Ken Smith
Syndicates 31 and 37

Chairman since:
1998

Current Executive/Board positions:
Non-Executive Director of Intouch Pty Ltd; Non-Executive Director of CEO Dynamics; Non-Executive Director of Brisbane Water; Non-Executive Director of Performance Feeds Pty Ltd.

Memberships:
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Achievements:
Ken’s roles have included Divisional Manager of ICIWellcome Australia; Marketing Manager of Colgate Palmolive and Managing Director of Century Yuasa Batteries (CYB). During his time with CYB, Ken was responsible for setting an Australian Taxation precedent in saving Australian industry billions of dollars.

Best advice ever received:

“‘Retain the knowledge and capture the information that is in your business.’ I don’t think businesses are doing this very well currently, if at all.”