Gary Francis Neat (born 27 October 1948) is an Australian business leader and company director. He is a former journalist and senior political figure.

Early life and education

Neat attended Newcastle Boys' High School. He was a Chevening Scholar[1] at the London School of Economics and Political Science and has a master's degree in management from the Norwegian School of Management.

Career

Neat was a senior journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for 16 years, including assignments as a foreign correspondent in Asia during the 1970s in Indochina, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines[2] and work as a political correspondent[3][4] including on Nationwide.[5] He was also a producer with the BBC in London.

Neat is a former national president of the Australian Institute of Management,[6][7] of which he is a life fellow, and is chair of the ADSHAN Group.[8]

He was a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors,[9] the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Vic) and the Australian Marketing Institute. He has been awarded five Australian Marketing Awards and was chairman of the Australian Marketing Industry Review.[10]

In politics, Neat was state director of the Liberal Party in Queensland for seven years beginning in 1982[5][11] and directed more than 20 election campaigns. He was a member of the Liberal Party's Federal Executive and ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1987.[6][12] He published The New Politics in 1987.[13][14]

Among some 20 directorships, he was formerly a director of Greening Australia, a director of the Adult Community & Further Education Board,[15] a director of the Joint Accreditation System for Australia & New Zealand and a vice president of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria.[13] He was also Australia's representative on AAMO, the Asian business forum.

Personal life

Neat's son Adam Gary Neat worked as a DJ under the name Adam Sky and died in 2019.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Chevening". chevening.org.
  2. ↑ "Papers of Gary Neat, [manuscript]. - Version details -". Trove.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Fay; Trembath, Richard (2011). Witnesses To War: The History Of Australian Conflict Reporting. Melbourne University. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-522-86022-1.
  4. ↑ "Search". awm.gov.au.
  5. 1 2 Stewart, Andrew (4 April 1982). "First real signs of a resurgence by Labor in Queensland". The Canberra Times. p. 2.
  6. 1 2 "Journalists in Parliament". Crikey. 27 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "Authors: Gary Neat". On Line Opinion. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "ADSHAN Consulting Group - Gary Neat". adshan.com.au.
  9. ↑ "Our Fellows - IPAA Victoria". ipaa.org.au.
  10. ↑ Smeaton, Kirra, ed. (2012). Who's who in Business in Australia 2012-2013. Crown Content. p. 863. ISBN 978-1-74095-182-1.
  11. ↑ Stewart, Andrew (5 December 1982). "Queensland: Liberals' popularity slips even further, to the glee of both the other parties". The Canberra Times. p. 2.
  12. ↑ "Qld state director nominated". The Canberra Times. 8 June 1987. p. 3.
  13. 1 2 "Annual Report 2013/2014" (PDF). Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Qld Liberal hits out at own party". The Canberra Times. 26 October 1987. p. 7.
  15. ↑ Adult, Community and Further Education Board Annual Report
  16. ↑ "Australian DJ Adam Neat dies in Bali 'after crashing through glass'". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 5 May 2019.
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