Simon is also the Chairman of Business for Millennium Development, a group that exists to reduce poverty by partnering Australian businesses with developing countries in the Asia Pacific Region.

Simon is a well-known philanthropist, businessman and avid sportsman. Despite being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ten years ago, he has not slowed his corporate life or his tireless community work.

He currently works as the Executive Chairman of the Macquarie Group’s Melbourne office, is Chair of the CSIRO, and is involved with Red Dust Role Models, a group that works with remote Indigenous communities.

The Australia Day Council said, “His lifelong efforts to support Australian and international charities have earned him great admiration and respect in the community.”

We congratulate Simon on this momentous occasion and thank him for his ongoing contributions to the Global Poverty Project’s work in Australia.