John Story (businessman)
John Douglas Story AO, an Australian businessman, was previously a chairman and/or director of a number of Australian listed corporations.
Story is the grandson of John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant.
Career
[edit]After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:
- Echo Entertainment Group (2011–2012).[1] In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Limited, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign [2]
- CSR Ltd (2003–2012) [3]
- Suncorp Group Ltd (1995 – 2011, chairman 2003 – 2011) [4]
- Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (2004 – 2011, chairman 2007 – 2011) [5]
- Magontec Ltd (2001–2005)
John Story was the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 2009 until 2016.[6] He was preceded by Llew Edwards and succeeded by Peter Varghese. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Demerger of Echo Entertainment Group". Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Echo chairman bows to Packer pressure". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Changes to CSR board | CSR". Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "New chairman at Suncorp as insurer faces the heat over offshoring - Corporate - Insurance News - insuranceNEWS.com.au". www.insurancenews.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "John Story is UQ Chancellor for the new century". uq.edu.au. The University of Queensland.
- ^ Story, Georgina (1990). "Story, John Douglas (1869–1966)". adb.anu.edu.au. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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