Heather Ridout

Recent Speaker

Chief Executive Australian Industry Group

November 30, 2011

11.30am - 1.30pm

"Taking Charge of our Future"

Heather Ridout will discuss the choices we face and the challenges we confront as a nation if we are to create a positive agenda and a positive future for Australia. 

Heather Ridout is Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group - a leading industry association representing businesses in a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, construction, automotive, ICT, transport, defence, labour hire and other industries.

She is a member of a number of key national policy setting and consultative groups including Infrastructure Australia; the, National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee; and Skills Australia. She was also a member of the Henry Tax Review, the Business Roundtable on Climate Change, the Prime Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery and chaired the Productivity and Prosperity Advisory Panel of the Population Strategy Task Force.

Mrs Ridout has various other appointments including Director of the Australian Super Trustee Board, Sims Metal Management Ltd and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

She heads an organisation committed to helping Australian industry with a focus on building competitive and sustainable industries through global integration, skills development, productive and flexible workplace relations, infrastructure development and innovation.