Martin Haese
Lord Mayor of Adelaide
In office
18 November 2014 – 12 November 2018
DeputyMegan Hender (2014-2017)
Sandy Verschoor (2017-2018)
Preceded byStephen Yarwood
Succeeded bySandy Verschoor
Personal details
Born
Martin Kinnear Haese

(1965-10-22) 22 October 1965 (age 58)
Adelaide, South Australia
Alma materSt. Ignatius' College

Martin Kinnear Haese (born 22 October 1965) was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide in South Australia from 2014 to 2018. Haese is an educator and an entrepreneur, who founded the Youthworks fashion chain in 1993 and built the business into a national chain of clothing, footwear, and lifestyle stores which he sold in 2005.[1]

Haese co-founded the Entrepreneurs' Organization in South Australia and later became the General Manager of the Rundle Mall Management Authority, a subsidiary organisation of the City of Adelaide, from 2010 to 2013.[2] As General Manager, Haese successfully launched public holiday trading[3] and built the case for a AUD$30 million public realm upgrade.[4]

From 2010 to 2014, Haese was the Chairman of the Bay to Birdwood motoring event.[5] He has served on various boards including the Adelaide Convention Bureau, South Australian Youth Arts Board and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Australian Institute of Business.[6] He was a guest lecturer for the University of Wollongong and the Australian Institute of Business for several years.[7] Haese was also the national Chair of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors in 2015.[8]

Haese was elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide in November 2014, defeating incumbent Stephen Yarwood by 218 votes.[9] As Lord Mayor, he led a partnership with TPG Telecom to roll out a 10 Gigabit ultra-fast fibre optic data network across the City of Adelaide and a number of investment partnerships with the State Government of South Australia into improved laneways,[10] tramways[11] and bikeways projects.[12]

Haese was a speaker at the Paris COP21 in December 2015.[13] Haese promoted Adelaide as a UNESCO City of Music.[14]

In September 2018, Haese announced that he would not contest the 2018 election.[15]

In 2019, Haese was appointed CEO of Business SA.[16]

Personal life

Haese is married to Genevieve Theseira-Haese, a Singaporean born marketing and communications entrepreneur.[17]

References

  1. ^ Hough, Andrew (10 November 2014). "Martin Haese is new Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Martin Haese, Lord Mayor". Corporation of the City of Adelaide. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Changes to trading hours – a boon for Adelaide's vibrancy". Corporation of the City of Adelaide. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "New Faces for New Phase at Rundle Mall". 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Bay to Birdwood appoints Mal Hyde as New Chair" (PDF). March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Martin Haese Australian Institute of Business Graduate". 25 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Educator". Martin Haese. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "City of Adelaide Lord Mayor, Martin Haese is the new CCCLM Chair for 2015". 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Businessman Martin Haese elected as Lord Mayor of Adelaide, ousting Stephen Yarwood". ABC. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ Holderhead, Sheradyn (17 June 2016). "$15m plan to connect Adelaide Riverbank to Central Market via network of revamped laneways". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  11. ^ Siebert, Bension (15 December 2016). "City tram plan: $20m for Festival Plaza extension, new trams". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  12. ^ Siebert, Bension (27 July 2016). "$12m deal to make Adelaide "the cycling capital of Australia"". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Adelaide plans to be world's first carbon-neutral city". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  14. ^ "On song – Adelaide named a UNESCO City of Music". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Lord Mayor Opens Up About the Personal Reasons Why he Won't Run Again". 5AA. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Welcome to our new CEO – Martin Haese". Business SA. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Genevieve". Martin Haese. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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