John Story (businessman)
{{Short description|Australian businessman}}
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John Douglas Story {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}}, an Australian businessman, was previously a chairman and/or director of a number of Australian listed corporations.
Story is the grandson of John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant.
Career
After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:
- Echo Entertainment Group (2011–2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.tabcorp.com.au/investor-centre_shareholder-centre_demerger-of-echo-2011.aspx |title=Demerger of Echo Entertainment Group |accessdate=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601235645/http://www.tabcorp.com.au/investor-centre_shareholder-centre_demerger-of-echo-2011.aspx |archivedate=2012-06-01 }} In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Limited, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign {{Cite web|title=Echo chairman bows to Packer pressure|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/echo-chairman-bows-to-packer-pressure-20120608-20094.html|date=2012-06-08|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}
- CSR Ltd (2003–2012) {{cite web|url=http://www.csr.com.au/Investor-Centre-and-News/News-Releases/Pages/Changes-to-CSR-board.aspx |title=Changes to CSR board | CSR |accessdate=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531093819/http://www.csr.com.au/Investor-Centre-and-News/News-Releases/Pages/Changes-to-CSR-board.aspx |archivedate=2012-05-31 }}
- Suncorp Group Ltd (1995 – 2011, chairman 2003 – 2011) {{Cite web|title=New chairman at Suncorp as insurer faces the heat over offshoring - Corporate - Insurance News - insuranceNEWS.com.au|url=https://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/new-chairman-at-suncorp-as-insurer-faces-the-heat-over-offshoring|website=www.insurancenews.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}
- Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (2004 – 2011, chairman 2007 – 2011) {{cite web|url=http://www.tabcorp.com.au/resources.ashx/shareholderreportschilddatadocuments/1347/FileName/A676F3DB1E973CFA5817D9E84DF89C4F/Concise_-_Directors_report.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813074839/http://www.tabcorp.com.au/resources.ashx/shareholderreportschilddatadocuments/1347/FileName/A676F3DB1E973CFA5817D9E84DF89C4F/Concise_-_Directors_report.pdf |archivedate=2012-08-13 }}
- Magontec Ltd (2001–2005)
John Story was the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 2009 until 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2009/02/john-story-uq-chancellor-new-century |title=John Story is UQ Chancellor for the new century |website=uq.edu.au |publisher= The University of Queensland}} He was preceded by Llew Edwards and succeeded by Peter Varghese. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.{{Cite web |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/story-john-douglas-8689 |title=Story, John Douglas (1869–1966) |last=Story |first=Georgina |website=adb.anu.edu.au |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |year=1990}}
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