Distinguished Speaker Series: Mr Andrew N. Liveris AO
About the speaker
Mr Andrew N. Liveris AO
Founding Donor of the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership, and former Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company
Andrew is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company and the former Executive Chairman of DowDuPont. With over forty years of global leadership experience at The Dow Chemical Company, his career included roles in manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, and business and general management around the world.
Andrew is currently a director at IBM, Saudi Aramco, Worley, Lucid Motors (Chairman) and NOVONIX. He is on the advisory board of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Teneo (a global CEO consulting and advisory firm), and NEOM (an initiative driven by Saudi Vision 2030). He is Chairman of the Blackrock Long Term Capital and a special advisor to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Andrew serves as a trustee for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), The Minderoo Foundation, and the United States Council for International Business, and was recently appointed Chairman of the Australian Governments National COVID Commissions Manufacturing Taskforce.
Previously, he was the Vice Chair of the Business Roundtable, an Executive Committee Member and Chairman of the United States Business Council, and a member of the Concordia Leadership Council and the Australian government’s Industry Growth Centres Advisory Committee.
In 2012 Andrew co-founded The Hellenic Initiative (THI) to support economic renewal in Greece through entrepreneurship, business development, and investment, and serves as Chairman of the Board. Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institute of Chemical Engineers as well as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
He earned a bachelor’s degree (first-class honours) in chemical engineering from the University of Queensland and was awarded the University Medal for that year. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by his alma mater as well as being named Alumnus of the Year.
About Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership 2020 Winter School Distinguished Speaker Series
Hear from the leaders of Unilever, IBM, McKinsey, Dow and others during this exclusive, thought-provoking webinar series.
The onset of COVID-19 has brought increased focus to the need for leadership, innovation and decision-making under uncertainty.
The inaugural Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership Winter School in July 2020 will welcome a number of distinguished international business leaders.
Introduced by the Academy’s Founding Donor Andrew N. Liveris AO, UQ’s talented Liveris Scholars will interview our esteemed speakers who will share their insights into these topics, including how their organisations have responded to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as what they consider to be the opportunities and priorities for global leadership in the 21st Century.
This event is only available to UQ staff and students. A Zoom link will be sent to registrants prior to the event.
Registrations close 4pm Monday 13 July 2020.