Richard Alston AO
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Richard Alston is currently Chairman and director of a number of private companies.
He started his professional life as a barrister, specialising in crime, common law, administrative law and commercial law and went on to become a Federal Senator for Victoria 1986–2004, Deputy Leader in the Senate 1993–2003, Federal Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 1996–2003, Australian High Commissioner to the UK 2005–08, Federal President of the Liberal Party 2015–18 and Chairman of three ASX listed companies, an advisory board member of CQS LLP, one of world's largest hedge funds and a director of Chime PLC, a London public company.
