Ashley Goldsworthy
President of the Liberal Party of Australia
In office
23 October 1990 – 28 August 1993
LeaderJohn Hewson
Preceded byJohn Elliott
Succeeded byTony Staley
Personal details
Born
Ashley William Goldsworthy

(1935-11-22) 22 November 1935 (age 88)[1]
Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Occupationacademic, computer scientist, business executive

Ashley William Goldsworthy AO, OBE (born 2 November 1935) is an Australian computer scientist and business executive. He was federal president of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1993. He is deputy chair of the Brisbane Catholic Education Council, and a director of the anti-same-sex marriage lobby group Marriage Alliance.[2][3]

Career

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Professor Goldsworthy has Degrees in accounting, business, science, public administration, theology, and canon law.

As Chairman of the Education & Training Committee of the Business Council of Australia, Professor Goldsworthy was instrumental in establishing the Business/Higher Education Round Table, which was launched by the Governor-General in 1990. He was B-HERT Director 1990-95 and 2008 to date; President 1995–97; Executive Director 1997–2008.

He has an extensive business career with roles including former Chairman/CEO of billion dollar corporations, both domestic and international, in construction (of what was then the largest construction company in Australia), housing, hotel, gaming (casinos), property development, information technology, and banking and insurance industries.

Professor Goldsworthy's current roles include:

Former roles held by Professor Goldsworthy:

Community service

Community service includes work for:

Recognition

He was awarded

References

  1. ^ a b Biographical entry: Goldsworthy, Ashley William (1935 - ), Encyclopedia of Australian Science
  2. ^ James Robertson (12 August 2015), Grassroots anti-marriage lobbies have powerful connections, Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ The Canberra Times, 29 Aug 1993
  4. ^ "Ashley W. Goldsworthy". Catholic Education Council, Archdiocese of Brisbane. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ^ John Sevior, (23 April 1993), Ashley Goldsworthy & The Liberals' Princely Pretenders, Sydney Morning Herald, p. 41. Accessed 13 March 2017
  6. ^ The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) granted 12 June 1982 'For service to information technology, particularly through the Australian Computer Society', It's An Honour: the Australian Honours database. Accessed 13 March 2017
  7. ^ Officer of the Order of Australia granted 10 June 1991 'for service to information technology particularly through the Australian Computer Society', It's An Honour: the Australian Honours database. Accessed 13 March 2017
  8. ^ Centenary Medal granted 1 January 2001 'For service to Australian society in information technology', It's An Honour: the Australian Honours database. Accessed 13 March 2017
Party political offices Preceded byJohn Elliott Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia 1990–1993 Succeeded byTony Staley
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