Summary
Saul Eslake worked as an economist in the Australian financial markets for 25 years, including 14 years as Chief Economist at the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). Since leaving ANZ in mid-2009, Saul has been Director of the Productivity Growth program at the Grattan Institute, a non-aligned public policy 'think tank' affiliated with the University of Melbourne, and a part-time Advisor in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Economics & Policy practice.
He is also a member of the Australian Government's National Housing Supply Council; a non-executive director of Hydro Tasmania (the Tasmanian state-owned electricity generator); Chair of the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board; and a non-executive director of the Australian Business Arts Foundation. He was also a member of the Howard Government's Foreign Affairs and Trade Policy Advisory Councils, and of the Rudd Government's Long-Term Tourism Strategy Steering Committee.
Saul writes a fortnightly column for the business pages of the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers; a monthly column for the Launceston Examiner newspaper; and columns for a number of professional and other magazines and journals.
Experience
- Director of the Productivity Growth program, Grattan Institute – present
Education
- University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Economics (Hons), 1979