| Nicholas Gruen |
Nicholas Gruen is trained in History, Statistics, Law and Economics and has published internationally on a range of economic policy issues including intellectual property, fiscal policy architecture, industry policy, economic liberalisation and innovation in government.
He served as advisor to Industry Minister Senator John Button and Treasurer John Dawkins. He was appointed to the Productivity Commission in 1994 and again in 1995 before he joined the Business Council of Australia in 1997 and ran their New Directions program. In 2000, he founded and remains CEO of Lateral Economics and Peaches, a discount finance broker.
He is chairman of www.onlineopinion.com.au, a popular Brisbane based internet site of political and cultural opinion and is a board member of the Government Authority Sustainability Victoria.
He has been a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review and is a substantial contributor to Australia’s thriving policy blog scene at www.clubtroppo.com.au.
Dr Gruen was a member of the Panel reviewing Australia’s Innovation System chaired by Terry Cutler. He was recently part of a steering committee guiding innovation in the Victoria Public Service.
Dr Gruen has recently been appointed to chair the Federal Government’s Government 2.0 Taskforce and is also involved in the Federal Government’s Management Advisory Committee inquiry into public sector innovation.