List of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology people
Business and society
Table:
Name

Association with RMIT

Notability

References

Peter Beilharz

former faculty

sociologist; co-founder and editor of the academic journal Thesis Eleven

[91]

Hayley Bolding

attended

co-founder of Atma, an accelerator for education NGOs and social enterprises in Mumbai, and Young Victorian of the Year 2013

[92]

Henry Bosch, AO

faculty

businessman; Adjunct Professor in the RMIT School of Management

[93]

Allan Briggs

faculty

crisis communications expert and founder of Briggs Communications

[94]

Andrew Darbyshire, AM

attended

software entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Pacsoft

[95]

Andrew Demetriou

former faculty

former CEO of the Australian Football League (AFL)

[96]

The Ven. Philip Down

DipAppSci

Church of England Archdeacon of Ashford

[97][98]

David Dunstan

former faculty

Australian history academic; former Director of Monash University's National Centre for Australian Studies

[99]

Bob Isherwood

Dip Art (Advert), D Comm (honoris causa)

business leader; former Worldwide Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi

[23][100]

Margaret Gardner, AO

former Vice-Chancellor

economist and community leader, current Vice-Chancellor of Monash University (2014–present)

[101]

Paul James

former faculty

Director of the UN Global Cities Programme and former Director of the RMIT Global Cities Research Institute

[102]

Mary Kalantzis

faculty

Adjunct Professor in the RMIT School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning

[103]

Bruce Kingsbury, VC

attended

World War II soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross

[104]

Tan Le

faculty

business leader and President of Emotiv Systems

[105][106]

Jonathan Ling

MBA

CEO and Managing Director of New Zealand's largest listed company Fletcher Building

[107]

Paul Little, AO

attended, D Bus (honoris causa)

Director of Little Projects and former Director of Australasia's largest transport company Toll Holdings

[23][108][109]

Francis Macnab, AM, OM

D Psych (honoris causa)

Executive Minister of the Uniting Church of St Michael's in Melbourne and founder of the Cairnmillar Institute

[110][111]

Harold Mitchell, AC

Dip Advert, DBus (honoris causa)

media entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Mitchell Communications

[112]

Tom Nairn

former faculty

nationalist, RMIT's Globalism Research Centre Tom Nairn Lecture named in his honour

[113]

Jacques Nasser, AO

BBus, D Tech (honoris causa)

Chairman of the World's largest mining company BHP Billiton, and former CEO of Ford

[23][114][115]

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Peter Beilharz ( born 13 November 1953 , Melbourne , Australia ) is an Australian sociologist . He is currently Professor of Culture and Society at Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia . Previously he was Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University , Melbourne . Beilharz is also a co-founder and editor of the international journal of social theory Thesis Eleven published by Sage . From 2002-14 he was the director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe University . He is best known for his work in social theory and socialism , for his intellectual biography of the Australian art historian , Bernard Smith , and his several books on the eminent Polish sociologist , Zygmunt Bauman .
Sociology is a study of society , patterns of social relationships , social interaction and culture of everyday life . It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order , acceptance , and change or social evolution . Sociology is also defined as the general science of society . While some sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social policy and welfare , others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes . Subject matter ranges from the micro-sociology level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and the social structure . The different traditional focuses of sociology include social stratification , social class , social mobility , religion , secularization , law , sexuality , gender , and deviance . As all spheres of human activity are affected by the interplay between social structure and individual agency , sociology has gradually expanded its focus to other subjects , such as health , medical , economy , military and penal institutions , the Internet , education , social capital , and the role of social activity in the development of scientific knowledge . The range of social scientific methods has also expanded . Social researchers draw upon a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques . The linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-20th century led to increasingly interpretative , hermeneutic , and philosophic approaches towards the analysis of society . Conversely , the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s have seen the rise of new analytically , mathematically , and computationally rigorous techniques , such as agent-based modelling and social network analysis . Social research informs politicians and policy makers , educators , planners , legislators , administrators , developers , business magnates , managers , social workers , non-governmental organizations , non-profit organizations , and people interested in resolving social issues in general .
Hayley Bolding has an extensive background in international development , education and volunteering in Australia and Asia . She is the co-founder of Atma , an NGO based in Mumbai , India . Hayley was awarded Young Australian of the Year ( Vic ) in 2013 .
Henry Bosch AO ( born 20 January 1931 ) is an Australian businessman , CEO , Chairman and Governance advocate . He has worked to increase standards of corporate governance , leading to his authorship of such reports as the 1991 Bosch Report : Corporate Practices and Conduct , The Workings of a Watchdog and The Director at Risk - Accountability in the Boardroom . He studied at Sydney and Oxford Universities and at the Centre dEtudes Industrielles in Geneva . He resided at Wesley College while studying at Sydney University . He spent his initial career in the manufacturing sector in the aluminum , steel , man-made fibres and plastics industries in Switzerland , Canada , the United Kingdom and Australia . He has held the following company directorships :
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia , to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service . Before the establishment of the order , Australian citizens received British honours . The Queen of Australia is sovereign head of the order , while the Governor-General of Australia is the principal companion/dame/knight ( as relevant at the time ) and chancellor of the order . The governor-general 's official secretary , currently Paul Singer , is secretary of the order .
Adjunct professor ( adjunct lecturer , adjunct instructor , adjunct faculty or contingent academic labor collectively ) is a type of academic appointment in higher education .
RMIT 's School of Management is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Business at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University ) , located in Melbourne , Victoria . It is one of the best business schools in Australia , for students ' satisfaction , staff-student ration and research and publication from the academic staff members . [ citation needed ]
Allan Lindsay Briggs ( February 14 , 1873 - November 12 , 1951 ) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics . In 1912 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team military rifle competition . In the 1912 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events :
Andrew Charles Darbyshire AM is an Australian software company executive , philanthropist , author and speaker . He is chairman of Pacsoft , a software development company , and is also active in several charitable and fundraising organisations . He is chairman and Founder of Caitlin 's Retreat , chairman of The Click Foundation finding a cure for epilepsy . member of SecondBite Fundraising Committee , board member of Florey Neurosciences Foundation Council , and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors . In the past , he was a board member of the Song Room , board member of the Zoos Victoria Foundation , board member of the [ [ Petstock Foundation ] ] , and chairman of the board of CAPRA ( Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia ) @ Monash University , and a member of The Rees Advisory Group . He was named a member of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Australia Day Honours for service to the community as a supporter of research into child-related brain conditions , through contributions to special needs children and their families , and to the arts .
Andrew Demetriou ( born 14 April 1961 ) is an Australian businessman , sports administrator , and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer ( CEO ) of the Australian Football League ( AFL ) up to June 2014 . Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987 , finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988 . Chairing several companies after his retirement from playing , he was appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association in 1998 , and was responsible for negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players . Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003 , replacing Wayne Jackson . In his role as head of the AFL Commission , he was responsible for a number of changes , including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams , the restructuring of the tribunal system , and the brokering of two new television rights deals .
A chief executive officer ( CEO ) , or just chief executive ( CE ) , is the most senior corporate , executive , or administrative officer in charge of managing an organization - especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution . CEOs lead a range of organizations , including public and private corporations , non-profit organizations and even some government organizations ( notably Crown corporations ) . The CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the entity , which may include maximizing the share price , market share , revenues or another element . In the non-profit and government sector , CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization 's mission , such as reducing poverty , increasing literacy , etc . In the early 21st century , top executives typically had technical degrees in science , management , engineering or law .
The Australian Football League ( AFL ) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men 's competition of Australian rules football . Through the AFL Commission , the AFL also serves as the sport 's governing body , and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game . Originally known as the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) , it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , with its inaugural season commencing the following year . The VFL , aiming to become a national competition , began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s , and changed its name to the AFL in 1990 . The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia 's six states ( Tasmania being the exception ) . Matches have been played in all states and mainland territories of Australia , as well as in New Zealand and China to promote the sport abroad . The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular ( or home-and-away ) season , which runs during the Australian winter ( March to September ) . The team with the best record after the home-and-away series is awarded the minor premiership . The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series , culminating in the AFL Grand Final , which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year . The grand final winner is termed the premiers , and is awarded the premiership cup . The current premiers are Richmond .
The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches . It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles , and is used as a word of praise in some cases .
Philip Roy Down ( born 28 March 1953 ) is a retired priest in the Church of England . He served as the Archdeacon of Maidstone and then the first Archdeacon of Ashford , both in the Diocese of Canterbury .
The Church of England ( C of E ) is the established church of England . The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior cleric , although the monarch is the supreme governor . The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century , and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury . The English church renounced papal authority when Henry VIII failed to secure an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in 1534 . The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI 's regents , before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip . The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach , and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both catholic and reformed :
The Archdeacon of Ashford is a senior office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury ( a division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury ) . The Archdeacon of Ashford is an Anglican priest oversees the Archdeaconry of Ashford , which is one of three subdivisions of the diocese . The first incumbent was Philip Down , who was collated Archdeacon of Ashford on 13 March 2011 and who retired effective 15 October 2017 . The second and current archdeacon is Darren Miller , who was collated on 13 January 2018 .
David Dunstan is an Australian writer , journalist and historian . He was born in New York of Australian parents and is the son of Australian journalist Keith Dunstan . He was educated at Monash , Melbourne and RMIT universities . He is currently Senior Research Associate with the School of Philosophical , Historical and International Studies at Monash University .
Monash University ( /ˈmɒnæʃ/ ) is a public research university based in Melbourne , Australia . Named for prominent World War I general , Sir John Monash , it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria . The university has a number of campuses , four of which are in Victoria ( Clayton , Caulfield , Peninsula , and Parkville ) , and one in Malaysia . Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato , Italy , a graduate research school in Mumbai , India and a graduate school in Suzhou , China . Monash University courses are also delivered at other locations , including South Africa . Monash is home to major research facilities , including the Monash Law School , the Australian Synchrotron , the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct ( STRIP ) , the Australian Stem Cell Centre , 100 research centres and 17 co-operative research centres . In 2016 , its total revenue was over $ 2.2 billion ( AUD ) , with external research income around $ 282 million . In 2016 , Monash enrolled over 50,000 undergraduate and over 22,000 graduate students . It has more applicants than any other university in the state of Victoria . Monash is a member of Australia 's Group of Eight , a coalition of Australia 's eight leading research universities , a member of the ASAIHL , and is the only Australian member of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers , Universities and National Academies . Monash is one of two Australian universities to be ranked in the École des Mines de Paris ( Mines ParisTech ) ranking on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies .
Bob Isherwood is an Australian businessman and advertising global creative leader .
Saatchi & Saatchi is a global communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff . It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London . The parent company of the agency group was known as Saatchi & Saatchi PLC from 1976 to 1994 , was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until 2000 and for a time , was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . In 2000 , the group was acquired by the Publicis Groupe . In 2005 it went private .
Margaret Elaine Gardner AC ( born 19 January 1954 ) is an Australian academic who is the current Vice-Chancellor of Monash University , in office since 2014 . She was previously Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University from 2005 to 2014 , and has a background in economics .
Paul James ( born 1958 , Melbourne ) , is Professor of Globalization and Cultural Diversity at Western Sydney University , and Director of the Institute for Culture and Society where he has been since 2014 . He is a writer on global politics , globalization , sustainability , and social theory .
The United Nations ( UN ) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security , develop friendly relations among nations , achieve international cooperation , and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations . It is the largest , most familiar , most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world . The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City ; other main offices are in Geneva , Nairobi , Vienna and The Hague . The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future wars , succeeding the ineffective League of Nations . On 25 April 1945 , 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter , which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945 , when the UN began operations . Pursuant to the Charter , the organization 's objectives include maintaining international peace and security , protecting human rights , delivering humanitarian aid , promoting sustainable development , and upholding international law . At its founding , the UN had 51 member states ; this number grew to 193 in 2011 , representing the vast majority of the world 's sovereign states . The organization 's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its early decades by the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies . Its missions have consisted primarily of unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring , reporting and confidence-building roles . UN membership grew significantly following widespread decolonization beginning in the 1960s . Since then , 80 former colonies have gained independence , including 11 trust territories that had been monitored by the Trusteeship Council . By the 1970s , the UN 's budget for economic and social development programmes far outstripped its spending on peacekeeping .
The RMIT Global Cities Research Institute was a major research institute of RMIT University . It was formed in 2006 as one of the four flagship research bodies at the university crossing all the disciplines from the humanities and social sciences to applied science and engineering . It has 200 staff , affiliated with seven programs .
Professor Mary Kalantzis ( born 1949 ) is an Australian author and academic , and is a former dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States . She has a deep interest in the development and history of multiculturalism and the impact it has had on Australian society .
RMIT 's School of Global , Urban and Social Studies is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University ) , located in Melbourne , Victoria .
Bruce Steel Kingsbury , VC ( 8 January 1918 - 29 August 1942 ) was an Australian soldier of the Second World War . Serving initially in the Middle East , he later gained renown for his actions during the Battle of Isurava , one of many battles forming the Kokoda Track Campaign in the south-east of the island of New Guinea , then part of the Australian Territory of Papua ( now Papua New Guinea ) . His bravery during the battle was recognised with the Victoria Cross , the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces . The first serviceman to receive the VC for actions on Australian territory , Kingsbury was a member of the 2/14th Infantry Battalion . On 29 August 1942 , during the Battle of Isurava , Kingsbury was one of the few survivors of a platoon that had been overrun by the Japanese . He immediately volunteered to join a different platoon , which had been ordered to counter-attack . Rushing forward and firing his Bren gun from the hip , he cleared a path through the enemy and inflicted several casualties . Kingsbury was then shot by a sniper and killed instantly . His actions , which delayed the Japanese long enough for the Australians to fortify their positions , were instrumental in saving his battalion 's headquarters and he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross as a result .
The Victoria Cross ( VC ) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system . It is awarded for valour in the presence of the enemy to members of the British Armed Forces . It may be awarded posthumously . It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries , most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours . It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command although no civilian has received the award since 1879 . Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857 , two-thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch . These investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace . The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War . Since then , the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients . Only 15 medals , of which 11 were to members of the British Army and four were to members of the Australian Army , have been awarded since the Second World War . The traditional explanation of the source of the metal from which the medals are struck is that it derives from Russian cannon captured at the Siege of Sevastopol . However , research has suggested another origin for the material .
World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ) , also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 . The vast majority of the world 's countries - including all the great powers - eventually formed two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . A state of total war emerged , directly involving more than 100 million people from more than 30 countries . The major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources . World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history , marked by 70 to 85 million fatalities , most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China . It included massacres , the genocide of the Holocaust , strategic bombing , premeditated death from starvation and disease , and the only use of nuclear weapons in war . Japan , which aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific , was at war with China by 1937 , [ b ] though neither side had declared war on the other . World War II is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 , with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom . From late 1939 to early 1941 , in a series of campaigns and treaties , Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe , and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan . Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 , Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours , Poland , Finland , Romania and the Baltic states . Following the onset of campaigns in North Africa and East Africa , and the Fall of France in mid 1940 , the war continued primarily between the European Axis powers and the British Empire . War in the Balkans , the aerial Battle of Britain , the Blitz , and the long Battle of the Atlantic followed .
A soldier is one who fights as part of an army . A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person , a non-commissioned officer , or an officer . An individual who fights on behalf of a polity which is not their own , is referred to as a mercenary .
Tan Le ( Vietnamese : Lê Thị Thái Tần , born 20 May 1977 ) , a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur , is a co-founder of Emotiv . She was named the 1998 Young Australian of the Year . In 2019 Tan Le became a member of Rho Chi .
Emotiv Systems is an Australian electronics innovation company developing technologies to evolve human computer interaction incorporating non-conscious cues into the human-computer dialog to emulate human to human interaction . Developing brain-computer interfaces based on electroencephalography ( EEG ) technology , Emotiv Systems produced the EPOC near headset , a peripheral targeting the gaming market for Windows , OS X and Linux platforms . The EPOC has 16 electrodes and was originally designed to work as a brain-computer interface ( BCI ) input device . The company was founded in 2003 by technology entrepreneurs Tan Le , Nam Do , Allan Snyder , and Neil Weste . However , doing a search of business entity name on Emotiv Systems at the business entity registry of the California Secretary of State reveals Emotiv Systems has ceased to exist , and , therefore , it should not be mixed up or confused with the currently active U.S. bioinformatics company Emotiv founded by Tan Le in 2011 in which Nam Do , Allan Snyder , and Neil Weste have no ownerships nor roles .
Jonathan Peter Ling ( born c. 1954 ) is an Australian businessman and the former chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Fletcher Building , a New Zealand construction company and one of the largest companies in New Zealand . He joined the company in 2003 . His appointment as CEO was announced in May 2006 , and he took up the position in September 2006 . He announced his retirement in June 2012 , effective in September . Following his retirement , he returned to Australia . Ling was born in Melbourne , and is a fifth-generation Australian descended from migrants who left southern China in 1830 . He was educated at Scotch College Melbourne and completed his post-school studies in Melbourne , acquiring a bachelor 's degree in mechanical engineeringfrom the University of Melbourne in 1975 , and a master 's of business administration from RMIT in 1985 .
A chief executive officer ( CEO ) , or just chief executive ( CE ) , is the most senior corporate , executive , or administrative officer in charge of managing an organization - especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution . CEOs lead a range of organizations , including public and private corporations , non-profit organizations and even some government organizations ( notably Crown corporations ) . The CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the entity , which may include maximizing the share price , market share , revenues or another element . In the non-profit and government sector , CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization 's mission , such as reducing poverty , increasing literacy , etc . In the early 21st century , top executives typically had technical degrees in science , management , engineering or law .
New Zealand ( Māori : Aotearoa [ aɔˈtɛaɾɔa ] ) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country has two main landmasses - the North Island ( Te Ika-a-Māui ) , and the South Island ( Te Waipounamu ) - and around 600 smaller islands . It has a total land area of 268,000 square kilometres ( 103,500 sq mi ) . New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres ( 1,200 mi ) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres ( 600 mi ) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal , and plant life . The country 's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand 's capital city is Wellington , and its most populous city is Auckland . Sometime between 1250 and 1300 , Polynesians settled in the islands and developed a distinctive Māori culture . In 1642 , Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand . In 1840 , representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi , which declared British sovereignty over the islands . In 1841 , New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a dominion ; it gained full statutory independence in 1947 and the British monarch remained the head of state .
Fletcher Building Limited is one of the largest listed companies in New Zealand , with a market capitalisation of over NZ $ 4 billion . The company was split from Fletcher Challenge in 2001 , formerly New Zealand 's largest business and multinational . With around 20,000 employees globally and over 34 business units operating under the Fletcher Building banner , the company is Australasia 's largest building materials supplier . Ross Taylor was appointed Group CEO on 22 November 2017 .
Paul Alexander Little AO ( born 1947 ) is an Australian businessman who was the managing director of Toll Holdings , a prominent Asian region integrated logistics provider . He retired from that position on 1 January 2012 after 26 years service . He is one of the richest people in Australia , with an estimated net worth of $ 880 million in 2013 .
The Toll Group is an Australian transportation and logistics company with operations in road , rail , sea , air and warehousing . It has three divisions ; Global Express , Global Forwarding , Global Logistics . It is a subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings .
Dr Francis Macnab ( born 21 June 1931 ) was the Executive Minister of St Michael 's Uniting Church , a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia in Collins Street , Melbourne , Australia till December 2016 . He is also a fellow of the Jesus Seminar .
The Order of Merit ( French : Ordre du Mérite ) [ n 1 ] is a Commonwealth order of merit recognising distinguished service in the armed forces , science , art , literature , or for the promotion of culture . Established in 1902 by King Edward VII , admission into the order remains the personal gift of its Sovereign - currently Edward VII 's great-granddaughter , Queen Elizabeth II - and is restricted to a maximum of 24 living recipients from the Commonwealth realms , plus a limited number of honorary members . While all members are awarded the right to use the post-nominal letters OM and wear the badge of the order , the Order of Merit 's precedence among other honours differs between countries .
In Christianity , a minister is a person authorized by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs ; leading services such as weddings , baptisms or funerals ; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community . The term is taken from Latin minister ( servant , attendant ) , which itself was derived from minus ( less ) . In the Catholic Church , Anglican , Oriental Orthodox , Nordic Lutheran , and Eastern Orthodox churches , the concept of a priesthood is emphasized . In other Christian denominations , such as the Baptist , Congregationalist , Methodist , Presbyterian and Reformed churches , the term minister usually refers to a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry ; such a person may serve as a presbyter , pastor , preacher , bishop , chaplain or elder . With respect to ecclesiastical address , many ministers are styled as The Reverend ; however , some use Pastor or Father as a title .
The Uniting Church in Australia ( UCA ) was founded on 22 June 1977 , when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia , about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia united under the Basis of Union . According to the church , it had 243,000 members in 2018 . In the 2016 census , about 870,200 Australians identified with the church ; in the 2011 census , the figure was 1,065,796 . The UCA is Australia 's third-largest Christian denomination , behind the Catholic and the Anglican Churches . There are around 2,000 UCA congregations , and 2001 National Church Life Survey ( NCLS ) research indicated that average weekly attendance was about 10 per cent of census figures . The UCA is Australia 's largest non-government provider of community and health services . Its service network consists of over 400 agencies , institutions , and parish missions , with its areas of service including aged care , hospitals , children , youth and family , disability , employment , emergency relief , drug and alcohol abuse , youth homelessness and suicide . Affiliated agencies include UCA 's community and health-service provider network , affiliated schools , the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress , Frontier Services , and UnitingWorld .
St Michaels Uniting Church is a Church in Collins Street in central Melbourne , Australia . Originally the Collins Street Independent Church , a Congregational Union of Australia Church , and later Collins Street Uniting Church , St Michael 's has become well known as a centre of liberal theology and political radicalism under its recent Executive Minister Dr Francis Macnab ( 1971-2016 ) . The Church became a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia at its inception in 1977 .
St Michaels Uniting Church is a Church in Collins Street in central Melbourne , Australia . Originally the Collins Street Independent Church , a Congregational Union of Australia Church , and later Collins Street Uniting Church , St Michael 's has become well known as a centre of liberal theology and political radicalism under its recent Executive Minister Dr Francis Macnab ( 1971-2016 ) . The Church became a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia at its inception in 1977 .
Harold Charles Mitchell AC ( born 13 May 1942 ) is an Australian entrepreneur , media buyer , philanthropist and humanitarian .
Tom Nairn ( born 2 June 1932 ) is a Scottish political theorist and academic . He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University . He is known as an essayist and a scholar of nationalism .
Nationalism is an ideology and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation ( as in a group of people ) especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation 's sovereignty ( self-governance ) over its homeland . Nationalism holds that each nation should govern itself , free from outside interference ( self-determination ) , that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity , and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power ( popular sovereignty ) . It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity - based on shared social characteristics such as culture , language , religion , politics , and belief in a shared singular history [ page needed ] - and to promote national unity or solidarity . Nationalism , therefore , seeks to preserve and foster a nation 's traditional culture , and cultural revivals have been associated with nationalist movements . It also encourages pride in national achievements , and is closely linked to patriotism . [ page needed ] Nationalism is often combined with other ideologies , such as conservatism ( national conservatism ) or socialism ( socialist nationalism ) for example . Throughout history , people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions , to territorial authorities and to their homeland , but nationalism did not become a widely recognized concept until the 18th century . There are three paradigms for understanding the origins and basis of nationalism . Primordialism ( perennialism ) proposes that there have always been nations and that nationalism is a natural phenomenon . Ethnosymbolism explains nationalism as a dynamic , evolutionary phenomenon and stresses the importance of symbols , myths and traditions in the development of nations and nationalism . Modernism proposes that nationalism is a recent social phenomenon that needs the socio-economic structures of modern society to exist . There are various definitions of a nation , however , which leads to different strands of nationalism .
Jacques A. Nasser AC ( Arabic : جاك نصر ; born 12 December 1947 ) is a Lebanese Australian American business executive and philanthropist . Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents , from 1999 to 2001 he served as Ford 's CEO and president . He subsequently was a partner at One Equity Partners ( JPMorgan ) and on the board of British Sky Broadcasting . He was Chairman of the Australian mining company BHP Billiton from 2010 to September 2017 . On 5 December 2012 , Smart Company named Nasser No . 6 on a list of the most powerful people in Australian boardrooms . He currently serves on the boards of 21st Century Fox and Koç Holding . A member of both the National Order of the Cedar in Lebanon and the Order of Australia , Nasser was also awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor , which pays homage to contributions made to America by immigrants . Nasser funds several scholarship programs that assist individual students .
The chairperson ( also chair , chairman , or chairwoman ) is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board , committee , or deliberative assembly . The person holding the office , who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group , presides over meetings of the group , and conducts the group 's business in an orderly fashion . In some organizations , the chairperson is also known as president ( or other title ) . In others , where a board appoints a president ( or other title ) , the two terms are used for distinctly different positions .
BHP , formerly known as BHP Billiton , is the trading entity of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group plc , an Anglo-Australian multinational mining , metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Founded in 1885 in the isolated mining town of Broken Hill in New South Wales , by 2017 BHP ranked as the world 's largest mining company , based on market capitalisation , and as Melbourne 's third-largest company by revenue , which almost tripled between 2004 and 2012 . BHP Billiton was formed in 2001 through the merger of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ( BHP ) and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton plc , forming a dual-listed company . The Australia-registered Limited has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and is one of the largest companies in Australia by market capitalisation . The English-registered plc arm has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . In 2015 , some BHP Billiton assets were demerged and rebranded as South32 , while a scaled-down BHP Billiton became BHP and , in 2018 , BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc became BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc , respectively .
Ford Motor Company , commonly known as Ford , is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn , Michigan , a suburb of Detroit . It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16 , 1903 . The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand , and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand . Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller , an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors . It also has joint-ventures in China ( Changan Ford ) , Taiwan ( Ford Lio Ho ) , Thailand ( AutoAlliance Thailand ) , Turkey ( Ford Otosan ) , and Russia ( Ford Sollers ) . The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family ; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power . Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines ; by 1914 , these methods were known around the world as Fordism . Ford 's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover , acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively , were sold to the Indian automaker Tata Motors in March 2008 . Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010 . In 2011 , Ford discontinued the Mercury brand , under which it had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States , Canada , Mexico , and the Middle East since 1938 . Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker ( behind General Motors ) and the fifth-largest in the world ( behind Toyota , VW , Hyundai-Kia and General Motors ) based on 2015 vehicle production . At the end of 2010 , Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe .