Euan Robertson Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Led team overseeing government and political engagement, focusing on federal government relations. - Prepared Executives, including CEO and Deputy CEO, for 30+ appearances before parliamentary Committees and the Royal Commission.- Advocated on key emerging public policy issues: payments, data, privacy cybersecurity, AI, technology.- Advised Chair, CEO, and Group Executives on major public policy, commercial, brand, and reputational issues, including the Royal Commission.- Coordination of CEO Advisory Panel. - Produced CBA’s TCFD aligned climate disclosures and Modern Slavery Statement for Annual Report.- Managed Indigenous Affairs and Indigenous Advisory Council, including CBA’s Reconciliation Action Plan.- Leadership of Group Media function, including relationship management with key print and broadcast media. - Oversight of CBA’s Annual Results and Annual General Meeting.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney

Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Leading Qantas Group policy development, advocacy and government relations.Oversight of government relations in relation to major projects and issues including:- Restoring relationships with Federal Government after 2011 industrial action and the grounding of the Qantas fleet;- Enhancing government understanding of unique policy challenges faced by Qantas via a coordinated campaign to level the playing field in Australian aviation;- Managing stakeholder groups through significant restructuring of Qantas business, including closure of Heavy Maintenance facilities at Tullamarine and Avalon and sale of key assets;- Advocacy around approvals in key jurisdictions for joint venture partnership between Qantas and Emirates; - Policy advocacy in key portfolios, including infrastructure, environment & taxation; and- International relations, with a focus on New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and in AsiaInternal advice to Qantas and Jetstar on managing brand and public affairs issues.Strategic advisory to Qantas CEO and senior management.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

- Advice to the Minister on key policy, political and media issues relating to Murray Darling Basin reform- Successfully delivering the draft Murray Darling Basin Plan in a challenging political environment and having recovered key stakeholders from a position of scepticism and mistrust- Coordination of departmental work program, including preparation of cabinet submissions and administration of the $10 billion Water for the Future program.- Developing positive relationships with diverse stakeholder groups, including National Farmers Federation, National Irrigators Council and Australian Conservation Foundation.- Providing advice to the Minister on portfolio issues including Coal Seam Gas, urban water and the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC).

Sydney, Australia

Developing positive relationships with 200 diverse corporate members across the tourism, transport and aviation sectors so that we could adequately advocate on their behalf to Federal and State governmentsPrimary responsibility for the production of research to inform and support TTF’s advocacy across the tourism, aviation and transport sectors.Such research informed Major policy submissions including:- Henry Tax Review - National Long Term Tourism Strategy - National Aviation Policy Green and White Papers- Response to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme- Beale Review of BiosecurityProduction of major research reports, like ‘Australian Tourism and the Great Recession’ (in collaboration with Geoff Carmody) which succesfully raised the profile of the tourism and transport sectors during the Global Financial CrisisRole extended to include government relations, including election strategies and to run advocacy in environment and labour and skills portfolios.

Sydney, Australia

Worked in a small consultancy to deliver quantitative and qualitative market research to support communication campaigns and government advocacy. Met major financial targets including more than doubling annual revenue.Major clients and projects included: - Understanding attitudes towards the new Runway at Brisbane Airport so that the airport could better target communications to residents and to inform advocacy in Canberra- Measuring attitudes to electricity privatisation for Infrastructure Partnerships Australia so that the government could manage key community concerns and communicate a compelling rationale- Working with The Climate Institute to deliver one of the most high profile campaigns around the 2007 Federal Election which empirically raised the profile and importance of climate change- Consultancy for the Port of Melbourne to understand community perceptions around channel deepening and to inform corporate communications around this project- A multi-country study for Visa International into travel intentions to Asia Pacific following the recovery from the Boxing Day tsunami- A landmark study into attitudes and behaviours around Indigenous Reconciliation for Reconciliation Australia

Sydney, Australia

- Managing the ACNielsen Poll for the Sydney Morning Herald & the Age, including during the 2004 Federal Election campaign when ACNielsen was the most accurate major pollster. Worked with key journalists so that findings were represented in a newsworthy but accurate manner.- Customised market research for government clients, including Tourism Australia and Department of Immigration to understand key market- Surveys of copyright usage in educational institutions, including universities and schools to allow copyright owners to be compensated for the use of their work

Canberra, Australia

Worked on a variety of processes through the 2001 Census cycle including:- Delivering a refined 2001 Census following quality assessment of 1996 survey data- Designing and implementing the first online census form to be used in Australia- Managing a team of 20 staff to evaluate the quality of 2001 Census data and to troubleshoot data processing issues- Enhancing the knowledge of key users including State Transport Agencies and the NSW Department of Housing so that they could better act on trends

Executive Education, Emerging Leaders

Mpp, Politics & Public Policy

Ba (Hons), Psychology