Rod Wylie
Rodney Wylie OBE (C) is an accountant and Queensland corporate figure, who over the last 50 years has held the position of either company director or chairman of several Queensland companies, including national and international organisations. Some of these include Peat Marwick Mitchell, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, QUF Industries (later Pauls), Theiss, Leightons, AMP Society, Queensland Alumina, Markwell Fisheries, Australian United Foods Pioneer Sugar Mills, the Bank of Queensland; and several not-for-profit groups.[1][2][3][4]
He held leadership positions such as inaugural Chairman of the Queensland Competition Authority; Chairman of the Brisbane Cricket Ground Trust; Queensland Enterprise Group; the Red Shield Appeal; Institute of Company Directors and President of the Institute of Public Affairs (Queensland).[1]
In 1988 Wylie was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) for his contributions to the accountancy profession.[5] In 2017 he was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame.[6]
Wylie is the father of businessman John Wylie.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rod Wylie". Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Carr, Jennifer L. (2012). Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1991/92: Volume 3: Australia and New Zealand. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 978-9401130080.
- ^ Carr, Jennifer L. (2012). Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1993/94: Volume 3: Australia and New Zealand. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 18. ISBN 978-9400903791.
- ^ "Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Annual Report 2011-2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)". It's an honour. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Rod Wylie". Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Kitney, Damon (16 September 2011). "The Life of Wylie". The Australian. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Rod Wylie OBE(C) digital story and oral history: Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2016, State Library of Queensland
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