Person
Finn, Thomas Brian (Brian) (1937 - 2023)
AO FTSE
- Born
- 3 August 1937
Newcastle, United Kingdom - Died
- 18 April 2023
Queenland, Australia - Occupation
- Business executive and Company director
Summary
Brian Finn was a business executive who, for many years, was at the forefront of the rapidly developing field of computing and information technology. He joined IBM in 1959 and for the next 20 years worked in marketing, software development and increasingly senior management roles in the U.S.A., and southern and southeast Asia. In 1980 be became Managing Director of IBM Australia and, after retiring, Chairman of the company for a further five years. Finn had a long-term interest in education. In 1992 he chaired the Australian Education Council Review Committee on Young People's Participation in Post-compulsory Education and Training, which had a significant impact on the development of education in Australia. He served a term as Chairman of the Australian National Training Authority and established the Business Council of Australia's Education and Training Committee. Businesses of which he served as a member of the board included Telstra Corporation and Southcorp Limited.
Details
Chronology
- 1980 - 1993
- Career position - Managing Director, IBM Australia
- 1989
- Award - Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
- 1989 - 1997
- Career position - Chairman, National Science and Technology Centre
- 1990
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to business, to industry and to education
- 1990
- Career position - Member, Board of Governors, University of Western Sydney
- 1991
- Career position - Chair, Review of Post Compulsory Education, Australian Education Council
- 1991 - 2023
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Board Member, Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation
- 1992 - 1995
- Career position - Chairman, Australian National Training Authority
- 1993 - 1996
- Career position - Board member, Telstra Corporation
- 1993 - 1998
- Career position - Chairman, IBM Australia
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Chairman, CitiPower Ltd
- 1994 - 2005
- Career position - Director, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd
- 1996 - 2001
- Career position - Deputy Chairman, Southcorp Limited
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through technological industries
- 2002 - 2005
- Career position - Chairman, Southcorp Limited
- 2003 - 2008
- Career position - Chairman, Vita Group Ltd (fmly Fone Zone Ltd)
- 2004
- Award - Doctor of Education (honoris causa), University of Wollongong
- 2008 - 2013
- Career position - Chairman, Gold Coast Innovtion Centre
- 2011 - 2017
- Career position - Chairman, Chesterfield Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Thomas (Brian) Finn AO FTSE', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 215 (2023), 64, https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-215/. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 23 July 2024