Dr Nicholas Gruen is trained in History, Statistics, Law and Economics. He is CEO of Lateral Economics and Peach Financial and is a regular newspaper columnist, most recently for the Australian Financial Review. His work has featured in Best Australian Essays and Best Political Writing and he has published in international academic journals on a variety of topics as well as being a prolific contributor to Australia’s thriving policy blog scene.
Dr Gruen is a board member of Sustainability Victoria, Chairman of Online Opinion and Kaggle, a start-up global portal for data competitions. He was a former ministerial advisor to Commonwealth Treasurer John Dawkins and Industry Minister John Button, director of the Business Council’s New Directions program and was twice appointed to the Productivity Commission (then Industry Commission).
Dr Gruen was a member of the Cutler Review into Australian Innovation leading the Review’s deliberations on information and innovation in government and tax incentives for R&D. In 2009 Dr Gruen chaired the Federal Government’s Government 2.0 Taskforce exploring ways of improving government using ‘Web 2.0’ or social media. He participated in the 2010 Commonwealth MAC report on innovation in Government. He has also been Thinker in Residence for the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
He is recognised as a strong public advocate for economic reform, innovation and open government all in the context of grasping the extraordinary opportunities which burgeon online.
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