Ross Adler
{{short description|Australian business executive and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Ross Adler
| honorific-suffix = AC
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| birth_name = Norman Ross Adler
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|12|13}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| awards = Companion of the Order of Australia
| alma_mater = University of Melbourne
Columbia University
University of Adelaide
| occupation = Business executive
| office = {{Ubl
| CEO, Santos (1986–2000)
| Director, Commonwealth Bank (1990–2004)
| Director, Telstra (1996–2001)
| Chairman, Austrade (2001–2006)
| Deputy Chancellor, University of Adelaide (2007)
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Norman Ross Adler {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (born 13 December 1944)Who's Who in Australia 2018, ConnectWeb, 2018. is an Australian business executive, was the managing director of Santos from 1986 to 2000.[http://www.santos.com/library/annual_report_2000.pdf 2000 Annual Report], Santos pp 5,6,40,42,43,64,65 He also chaired the board of Austrade from 2001 to 2006.[http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1947981.htm Queen's Birthday Honours to 524 Australians], The World Today 11 June 2007
Education
Adler went to the University of Melbourne and graduated with Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in 1966.[http://www.fbe.unimelb.edu.au/downloads/AMatters_Sept07_d5.pdf Queen’s Birthday Honours], Faculty of Economics & Commerce, University of Melbourne, October 2007, pg 11 He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia University and the University of Adelaide.{{when|date=September 2021}}
Career
In 1990, Adler was made director of the Commonwealth Bank, after holding various management positions in other companies for fifteen years. He left the position in 2004.[http://www.commbank.com.au/shareholder/2005annualreport/our_directors_cr.asp Directors of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia], Annual Report 2005 Commonwealth Bank[http://www.commbank.com.au/AnnualReport2003/crep_ourdirect.html Directors of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia], Annual Report 2003, www.commbank.com.au Adler later became the Director of Telstra between 1996 and 2001. Afterwards, he was appointed by the Minister for Trade and Investment, Mark Vaile, to Chair the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade). He served in this role from 2001 to 2006, after the sudden resignation of Alan Jackson in 2001.[http://www.austrade.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/1358/Annual-Report-200506-Part4.pdf.aspx Board membership 2005–06], Austrade annual report 2005-06, pg64 In this period, Adler also became the Chairman and CEO of Amtrade International Pty Ltd from 2001 to 2005[http://www.amtrade.com.au/cp_company-history.html Company History], Amtrade International as well as the Chairman of Domino's Pizza Enterprises in Australia and New Zealand for two years in 2005 and 2006.[http://www.dominos.com.au/corporate/investors/boardofdirectors.aspx Board of Directors], Domino's Pizza After this, he had a short stint as the Chairman of the Adelaide Festival in 2006/2007 and was also the Deputy Chancellor of the University of Adelaide in 2007.[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news17895.html Business leader is new Deputy Chancellor], Media Release, Friday, 9 March 2007, University of Adelaide For a couple of years in 2007/2008, Adler was the Chairman of both the Port Adelaide Maritime Corporation and the Defence SA Advisory Board.[http://www.defencesa.com/Content/Uploaded/News/Documents/Defence%20SA%20Annual%20Report%202007_08.pdf Defence SA Advisory Board members], Defence SA Annual Report 2007-2008, www.defencesa.com, pg 9[http://www.defencesa.com/Content/Uploaded/News/Documents/DefenceSAannRep09.pdf Defence SA Annual Report 2008-09], pg 1 Since 2008, Adler has held senior board positions at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the University of Adelaide in the university's Management Advisory Committee and Alumni Association.
Honours and awards
- Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), 11 June 2007[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1134641 Companion of the Order of Australia], itsanhonour.gov.au
:For service to business and commerce, particularly through the promotion of international trade and as a contributor to company and commercialisation development in Australia, to the community through administrative roles with educational institutions, and as a supporter of the arts.[http://www.ag.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/893508C1F7660490CA2572F800161245/$file/S100.pdf Queen's Birthday 2007 Honours], Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No S100, 11 June 2007, ag.gov.au, pg 1
- Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 26 January 1999[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870803 Officer of the Order of Australia], itsanhonour.gov.au
:For service to business and commerce, to the promotion of the arts in South Australia, and to the community.Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No S16, 26 January 1999
- Centenary Medal, 1 January 2001[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1115114 Centenary Medal], itsanhonour.gov.au
:For outstanding service to Australia's international trade
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Category:20th-century Australian businesspeople
Category:21st-century Australian businesspeople
Category:Columbia Business School alumni
Category:Companions of the Order of Australia
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