Matthew William Miles is an Australian

veterinarian A veterinarian (vet), also known as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary physician, is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, vet ...

, businessman, and executive in the Australian health industry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of

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, Australia's largest

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, which won the 2017

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Charity of the Year and 2017 NSW Business of the Year under Miles's stewardship.

Veterinary career

Miles studied veterinary science at

The University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = Br ...

from 1986-1991. Upon graduating, he spent two years in

Mosman Mosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governm ...

and

Lane Cove Lane Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove is nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governmen ...

working with Stephen Van Mil, an Australian veterinarian who later became a well-known television and film personality. Miles subsequently lived and worked across numerous veterinary placements in the UK before moving to

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in 2000 with his wife, Caroline. On returning to Sydney in 2003, he continued to practice as a veterinarian until 2007, when he decided to pursue his interest in community engagement, fundraising and disability medical research.

Medical research

From 2007 to 2012, Miles served as Director of External Relations at

the University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public university, public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight (Australian universities), ...

(UNSW) Medicine, while obtaining a Masters of Business Administration degree there. In May 2012, he became CEO of MS Research Australia (MSRA), founded in 2004 by

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. He received the Harvard Club of Australia's Not for Profit Fellowship (2015); and in 2016 was shortlisted for "Not for Profit Executive of the Year" by CEO magazine.

Personal life

Miles is the great-nephew of Sydney personality

Bea Miles Beatrice Miles (17 September 19023 December 1973) was an Australian eccentric and bohemian rebel. Described as Sydney's "iconic eccentric", she was known for her contentious relationships with the city's taxi drivers and for her ability to quot ...

, the subject of numerous books and short stories (including the bestselling novel ''

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'', later adapted into a film starring

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, and

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), and a play starring

Toni Lamond Patricia Lamond Lawman AM (born 29 March 1932), professionally known as Toni Lamond, is an Australian vaudevillian, cabaret performer, singer, actress, dancer, and comedian. She has had a successful career spanning some 80 years, both locally ...

. Miles's grandfather, Arthur William Miles, and great-uncle, John (Jack) Miles, were owners and managers of George Street’s Peapes Menswear, a landmark gentleman's department store of the late 19th – early 20th centuries.

References

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