portrait Gallery, The Centre for Independent Studies and the Australia-Japan Foundation.
In the June 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Peter was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and the AICD. In 2019 he was awarded the Australian Academy of Science Medal.