John Simpson (lobbyist)

John Simpson is a director and co-owner of Simpson Paterson, a small Victorian lobbying firm.

A biographical note states that Simpson was "a Director of Shell Australia Limited (appointed in 2002) and a Director of Shell Energy Holdings (Australia) Limited (appointed in 2003). During his career at Shell, John worked for Shell International based in London for a number of years in the mid-1990s, before returning to Australia to several National and Asia Pacific accountabilities."

Affiliations
A biographical note from 2008 states that Simpson was:


 * Chairman, Commonwealth Review into The National Science & Technology Centre (Questacon) 2008,
 * Member of the Advisory Council, The National Science & Technology Centre (Questacon)
 * Director of Scotch College (Melbourne),
 * Director of the food distribution charity ‐ SecondBite,
 * Director/Trustee of the H.V.McKay Charitable Trust
 * State Advisory Board Member CEDA (Vic)

Company clients
Simpson Paterson is registered in Victoria as the lobbyist for Exergen, a small company wanting an allocation of coal from the Victorian Liberal government led by Dennis Napthine. As of July 10, 2013 the firm also listed Sinclair Brook, H V McKay, SecondBite and Coles (Property Group) as clients.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Researching coal in Victoria
 * Victoria and coal

External resources

 * "John Simpson", Questacon, accessed August 2013.
 * John Simpson, "When our risks become public: the challenging nature of reputation risk management", Presentation to the 2006 Comcover Senior Executive Forum, Department of Finance, August 31, 2006.
 * John Simpson, Director, Shell Australia, "Corporate Reputation: Your most valuable asset", Public Relations Institute of Australia seminar, May 12, 2005.
 * "Leadership Breakfast Series: Managing Reputation in a Hostile Environment", Public Relations Institute of Australia, September 2008.

External articles

 * Kylie Morris, "The Feel-Good Factor", Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, August 16, 1998.
 * Richard Gluyas, "Spin doctor exodus as political wheel turns", The Australian, June 1, 2013.