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Currently Chancellor of Swinburne University, Chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority and Advisory Chair of Ending Loneliness Together. The views I express on LinkedIn are entirely my own and meant to contribute to the much needed debate on issues facing our society.
Founding Chair of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council and former Chair of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee. In Sept 2017 he was appointed as Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce for the Federal Government. Former Executive Chair & Founder of Leef Independent Living Solutions, a leading Assistive Technology provider.
A noted leader and proven international chief executive, Chair and Non-Executive Director, John has a distinguished International career in the Consumer Products, Advanced Manufacturing industries and Healthcare Industries.
As Chair of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, John was instrumental in building close engagement with the Government and media on the dynamics and potential for advanced manufacturing in Australia. He speaks widely on the issues of skills development, the imperatives of 21st Century global business, and the necessity of building meaningful collaboration between research and industry.
He was CEO and Managing Director at Pacific Brands where he led the revitalisation of the culture of the company and was recognised as further simplifying the business model and successfully driving performance of key businesses.
Prior to Pacific Brands, John was Chief Executive Officer of Foster’s Group Limited, from May 2011, after joining the company as Managing Director of Carlton & United Breweries in 2010.
Before Foster’s, John had a distinguished career in consumer products including numerous senior roles at Diageo plc including President Asia Pacific and Managing Director, Australasia where he was also a member of the Diageo Group Executive Committee.
He holds an MBA from INSEAD and Macquarie University, as well as degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Measuring What Matters: A Bold Step Forward for National Budgeting and Wellbeing Assessment
Measuring What Matters: A Bold Step Forward for National Budgeting and Wellbeing Assessment
By John Pollaers OAM
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Time to Listen: Voting 'Yes' for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Time to Listen: Voting 'Yes' for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
By John Pollaers OAM
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Medicare and Dental Care: A game-changer for Australian Healthcare, not easy but worth a discussion
Medicare and Dental Care: A game-changer for Australian Healthcare, not easy but worth a discussion
By John Pollaers OAM
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Swinburne University of Technology’s Pride March is one of my favourite events of the year. The event always starts with a keynote speech and this…
Swinburne University of Technology’s Pride March is one of my favourite events of the year. The event always starts with a keynote speech and this…
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NASA has announced two astronauts stranded in space won’t come home until 2025. Dr Sara Webb spoke to The Project 👇 #swinburne #space #astrophysics…
NASA has announced two astronauts stranded in space won’t come home until 2025. Dr Sara Webb spoke to The Project 👇 #swinburne #space #astrophysics…
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Olympic medals in the Brisbane 2032 games could be delivered by air 💨 This comes as our Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) has teamed…
Olympic medals in the Brisbane 2032 games could be delivered by air 💨 This comes as our Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) has teamed…
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We’re pleased to build on our existing partnership with Neoen Australia following the signing of a 10-year agreement to enable AGL to virtually…
We’re pleased to build on our existing partnership with Neoen Australia following the signing of a 10-year agreement to enable AGL to virtually…
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We sent mushroom into space! Astrophysicist Dr Sara Webb, talks to Nine's A Current Affair about our experiment that led Haileybury high school…
We sent mushroom into space! Astrophysicist Dr Sara Webb, talks to Nine's A Current Affair about our experiment that led Haileybury high school…
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The Swinburne University of Technology oration series is exceptional and the annual AGSE oration featuring Bernie Brookes AM raised the bar even…
The Swinburne University of Technology oration series is exceptional and the annual AGSE oration featuring Bernie Brookes AM raised the bar even…
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Working at Swinburne University of Technology is terrific and as well as meeting new people, I also get to try out new things and today I had the…
Working at Swinburne University of Technology is terrific and as well as meeting new people, I also get to try out new things and today I had the…
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We're thrilled to announce that we have developed a suite of 11 micro-learning modules that will address the immediate skills gaps across the…
We're thrilled to announce that we have developed a suite of 11 micro-learning modules that will address the immediate skills gaps across the…
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This is another important step towards gender equality – good for families, good for business and good for our economy.
This is another important step towards gender equality – good for families, good for business and good for our economy.
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Sorry for the rant folks but the very bad Aussie habit of knocking EVERYTHING we try to do down before it has a chance must stop. We ARE capable of…
Sorry for the rant folks but the very bad Aussie habit of knocking EVERYTHING we try to do down before it has a chance must stop. We ARE capable of…
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Our CEO Brett Schimming and Research & Planning ED Robert Sobyra visited Swinburne University of Technology's Construction Simulation Hub recently…
Our CEO Brett Schimming and Research & Planning ED Robert Sobyra visited Swinburne University of Technology's Construction Simulation Hub recently…
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