| No |
Role |
Company |
Company Address |
Dates Employed |
Employment Duration |
| 1 |
Chief Optimism Officer |
The Centre for Optimism (The Center for Optimism) |
Melbourne, Australia |
Aug 2019–Present |
1 yr 10 mos |
| 2 |
Partner |
Project Optimism |
Global |
Dec 2020–Present |
6 mos |
| 3 |
Barrister (Trial Attorney) & Counsel |
Victor Perton, Barrister at Law |
Melbourne, Australia |
Oct 1984–Present |
36 yrs 8 mos |
| 4 |
Director, Board Member |
Yarra Valley Water |
Melbourne, Australia |
Sep 2015–Present |
5 yrs 9 mos |
| 5 |
Advisory Board Member |
Lifeguard Health Networks, Inc. |
Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Jul 2015–Present |
5 yrs 11 mos |
| 6 |
Chief Optimism Officer |
Victor Perton Global Partners |
Australia |
Dec 2017–Dec 2020 |
3 yrs 1 mo |
| 7 |
Founder, Editor & Interviewer: "The Australian Leadership Project" |
Australian Leadership |
Melbourne, Australia |
Jun 2016–Dec 2020 |
4 yrs 7 mos |
| 8 |
Founder and Editor of myliberal.com |
Australian Liberalism |
Australia |
Jan 1996–Dec 2020 |
25 yrs |
| 9 |
Steering Committee, Speaker & Chair at the Global Integrity Summit |
Griffith University |
Brisbane, Australia |
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 |
5 yrs |
| 10 |
Industry Advisory Board Member |
Australian Centre for Financial Studies |
Australia |
Mar 2016–Dec 2018 |
2 yrs 10 mos |
| 11 |
Director |
Victor Perton Global Partners Pty Ltd |
|
Feb 2013–Dec 2017 |
4 yrs 11 mos |
| 12 |
Board Member, Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) |
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Australia |
Aug 2013–Oct 2016 |
3 yrs 3 mos |
| 13 |
Senior Adviser |
Oppeus International |
Melbourne, Australia |
Jun 2015–Sep 2016 |
1 yr 4 mos |
| 14 |
Senior Adviser, G20 Engagement, Australian G20 Presidency |
Commonwealth Treasury |
Canberra, Australia |
Oct 2013–Nov 2014 |
1 yr 2 mos |
| 15 |
President |
ANZMEX - Australia, New Zealand, Mexico Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc |
Australia |
Feb 2013–Oct 2013 |
9 mos |
| 16 |
Editor, Writer & Researcher |
Land of Opportunity |
Australia |
Feb 2012–Oct 2013 |
1 yr 9 mos |
| 17 |
Member of Advisory Board |
Global Job Hunt, LLC. |
|
Feb 2012–Jul 2013 |
1 yr 6 mos |
| 18 |
Honorary Assessor for the report series "Progress of Democratisation in Hong Kong" |
National Democratic Institute (NDI) |
Hong Kong & United States |
Oct 2011–Dec 2012 |
1 yr 3 mos |
| 19 |
Commissioner to the Americas |
State of Victoria (Australia) |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Feb 2009–Jan 2012 |
3 yrs |
| 20 |
Board Member (Non Executive Director) |
Transport Accident Commission |
|
Feb 2007–Apr 2009 |
2 yrs 3 mos |
| 21 |
Board Member, Advisory Board for the Institute of Legal Studies, Australian Catholic University |
Australian Catholic University |
Australia |
Feb 2008–Feb 2009 |
1 yr 1 mo |
| 22 |
Member of Steering Committee on Education and Training in Philanthropy |
Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment |
|
Feb 2007–Feb 2009 |
2 yrs 1 mo |
| 23 |
Chair |
Forum for a Democratic China |
|
Feb 2007–Feb 2009 |
2 yrs 1 mo |
| 24 |
Executive Director |
A Regulatory Affair Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Dec 2006–Feb 2009 |
2 yrs 3 mos |
| 25 |
Accredited Mediator & Accredited Arbitrator |
Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators |
Global |
Apr 2007–2009 |
2 yrs |
| 26 |
Board Member (Non Executive Director) |
Austhink Consulting Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Mar 2008–Dec 2008 |
10 mos |
| 27 |
Board Member (Non Executive Director) |
Bensons Property Group |
|
Mar 2007–Dec 2008 |
1 yr 10 mos |
| 28 |
Strategic Advisor |
MCS Digital |
|
Dec 2006–Dec 2008 |
2 yrs 1 mo |
| 29 |
Member of Parliament for Doncaster |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Oct 1988–Nov 2006 |
18 yrs 2 mos |
| 30 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Education |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Dec 2002–Feb 2006 |
3 yrs 3 mos |
| 31 |
Manager of Opposition Business (Assembly) |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Dec 2002–Jan 2004 |
1 yr 2 mos |
| 32 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Aboriginal Affairs |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Aug 2002–Dec 2002 |
5 mos |
| 33 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Consumer Affairs |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Aug 2002–Dec 2002 |
5 mos |
| 34 |
Shadow Attorney General (Parliamentary Spokesman for Legal Matters) |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Aug 2002–Dec 2002 |
5 mos |
| 35 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Technology and Innovation |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Aug 2001–Nov 2002 |
1 yr 4 mos |
| 36 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Conservation and Environment |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Oct 1999–Aug 2002 |
2 yrs 11 mos |
| 37 |
Keynote Speaker |
Fibreculture: D I G I T A L P U B L I C S a debate |
|
Dec 2001–Dec 2001 |
1 mo |
| 38 |
Shadow Minister (Parliamentary Spokesman) for Multimedia |
Parliament of Victoria |
|
Nov 1999–Aug 2001 |
1 yr 10 mos |
| 39 |
Moderator |
World Bank e-forum on Parliamentary Oversight and Scrutiny |
|
Feb 2001–Mar 2001 |
2 mos |
| 40 |
Speaker |
Connecting Government Forum |
|
Jun 2000–Jun 2000 |
1 mo |
| 41 |
Chairman |
Victorian Parliament's All-Party Law Reform Committee |
|
Oct 1996–Oct 1999 |
3 yrs 1 mo |
| 42 |
Chairman |
Victorian Government's Multimedia Committee. |
|
1996–1999 |
3 yrs |
| 43 |
Participant |
CPA Round Table on "Governance Structures and the Democratic Process" in Cape Town, South Africa |
|
Nov 1998–Dec 1998 |
2 mos |
| 44 |
Participant |
Virtual Opportunity Congress |
|
Oct 1998–Oct 1998 |
1 mo |
| 45 |
Lecturer, "Dealing with Government" postgraduate course |
Melbourne University Law School Graduate School |
|
1998–1998 |
less than a year |
| 46 |
Keynote Speaker |
Australasian & Pacific Conference on Delegated Legislation |
|
Jul 1997–Jul 1997 |
1 mo |
| 47 |
Chairman |
Inquiry into Legal Liability of Health Service Providers |
|
Jan 1996–May 1997 |
1 yr 5 mos |
| 48 |
Chairman |
Victorian Government's Electronic Business Framework Group |
|
1997–1997 |
less than a year |
| 49 |
Chairman |
Data Protection Advisory Council |
|
1996–1997 |
1 yr |
| 50 |
Chairman |
Inquiry into Regulatory Efficiency Legislation |
|
1996–1997 |
1 yr |
| 51 |
Chairman |
Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee |
|
Oct 1992–Oct 1996 |
4 yrs 1 mo |
| 52 |
Council Member |
Council of the University of Melbourne |
|
1992–1996 |
4 yrs |
| 53 |
Chairman, Inquiry into the Equal Opportunity Act |
Parliament of Victoria |
Melbourne, Australia |
Nov 1992–Nov 1993 |
1 yr 1 mo |
| 54 |
Chairman, Inquiry into the Subordinate Legislation Act |
Parliament of Victoria, Australia |
|
Nov 1992–Oct 1993 |
1 yr |
| 55 |
Member of the Australian Government Delegation |
Second United Nations Conference on Human Rights |
|
Jun 1993–Jun 1993 |
1 mo |
| 56 |
Member |
Legal and Constitutional Committee |
|
Oct 1988–Oct 1992 |
4 yrs 1 mo |
| 57 |
Solicitor |
Dudley Tregent & Co |
|
Feb 1984–Oct 1984 |
9 mos |
| 58 |
Leader |
Delegation of South Pacific Young Political Leaders to Republic of China |
|
1984–1984 |
less than a year |