Geoff Allen

Biography

Geoffrey David Allen (born 9 December 1941) is an Australian businessman and recipient of the Order of Australia recognised for his contributions to business-government relations and corporate public affairs. He began his career in the Australian Public Service as a senior advisor to the Commonwealth Treasurer and Leader of the Opposition, Billy Snedden. Transitioning to academia, Allen was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Management, a predecessor of the Melbourne Business School (MBS). As an adjunct professor, he taught MBA and executive programs for over three decades and served as Deputy Chairman of MBS. Allen was the co-founder and inaugural CEO of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), leading it for five years during the transformative Hawke Government period of the 1980s. He later founded the Allen Consulting Group, serving as its chairman and advising companies and government agencies. Currently, Allen chairs the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, a professional body with the membership of more than 100 corporate affairs departments of companies and government enterprises. Previously, Allen chaired Commonwealth trade advisory councils (1989–2007) under the Hawke, Keating, and Howard governments, including the Trade Negotiations Advisory Group, Trade Policy Advisory Council, and its successor, the Trade Advisory Council. He also served as Chairman of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, and was the director of three public companies, Pasminco, Ausdoc, and Southern Cross Broadcasting.

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