Kim Beazley

Mr Beazley is a former Australian politician and diplomat, serving as a Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments holding the portfolios of Defence, Finance and Special Minister of State, among others. Mr Beazley has also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition and, during his time in office, on parliamentary committees covering Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to the Parliament of Australia and was appointed the 33rd Governor of Western Australian in 2018, serving in this role until 2022. Mr Beazley served as Ambassador to the United States of America between 2010 and 2016.His commercial service currently extends to Chair of the Perth US Asia Centre Board; Board Member of Luerssen Australia; Adviser to Lockheed Martin Australia; Chair of the Council for the Australian War Memorial; and Adviser to TG & Associates.