Federal President, The Hon. John Olsen AO
John Olsen was elected as the Liberal Party's 19th Federal President at a meeting of the Party's Federal Executive in August 2020.
John is Chairman of the American Australian Association Ltd, Chairman of the Perth USAsia Centre at The University of Western Australia, and board member of the United States Studies Centre at The University of Sydney.
He is also Deputy Chairman of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority.
John spent almost seven years in the United States, as Consul-General in New York (2006-2009), and as Consul-General in Los Angeles (2002-2006).
John pioneered G'Day USA in 2004, a week-long programme showcasing the best of Australia. The programme expanded to New York in 2007 and became the largest single annual foreign country promotion in the United States.
Prior to his diplomatic postings, he was Premier of South Australia (1996-2001), capping a long and distinguished career in the political arena, including as Minister for Multicultural Affairs (1996-2001), Minister for Infrastructure and Industry (1993-1996), Senator for South Australia (1990-1992), and State Opposition Leader (1982-1990).
He served as President of the Liberal Party SA Division (1976-1979 and 2017-2020) and Mayor of Kadina (1974-1977).
John was Chairman of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority 2014-2018 and Deputy during the redevelopment of the Stadium. He served as Chairman of the South Australian National Football League 2010-2020.
He was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2007 for his outstanding contribution to the South Australian Parliament.
Past Federal Presidents
Nick Greiner |
Richard Alston |
Alan Stockdale |
Chris McDiven |
Shane Stone |
Tony Staley |
Ashley Goldsworthy |
John Elliott |
John Valder |
Dr A.J. Forbes |
John Atwill |
Robert Southey |
J. E. Pagan |
Philip McBride |
Lyle Moore |
W. H. Anderson |
Richard Casey |
Malcolm Ritchie |
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Honorary Federal Treasurer, Charlie Taylor
Charlie is a former Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, where he worked in the Sydney office for 20 years, with over 10 years in overseas offices including New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta.
Charlie has extensive experience across a wide range of business sectors, as well as supporting not-for-profit organisations.
Past Party Treasurers
Andrew Burnes |
Philip Higginson |
Michael Yabsley |
Mark Bethwaite |
John Calvert-Jones |
Malcolm Turnbull |
Ronald Walker |
David Clarke |
John Elliot |
Sir Robert |
Sir Charles McGrath |
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Federal Director, Andrew Hirst
Andrew Hirst is the Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Andrew has worked for four leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia – John Howard, Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott.
As well as holding adviser roles for successive Liberal leaders, Andrew served for two years as Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Andrew also previously worked as the Liberal Party’s Director of Communications and was a Director at campaigns and strategy company C|T Group prior to his appointment as Federal Director.
Past Party Directors
Tony Nutt |
Brian Loughnane |
Lynton Crosby |
Andrew Robb |
Tony Eggleton |
Dr Timothy Pascoe |
Bede Hartcher |
Robert Willoughby |
Donald Cleland |
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