Chris Corrigan (born 1946) is an Australian businessman. He was the managing director of the

Patrick Corporation Patrick Corporation is an Australian seaport operator with operations in Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. Formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, it is owned by Brookfield Asset Management and Qube Holdings. History ...

until it was taken over in 2006. Born in country

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, he was educated at

Bowral High School , motto_translation = Higher , slogan = Exceptional learning opportunities for all , location = Aitken Road, Bowral, Southern Highlands, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map ...

, the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

and

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. In the US he developed an interest in marketing and media and acquired new techniques in retail finance, including margin lending, which he introduced to Australia. He joined stockbroker

Ord Minnett Ord Minnett is an Australian wealth management company. History Ord Minnett was founded in 1951 by Charles Ord and Jack Minnett. In 1969, Bankers Trust and Ord Minnett formed BT-Ord, a merchant bank with Ord Minnett having a 60% shareholding. Or ...

as an analyst in 1968 and moved to BT Australia as investment manager in 1970. He was appointed managing director in 1979. Corrigan formed a partnership with Peter Scanlon, a former Elders executive, in 1990 when he set up an investment and management services business that first became the Lang Corporation and later stevedore company

. Corrigan is best known for the

1998 Australian waterfront dispute The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was an event in Australian industrial relations history, in which the Patrick Corporation undertook a restructuring of their operations for the purpose of dismissing their workforce. The restructuring by ...

, in which he attempted to sack the heavily unionised workforce and replace it with strikebreakers, eventually leading to reform and restructuring of dockyard labour practices. In the 2007 miniseries ''

Bastard Boys ''Bastard Boys'' is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. The script, published by Currency Press, won the 2007 Queens ...

'' about the dispute, Corrigan was played by Geoff Morrell. In 2007, Corrigan became non-executive chairman of companies associated with KFM Diversified Infrastructure and Logistics Fund which became

Qube Holdings Qube Holdings is a diversified logistics and infrastructure company in Australia. History In July 2006, following the takeover of Patrick Corporation by Toll Holdings, Chris Corrigan and some executives departed and teamed with Kaplan Funds Ma ...

. The companies have bought into joint ventures in some of the stevedoring, wharf and shipping operations acquired by

DP World DP World is an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It specialises in cargo logistics, port terminal operations, maritime services and free trade zones. Formed in 2005 by the merger of Dubai Ports Auth ...

when it took over P&O Transport Australia.

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1946 births Living people Harvard University alumni Australian businesspeople People from Bowral Date of birth missing (living people) Qube Holdings Australian National University alumni {{Australia-business-bio-stub