Michael Easson
| Michael Bernard Easson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 March 1955 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Education | Sydney Technical High School |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales; Campion Hall, University of Oxford; Australian Defence Force Academy |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Easson |
| Children | 2 children |
| Relatives | Shane Easson (twin brother) |
Michael Bernard Easson AM (born 22 March 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian businessman. On 8 June 1998 Easson was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Easson is a specialist in property and infrastructure investments.
Easson's working career began in 1978 as a Research Assistant to the Hon. John Brown MP. He then joined the Labor Council of New South Wales (now Unions NSW) as Education & Research Officer, then Assistant Secretary (1984) and Secretary (1989-1994). At the age of 34, he was elected as the youngest ever Secretary. He elected Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1993 to 1994, and Senior Vice President of the Labor Party (NSW Branch) between 1993 and 1995. Whilst at the Labor Council he was Managing Director of Radio Station 2KY (1989 to 1994), and in 1989 co-founded both Asset Super (since 2012 part of CARE Super) and Chifley Financial Services. Between 1978 and 1987 Easson served as a member for the NSW Council of the Trade Union Trading Authority (TUTA).
After resigning from the Labor Council in 1994, Easson pursued business, academic and other interests.
Easson joined the private sector in 1994, recruited by Sydney Olympic Bid Chief Rod McGeogh for law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and serving on various Boards, including as an independent Director on Macquarie’s Industrial Property fund, a predecessor to the Goodman Group, the industrial property REIT. Specialising as a company director with businesses in infrastructure, construction and investment, along with Sydney businessmen Shane and Adam Geha, Easson formed EG Property, of which he is co-owner and Executive Chairman.
Easson presently serves as non-Executive Chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Executive Director and co-owner of both EG and the building technology company Ridley & Co, and non-executive Chair of the Canberra Renewal Authority.
In March 2017, he stepped down as Chair of Icon Water, formerly known as ACTEW Corporation, and as Chair of ActewAGL, the energy distribution and retail business in Canberra. In July 2016, Michael Easson retired as a director of ANZ Stadium.
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