Russell Bate
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Russell Bate is the Country Alliance spokesperson; chairs Field and Game Australia, Majitek Pty Ltd, the Firearms Safety Foundation of Victoria and is a member of the Commonwealth Firearms Advisory Council.
[edit] Career
He was the Vice President, Product Sales Operations Group, Asia Pacific for Sun Microsystems. He was also Chairman of Musica Viva, CR-X, Australian Distributed Incubator an Australian Wine Exchange board member, a Shire of Mansfield councillor; and President of the Jamieson School Council, the Jamieson Community Group and the Jamieson Progress Association.
In addition, he was an ALP appointed member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation board, member of the ALP associated Chifley Research Centre's Knowledge Nation taskforce and a former member of the ALP. He later became one of the founding members of the Country Alliance party.
In 1999 he was awarded the Syd Field Award by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. The award is presented to a person, or company, who has shown ongoing commitment to promoting trade between Australia and Israel as well as supporting the activities of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
[edit] External links
- Mansfield Shire Council councillor profile
- Majitek Appointment
- Majitek Management
- Country Alliance - Stateline Interview
- Country Alliance Home Page
- On ABC culture - Media Report 2001
- ABC RN interview about the ABC
- Knowledge Nation profile
- Australian IT CR-X story
- Computerworld CR-X story
- Musical piece inspired by Mr Bate
- Australian Wine Exchange story
- Australian Distributed Incubator chairmanship
- 1999 Missing Persons Week media release
- ARN article
