Biography

Parliamentary service

• Declared elected 16.2.2018 as a Senator for South Australia by the High Court of Australia, vice S Kakoschke-Moore (resigned). Defeated at general elections 2019.

Committee service

• Senate Select: Obesity Epidemic in Australia served from 10.5.2018 to 5.12.2018; Electric Vehicles served as Chair from 27.6.2018 to 30.1.2019; Fair Dinkum Power served from 15.11.2018 to 28.6.2019

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 26.02.2018 to 30.06.2019
• Nick Xenophon Team. Served: 16.02.2018 to 26.02.2018

Other positions

• Member of the University of Adelaide Council.
• Member of the University of Adelaide Finance Sub-Committee.
• Chair of the South Australian Australia/China Business Council Health Services Sub-Committee.
• Member of the Australian Republican Movement Committee (South Australian Chapter).
• Convener of the Australian Republican Movement Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) Forum.
• Chair of the Sydney Youth Committee, AusLink.

Personal

• Born: 24.10.1969, Loxton, Australia
• Gender: Male

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradDipEnvSt (University of Adelaide).
• MBA (Australian National University).
• BEc (University of Adelaide).
• General Manager and Chief Representative of Think Global Ltd., Shanghai (China) from 2008 to 2013.
• Managing Director of Storer Asia Ltd., Adelaide (SA) from 2013 to 2018.
• International Sales Manager of Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets at Australian Orthopaedic Fixations Ltd (Austofix), Adelaide (SA) from 2014 to 2018.