List of Old Falconians - Business and Industry

Business and Industry

• Arthur Ernest Bishop, arguably Australia's most successful inventor with over 300 patents in 17 countries, one in five of the world's cars use his power and variable-ratio rack-and-pinion steering technology;
• Alexander Boden AO Hon DSc FAA, Philanthropist, industrialist and publisher, founder of Boden Chair of Human Nutrition at Sydney University, founder of Bioclone Australia, Hardman Chemicals and Science Press, awarded Leighton Medal of Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1986, author of A Handbook of Chemistry 1937 (11 editions);
• (Alan) Phillip de Boos-Smith, former CEO of Total Oil Paris;,
• John Brew, former CEO of NSW State Rail, President of Baptist Unions of NSW & ACT;
• Donald Charles Bucknall, former CEO of Caltex Australia;
• Ian Bund, President of White Pines Ventures, American venture capitalist who has played a founding or lead role with several US venture capital firms, investor in more than 300 companies over 30 of which have listed on NASDAQ including Lifescan, Stratacom, Ventana, and Neogen;
• Harry Bunn, Founder, President and CEO of Ronin Corporation which provides market intelligence on a global scale in real time;
• Satyajit Das, national television commentator on the global financial crisis, authority on "derivatives", consultant to financial institutions and corporations in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, author of Traders, Guns & Money (which in 2006 warned of the coming crisis) and Extreme Money;
• Mitch Davis, the former head of Encyclopædia Britannica's online business whose moment of inspiration to conceive dynamic advertising within video games led to a business purchased by Microsoft for up to $US400 million;
• Dr Warren Dent, Vice President of Business Development at American Airlines (USA), Managing Director of Animal Pharmaceutical Division of Eli Lilly (UK), former Professor of Statistics at University of Iowa where he established "an international reputation, publishing in excess of fifty papers";
• Ron Eaton MBE, Chairman and Managing Director of Overseas Containers Australia;
• Ian Ferrier, co-founder (with Tony Hodgson) of Ferrier Hodgson, insolvency specialists, former Chairman of NSW Rugby Union and former director of Australian Rugby Union;,
• Keith Hamilton CBE, as CEO of Qantas he successfully steered the airline through a difficult period when many other world carriers were making losses;
• John Harkness, National Executive Chairman of KPMG 1993–98, Chairman of ICA Property Development Funds;
• Tony Hodgson, co-founder of Ferrier Hodgson, insolvency specialists, Former Chairman of Melbourne Port Corporation, Former Deputy Chairman of Tabcorp, Director of Coles Myer Ltd, Director of HSBC Bank Australia;,
• Donald Junor, Chairman and Managing Director of Mauri Bros & Thomson Ltd, Director of AMP Society, WW2 Lt-Col;
• Bob McComas, Chairman of Trade Practices Commission, Executive Director of Coca-Cola Amatil, Senior Partner of Clayton Utz;
• Ian McNair, Executive Chairman of McNair Ingenuity Research
• Colonel Sir Oscar Meyer Kt OBE, Chairman of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge Authority, Commissioner of Victorian Railways, Commander of RAE (CMF) in Victoria, John Storey Medal 1977;
• Roger Moore, Chairman of Novo Nordisk Pharma Japan, awarded Danish Order of Dannebrog for promotion of Danish interests in Japan together with his efforts to combat diabetes and other diseases;
• David M. Morgan, Chancellor of Deakin University, former President of Ford Motor Company Australia;
• Allan Moyes AO HonDSc, former Chairman and Managing Director of IBM Australia;
• Maurice Newman AC, Chairman of ABC, Chairman of Australian Stock Exchange, Chairman of Deutsche Bank, Chancellor of Macquarie University;
• Geoffrey Norris, Managing Director of Dow Chemical (Australia);
• John Prescott AC HonDSc HonLLD, CEO of BHP;
• Sir Raymond Purves, philanthropist, Chairman of Clyde Engineering, endowed Raymond E Purves Chair of Dermatology at Sydney University;
• Mark Rayner, Chairman National Australia Bank (1985–2001);
• Murray Sime, Former Vice-President of Citibank, former Director of Balmain Tigers;,
• Ian Stanwell AM, former Managing Director of AMP;
• Grahame Turk, Managing Director of Sydney Fish Market (2000-12), Chairman of Fish Market Board, "... the driving force behind Sydney Fish Market being what it is today, namely an iconic seafood destination ...";
• Professor Peter Westerway, Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, former Chairman of Australian Broadcasting Tribunal,;
• Dr Lionel Wilson, President of Australian Medical Association (1979–1982);