Peter
Holmes à Court

Speaker Profile

Peter Holmes à Court is the Chairman of ISFM, which provides specialist services to the sports industry. He is co-owner (with Russell Crowe) of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a director of Viocorp International, one of Australia's leading internet broadcasting companies, on the board of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority and recently became the Founding Chairman of The Greater Sydney Partnership, a new not for profit initiative established to help promote Sydney's interests as a global city.

In 1993, Peter formed Back Row Productions, operating in New York, London and Sydney. Back Row produced over 20 live shows in 30 countries and 300 cities worldwide. Live acts included the Australian show Tap Dogs, Eddie Izzard and Jerry Seinfeld.

Peter returned to Australia in November 2000 and until January 2004 held the position as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Agricultural Company and was responsible for re-listing AACo on the Australian Stock Exchange. Founded in 1824, AACo is Australia's oldest continuously operating company and today is the largest cattle company in the world managing over 600,000 head of cattle over 15 million acres. Until recently he was also a director of Queensland Rail.

Peter read law at Oxford University and received his BA in economics and theatre from Middlebury College, Vermont. He lives in Sydney and is the proud husband of Divonne Holmes à Court (the founder of Smart Population Foundation) and father to their two sets of twins, George and Robert and Elsa and Madison.

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