Paul A. Broad
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (March 2021) |
Paul Anthony Broad (born 8 April 1951) is an Australian economist known for his management of government business departments. In 2011 he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure NSW.[1] He is an advocate of user-pays pricing, and has a philosophical commitment to involving the private sector.[1]
Early life[edit]
Moved from the Central Coast to the Newcastle area in 1964.[2]
He attended high school at Hamilton Marist Brothers college.[2]
He received Honours and master's degrees from Newcastle University in Economics. His honours thesis was on the perils of price control in the milk industry.[1]
Career[edit]
He began his career in the Federal Treasury in Canberra in 1974.[3]
returned to Newcastle to complete a Masters of Commerce (Economics) in 1978,[3]
1979 - Assistant director Industries Assistance Commission.[3]
1993 - Hunter District Water Board as an economist.... move back to Newcastle.
1993 - Sydney Water
1997 - Energy Australia
2004 - Private business - Managing Director of PowerTel
2007 - Merger with AAPT - Was spokesman for industry opposition to the National Broadband Network, saying "We're having a massive income transfer from metro to the bush. Now that may be a good thing but don't hide it in the price."[4]
2011 - Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure NSW ($500,000 salary - highest paid bureaucrat in NSW History)[5]
As of 2011 Broad is a director of Kuth Energy.[6]
2013 - Appointed Chief Executive of Snowy Hydro LTD.
2019-20 - As CEO of Snowy Hydro Broad receives over $2 million in salary and bonuses.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Broad is married to Genevieve (his second wife) and they have two children. He is a keen surfer starting as a teenager and continuing into middle age.[8]
Political positions[edit]
Broad is an advocate of user-pays pricing, and champions the power of the market. This led to substantial pricing changes at Hunter water and consequently demand dropped by 30 percent.[1] When Chief Executive of Energy Australia, prices increased by 5.3% in 2004, which the opposition claimed would hit lower income families hard.[9] He is also philosophically committed to involvement of the private sector, and in his role at the head of Infrastructure NSW has been reported supporting rail privatisation, congestion charges, and expanded tollways.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Saulwick, Jacob (2 July 2011). "Newsmaker Paul Broad". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Lore, Amy (25 June 2007). "Big business in palm of Broad's hand". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Totaro, Paola (12 March 1993). "Water Chief supports 'user pays'". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ Broad, Paul (11 April 2011). "The National Broadband Network". ABC Television. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ http://m.news.com.au/NSWACT/pg/0/fi943975.htm. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Lee, Tracy (16 June 2011). "NSW has Broad plan in place for infrastructure". The Australian. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ Curtis, Katina (November 5, 2020). "Government executives share in $12.8m of bonuses during public servant pay freeze". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Phelan, Amanda (28 April 1994). "Water Board surf star in a surprise prize switch". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ "Electricity companies get nod to raise prices". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 June 2004.
- ↑ Saulwick, Jacob (30 June 2011). "Sell the trains? More toll roads? Bring it on, says O'Farrell's go-to man". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Ernest Wilson |
Managing Director of the Water Board 1993 – 1994 |
Renamed Sydney Water |
| New title | Managing Director of Sydney Water Corporation 1995 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Christopher Pollett |
This article "Paul A. Broad" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Paul A. Broad. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
