Matthew Miles
Matthew William Miles is an Australian veterinarian, businessman, and executive in the Australian health industry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of MS Research Australia.[1]
Veterinary career[edit]
Miles studied veterinary science at The University of Queensland from 1986-1991. Upon graduating, he spent two years in Mosman and Lane Cove working with Stephen Van Mil, an Australian veterinarian who later became a television and film personality.[2][3]
Medical research[edit]
From 2007 to 2012, Miles served as Director of External Relations at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine,[4] while obtaining a Masters of Business Administration degree there. In May 2012, he became CEO of MS Research Australia (MSRA), founded in 2004 by Simon McKeon.[5]
He received the Harvard Club of Australia's Not for Profit Fellowship (2015);[6] and in 2016 was shortlisted for "Not for Profit Executive of the Year" by CEO magazine.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Miles is the great-nephew of Sydney personality Bea Miles, the subject of numerous books and short stories (including the bestselling novel Lilian's Story,[8] later adapted into a film starring Ruth Cracknell, Toni Collette, and Barry Otto), and a play starring Toni Lamond.[9] Miles's grandfather, Arthur William Miles, and great-uncle, John (Jack) Miles, were owners and managers of George Street’s Peapes Menswear, a landmark gentleman's department store of the late 19th – early 20th centuries.[10][11][12]
References[edit]
- ↑ Boyd, Edward. “Cream of the Awards Crop Over the Moo,” Sydney Daily Telegraph, 19 July 2017.
- ↑ "EXPOSED: STEPHEN VAN MIL - Screenworks". 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "Stephen Van Mil – Bangalow Pictures". bangalowpictures.com.au.
- ↑ http://blogs.unsw.edu.au/foundation/files/2011/06/FP-201102-UNSW-Medicine1.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Simon McKeon - Australian philanthropist and investment banker".
- ↑ "News Release: Dr Matthew Miles, CEO, MS Research Australia - one of two Non-Profit Fellowship Recipients".
- ↑ "Not for Profit Executive of the Year | Executive of the Year Awards".
- ↑ "Lilian's Story: Readers' Notes - Kate Grenville". kategrenville.com.
- ↑ “The Incredible Lightness of Bea,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 April 1922, p.16.
- ↑ "Peapes - The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org.
- ↑ Barlass, Tim (17 September 2017). "The new ghostly attraction in Wynyard - catch it before it is spirited away" – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Peapes "Ghost Sign" in Sydney NSW". nbglandscapes.com.au.
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