Stephen Cartwright OAM is an experienced entrepreneur, business leader and Board Director, with a track recordโฏofโฏsuccessfully building businesses, as well as leading Australia’s largest Business Chamber.
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He startedโฏhis careerโฏas a Cadet Mining Engineer with Queensland Coal and, after four years, transitioned into an Industrial Relations advisory role with the Australian Industry Group. He then spent two years as the Regional Industrial Relations Advocate for the NSW Chamber of Manufactures in the Hunter Valley, before being promoted to Deputy Director of Industrial Relations in Sydney. On completing his Law degree, he became the founding partner of the specialist law firm, Fisher Cartwright Berriman. He was also a founding shareholder and Board Director of the Chandler Macleod Group when it was formed inโฏ1995, andโฏwas appointed Managing Director from 1997 through to 2008. During his 11-year tenure as the MD and CEO, the company grew from a small privately-owned business to an ASX listed company with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion, with 1,200 staff operating from 80 offices across Australia and NZ, and 14 branded recruitment and consulting divisions. In 2009 he was then appointed to the role of CEO of the NSW Business Chamber (now known as Business NSW), which is the peak business policy, advocacy and services organisation in NSW.โฏ As CEO, Stephen was able to substantially grow the organisation such that it now employs over 700 staff in 55 offices throughout Australia, China and the UK. He also led a 3 year digital transformation project for the organisation which launched in March 2020.โฏโฏ
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Stephen was, until recently, the Chairman of the software businessโฏEatClubโฏand the Chairman of the International Education Advisory Board to Study NSW. He has been a Director on a number of Boards over his career, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), HumanForce Software, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors and Service NSW, and he was also Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce WCF.โฏ
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Stephen has built extensiveโฏrelationships in business, industry and government across NSW and throughout Australia. Through his role representing Australia on the International Chamber of Commerce WCF Council, he has also developed strong networks withโฏBusiness Chamber leaders across the globe including in the UK, Europe, Israel, US, South America and the UAE. Hisโฏfocus for the past decade has been championing the success of NSW businesses, both domestically and internationally.โฏโฏ
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โฏStephen’s appointment is part ofโฏa commitment by Investment NSW to increase our representation in overseas markets and expand theโฏstate’s global network of trade and investment offices. Stephen will be responsible for leading NSW’s international trade activities across the UK and Europe and will be based in London.โฏA copy of the media release announcing Stephen’s appointment is here.
