Richard Hugh "Rick" Allert AO is an Australian businessman who was chair of Tourism Australia from 2007 to 2012. Before this, he worked with Carroll Winter & Co Chartered Accountants from 1959 to 1960, and then with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company from 1960; he was a partner with them from 1973 to 1979. He was a senior partner of Allert Heard & Co Chartered Accountants (1979–89) until it was acquired by the then Arthur Andersen & Co in 1989. He was chair of Southcorp (1989–2002). In 1995, he was appointed a director of Coles Myer. He was chair of Coles Myer from 2002 until it was acquired by Wesfarmers in 2007. Allert is also chair of

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Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd, Voyages Hotels & Resorts Pty Ltd and a Director of the

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. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1997, an Honorary Doctor of the University of South Australia in 2000, awarded the

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in 2001, and was appointed an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

(AO) in 2008.

Director list

* Northern Territory Development Corporation *

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South Australian Oil & Gas Corporation South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

Chairman list

*Chairman of the National Mutual Life Association Ltd. (NMLA) *Chairman of the Aboriginal Foundation of South Australia Inc. *Chairman of the Western Desert Resources Ltd. • Chairman of the James Morrison Academy of Music

Charity positions

*Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme (SA) *National President of the National Heart Foundation of Australia *Chairman

Pembroke School Foundation Pembroke may refer to: Places Australia * Electoral division of Pembroke, an electoral division in Tasmania * Pembroke Land District, formerly Pembroke County, Tasmania Bermuda * Pembroke Parish Canada * Pembroke, West Hants, Nova Scotia * Pem ...

*Deputy Chairman of the

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Ltd.

Awards

In 2011, Rick Allert was the recipient of The Ernst & Young Champion of Entrepreneurship Award, Central Region. This award is given to those individuals "with a long-term record of outstanding entrepreneurial achievement, who have driven the growth of an Australian company, or companies over a sustained period of time and made a significant contribution to their community."

Other positions

*Commissioner of the

South Australian Health Commission South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

*Deputy Chairman of the

South Australian Development Council South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

*Chairman of

AustralAsia Railway Corporation The AustralAsia Railway Corporation (AARC) was established in 1997 by the Government of the Northern Territory to build the Alice Springs to Darwin section of the Adelaide-Darwin Railway. The Government of South Australia holds 50% of its board p ...

*Chairman of the National Wine Centre *Member of the

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References

External links

*Review of Business Taxation

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allert, Richard Australian accountants Living people People educated at Pembroke School, Adelaide Officers of the Order of Australia Year of birth missing (living people)