Ashley William Goldsworthy (born 2 November 1935) is an Australian computer scientist and business executive. He was federal president of the

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from 1990 to 1993. He is deputy chair of the Brisbane Catholic Education Council, and a director of the anti-

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lobby group Marriage Alliance.

Career

Professor Goldsworthy has Degrees in accounting, business, science, public administration, theology, and canon law. As Chairman of the Education & Training Committee of the Business Council of Australia, Professor Goldsworthy was instrumental in establishing the Business/Higher Education Round Table, which was launched by the

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in 1990. He was B-HERT Director 1990-95 and 2008 to date; President 1995–97; Executive Director 1997–2008. He has an extensive business career with roles including former Chairman/CEO of billion dollar corporations, both domestic and international, in construction (of what was then the largest construction company in Australia), housing, hotel, gaming (casinos), property development, information technology, and banking and insurance industries. Professor Goldsworthy's current roles include: * He is currently Chairman/CEO of companies in the fields of information technology, education and training, finance, and human resources. * Honorary Treasurer of the La Pacifique Apartments Body Corporate. Former roles held by Professor Goldsworthy: * Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Leadership at

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. * Federal President and Life Member of the Liberal Party * Member of Federal Government's Industry Research & Development Board; Australian-American Fulbright Commission; Australian Science and Technology Council; Australian Payments System Council; National Library; and Australian Law Reform Commission; * Chairman of the Centre for International Research on ICT at RMIT University * President and CEO of the

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* World President of the International Federation for Information Processing, and in 1999 achieved the rare honour of being elected an Honorary Member of that body. * Prior to his business career he was Director of Economic Statistics for the Australian Government.

Community service

Community service includes work for: *Scout Association *Arthritis Foundation *Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal *National Gallery of Victoria *Queensland Theatre Company (Chairman) *Australian Ballet *Queensland Ballet (Life Member) *Queensland Performing Arts Trust.

Recognition

He was awarded * Officer of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(OBE) in 1982 * Officer of the

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(AO) in 1991 *

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ...

in 2003Centenary Medal granted 1 January 2001 'For service to Australian society in information technology', ''It's An Honour: the Australian Honours database''
Accessed 13 March 2017 * Knight of Malta (KM) in 2009 * In 1996 the People's Republic of China honoured him by electing him a Fellow of the Chinese Institute of Electronics. * He was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsworthy, Ashley 1935 births Living people People from Culcairn Bond University faculty Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal Liberal Party of Australia Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Knights of Malta Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering