Graeme Samuel

Graeme Samuel is a corporate advisor with specialist expertise in competition and consumer policy and regulation, communications and media, corporate governance, strategic planning and change management, public policy and dealings with government and regulators.

Some of the positions Graeme has held include:

- Vice Chancellor's Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University and co-director of the Monash Business Policy Forum
- Member of the Council of the Australian National University
- Member of CEDA's Council of Economic Policy
- Chairman of the Victorian Taxi Services Commission
- Chair of Alzheimer's Australia Victoria and Vice President of the National Board of Alzheimer's Australia
- Member of the Australian Rugby League Commission

Graeme has also held the following public offices:

- Chairman, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (2003-2011);
- Associate Member, Australian Communications and Media Authority (2007-2011) ;
- President, National Competition Council (1997-2003), Councillor (1995-1997);
- Commissioner, Australian Football League (1984-2003);
- Trustee, Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust (1992-1999);
- Chairman, Playbox Theatre Company (1983-1995);
- Chairman, Opera Australia (1995-2000);
- President, Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1993-1995);
- President, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1995–97);
- Deputy Chairman, Advance Australia Foundation(1995-1996);
- Chairman, Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust (1995-2003);
- Member of Board, Docklands Authority (1997-2003);
- Chairman, The Alfred Foundation ((1993-1995);
- President, The Alfred Healthcare Group (1994-1995);
- Director, Baker Medical Research Institute (1996-1997);
- Chairman, Inner & Eastern Health Care Network (1995-2000);
- Chairman, Wesley College Foundation(1988-1995);
- Councillor, Wesley College Council (1990-1995);
- Chairman, Commission for the Future of the Jewish Community in Victoria (1992-1995);
- Co-Chairman, Jewish Communal Planning and Development Board (1995-1997); and
- President, Jewish National Fund (Victoria) (2002-2003).

His degrees and awards include:

- Bachelor of Laws (Melbourne University, 1968);
- Master of Laws (Monash University, 1977);
- Law Institute of Victoria Solicitors Prize (1971);
- Life Member of the Australian Football League (1995);
- Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia - AO (1998);
- Australian Sports Medal, for services to sport (2000);
- Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2000);
- Honorary Life Trustee of Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) (2003);
- Centenary Medal in recognition of his service as President of the National Competition Council (2003); and
- Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia - AC (2010) - for eminent service to public administration through contributions in the area of economic reform and competition law, and to the community through leadership roles with sporting and cultural organisations. This is the highest level of recognition for an Australian citizen