Introduction
Gary Francis Neat' (born 27 October 1948) is an Australian business leader and company director. He is a former journalist and senior political figure.
Career
Neat is Chair of the ADSHAN Group and the former National President of the Australian Institute of Management.
He was a Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has a master's degree in Management from the Norwegian School of Management. Attended Newcastle Boys' High School.
He’s a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Vic) and the Australian Marketing Institute. Neat has been awarded 5 Australian Marketing Awards and was Chairman of the Australian Marketing Industry Review.
Among some 20 directorships, he was formerly a Director of Greening Australia, a Director of the Adult Community & Further Education Board, a Director of the Joint Accreditation System for Australia & New Zealand and a Vice President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria. He was also Australia’s representative on Asia’s major business forum – AAMO.
Neat was State Director of the Liberal Party in Queensland for 7-years 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. He published “The New Politics” in 1987.
Neat was a senior journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for 16-years including assignments as a Foreign Correspondent in Asia during the 70’s in Indochina, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong & the Philippines. He was a Political Correspondent with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and a producer with the BBC in London.