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Sir Roderick Howard Carnegie AC (27 November 1932 – 14 July 2024) was an Australian businessman, primarily working in the coal industry.

Life and career

Carnegie was born in Melbourne on 27 November 1932, the eldest child and only son of Douglas and Margaret Carnegie (née Allen).[1] He was educated at Geelong Grammar, Trinity College at the University of Melbourne (B.Sc. 1954), Oxford (M.A. and Dip. Ag. Ec. 1957) and Harvard (M.B.A. 1959). In the late 1950s he was President of the Oxford University Boat Club.

In 1958 he became a consultant with McKinsey & Company Inc. in the United States, in 1963 he founded the Australian practice of McKinsey in Melbourne, and in 1967 he returned to New York to become a Director of the Company. He subsequently joined CRA Limited (now Rio Tinto) as Finance Director in 1972, served as Managing Director from 1974 to 1986, and as Chairman.[2]

Since 1986, he has served as a director of several companies, including the Australian Advisory Board of General Motors, CSIRO, Business Council of Australia, Group of Thirty and was Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Relations with Japan.[3]

He was awarded a knighthood, as a Knight Bachelor in the 1978 Birthday Honours[4] In recognition of service to industry, and in the 2003 Birthday Honours[5] he was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia In recognition of service to the promotion of innovative leadership and to the development of competitive practices in business, both national and international, and to the community, particularly in the health and arts fields. He was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in resource development and management.[6]

His business activities included Chairman, Pacific Edge Group.

Carnegie was a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne, and served as Patron of the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases. He was also member of the Saltbush Club, a group that promotes climate change denial.[7]

Carnegie died on 14 July 2024, at the age of 91.[8]

Honours and awards

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) 9 June 2003[9]
Knight Bachelor 3 June 1978[10]
Centenary Medal 1 January 2001[11]

Publications

  • Carnegie, Sir Rod (1980). "1980 Sir Walter Murdoch Lecture - Reality, Risk, Relevance: A Choice Path for the Eighties". Murdoch University. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

References

  1. ^ "Great collector of art and teller of our tales". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Sir Roderick Carnegie AC". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  3. ^ "AusIMM - Celebrating 125 Years". AusIMM celebrating 125 years. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours".
  5. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours".
  6. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours".
  7. ^ https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/02/06/saltbush-club-part-one/
  8. ^ Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle AFR
  9. ^ https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043207 [bare URL]
  10. ^ https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083196 [bare URL]
  11. ^ https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126578 [bare URL]
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