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| Colin Noble |
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Brian Finn
Magnolia Greens North Body Corporate Nominee
Member of Magnolia Greens North Body Corporate Committee
Treasurer of the Principal Body Corporate
Treasurer of the Principal Body Corporate
Chairman of the Communications Sub-Committee
Member of the Finance & Contracts Sub-Committee
Brian and his wife, Ivy have lived in Magnolia Drive East since 2005. Before that, they lived for 10 years on The Sovereign Islands, where they moved from Sydney, after Brian retired as CEO and Chairman of IBM Australia, in 1993. He spent more than 30 years with IBM and he and Ivy and their children lived in the UK, the USA, India, Hong Kong and of course, Australia.
After retiring, Brian continued as a Company Director. He was a Board member of a number of public, private and government-owned companies, including Heytesbury (the Holmes à Court Family company), National Mutual, AXA Asia Pacific and Telstra. He was Chairman of CitiPower, Sydney Ports Corporation, Southcorp (now part of Foster's Group) and the Vita Group.
He has served on a number of government and public bodies and committees, including the National Science & Technology Centre and the Australian National Training Authority where he was Chairman of both; the Australian American Education Foundation (Fulbright); the Board of Governors of the University of Western Sydney.
Although retired, he is a Trustee of Bond University and Chairman of The Gold Coast Innovation Centre.
He has Honorary Doctorates from Griffith University, Wollongong University and the University of Western Sydney. He is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at The University of Technology Sydney. He is an Adjunct Professor at Griffith University
He was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1990 for services to Business, Industry & Education and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for services to Australian Society through Technological Industries.
