John Story (businessman)

John Douglas Story AO, an Australian businessman, was previously a chairman and/or director of a number of Australian listed corporations.

Story is the grandson of John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant.

Career

After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:

• Echo Entertainment Group (2011–2012).^[1] In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Limited, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign ^[2]
• CSR Ltd (2003–2012) ^[3]
• Suncorp Group Ltd (1995 – 2011, chairman 2003 – 2011) ^[4]
• Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (2004 – 2011, chairman 2007 – 2011) ^[5]
• Magontec Ltd (2001–2005) ^[6]

John Story is the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland.^[7] He succeeds Llew Edwards. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.^[8]

References

1. ↑ http://www.tabcorp.com.au/investor-centre_shareholder-centre_demerger-of-echo-2011.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/business/echo-chairman-bows-to-packer-pressure-20120608-20094.html#ixzz1xAL5bkkV
3. ↑ http://www.csr.com.au/Investor-Centre-and-News/News-Releases/Pages/Changes-to-CSR-board.aspx
4. ↑ http://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/new-chairman-at-suncorp-as-insurer-faces-the-heat-over-offshoring
5. ↑ http://www.tabcorp.com.au/resources.ashx/shareholderreportschilddatadocuments/1347/FileName/A676F3DB1E973CFA5817D9E84DF89C4F/Concise_-_Directors_report.pdf
6. ↑ http://news.iguana2.com/thebull/ASX/MGL/167898
7. ↑ "John Story is UQ Chancellor for the new century". uq.edu.au. The University of Queensland. 
8. ↑ Story, Georgina. "Story, John Douglas (1869–1966)". adb.anu.edu.au. Australian Dictionary of Biography.