Anthony "Tony" Shepherd (born 5th June 1944,

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) is an Australian businessman. The first 15 years of his career were in the

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. He joined

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in 1979, going on to become chairman of the Transfield board. Shepherd resigned from Transfield in 2013. He is currently Chair of the Boards of the

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, the

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and the

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Career

Tony Shepherd was educated at CBC St Kilda in

and started his career as a federal public servant while studying commerce part-time at the

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. He worked in defence procurement in

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and for three years in

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in the 1970s. On return to Australia in 1973 he joined the National Pipeline Authority under energy minister

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. He worked on the development of the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline during this time. He spent a total of 15 years as a public servant. In 1979 a friend introduced Shepherd to

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, who offered him a job at the infrastructure company

in North Sydney. At Transfield, Shepherd's first big project was the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, which was an early example of

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in Australia. In March 2001, Shepherd was appointed a director on the Transfield Services board. He became Chairman in 2005, retiring from the role in October 2013. During his time at Transfield he worked on EastLink and the

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. In 2011 he became president of the

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for a two-year term, later extended by six months to March 2014. He was succeeded by

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. By 2012 he was also chairing the

and was a trustee and later chairman of the

. As Chair of the Giants, he and other board members set key performance indicators for both the football and business side of the team. In June 2012 he was made an officer of the

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for services to business, particularly infrastructure development, the arts and sport. In November 2013 he was appointed chairman of the

. He was chairman of Abbott Government's

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which ran between 2013 and March 2014. He was chairman of the WestConnex Delivery Authority from its establishment in November 2013, resigning in October 2015 when the organisation was merged into the Sydney Motorway Corporation.

Personal life

Tony married in 1964 to Loredana Vilovich. They had three children, Lisa Shepherd in 1965 and Twins John & Rebecca Shepherd in 1969. Divorced after 12 years, Tony raised his children in Sydney. Tony remarried in 2018 to Maryanne Graham and is stepfather to Cassie & Alexandra Graham.

References

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