Peter Bush (businessman)

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Peter Bush
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Education Newington College
Macquarie University
SpouseAdrienne Chartres
Parent Roger Bush

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 Limited [2] and a former director of Lion Nathan. [3]

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Early life and family

Bush 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

He 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 Co and he resigned in 2013. [8]

Sporting

Bush 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]

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References

  1. Southern Cross Austereo profit plunges, Peter Bush named as chairman. Retrieved 11 September 2015
  2. Super resize me. Retrieved 9 April 2013
  3. Lion Nathan appoints Peter Bush as non-executive director. Retrieved 9 April 2013
  4. Who's Who in Australia 2013 (Crown Content, 2013) pp398
  5. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp15
  6. Peter Bush studied economics at Macquarie University Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ICMI Speakers and Entertainers. Retrieved 9 April 2013
  8. Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 9 April 2013
  9. BBC News - Yacht disaster inquiries launched. Retrieved 9 April 2013