Peter Hallam Bush is an Australian business executive. He was previously the chairman of Southern Cross Austereo.[1] He was managing director of McDonald's Australia[2] and a former director of Lion Nathan.[3]
Peter Bush | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bulli, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Newington College Macquarie University |
| Spouse | Adrienne Chartres |
| Parent | Roger Bush |
Early life and family
editBush is the son of a Methodist minister and media personality, the Rev Roger Bush, and was born in Bulli, New South Wales.[4] He was educated at Newington College (1964-1970)[5] and Macquarie University.[6] He married Adrienne Chartres on 17 August 1981 and is the father of a daughter and son.[citation needed]
Business career
editHe has been Chairman and CEO of Schwarzkopf Australasia[7] and has held senior marketing positions with AGB McNair, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and Arnott's. He was Managing Director of McDonald's Australia Limited from 2005 until retiring in 2010 due to ill health. In December 2011 he was appointed chairman of Nine Entertainment and he resigned in 2013.[8]
Sport
editBush is a past Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and headed the inquiry into the storm ravaged 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[9]
References
edit- ↑ Southern Cross Austereo profit plunges, Peter Bush named as chairman. Retrieved 11 September 2015
- ↑ Super resize me The Age 11 June 2005
- ↑ Lion Nathan appoints Peter Bush as non-executive director. Retrieved 9 April 2013
- ↑ Who's Who in Australia 2013 (Crown Content, 2013) pp398
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp15
- ↑ Peter Bush studied economics at Macquarie University Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ ICMI Speakers and Entertainers. Retrieved 9 April 2013
- ↑ [http://www.afr.com/tags;jsessionid=0C86A2A49321F0D39188A943A002373D?tag=P_Peter%20Bush Australian Financial Review Retrieved 9 April 2013
- ↑ Yacht disaster inquiries launched BBC News 29 December 1998