Arthur Sinodinos

Arthur Sinodinos will fill a vacant New South Wales seat in the federal Senate in October 2011.

Background
A biographical note from August 2011 stated that Sinodinos:


 * "joined the Department of Finance in 1979 as a graduate recruit and he was promoted to the Treasury in 1980 and served in various capacities until 1987. In October 1987 he joined John Howard’s staff as Senior Economic Advisor. In May 1989 he returned to Treasury as an Assistant Secretary when Mr Howard lost the position of Opposition Leader. Arthur served in the Structural Policy, Financial Institutions, Economic and International Economy divisions of Treasury. He has experience in micro‐economic reform, budgetary issues, foreign investment policy, labour markets, economic forecasting and international economic issues. He was Assistant Secretary, Labour Markets Branch (1992 1994), Acting First Assistance Secretary, Economic Division (1993‐1994 Budget to January 1994), and Assistant Secretary, International Finance and Development Branch (1994‐1995). In 1995 Arthur returned to John Howard’s staff and upon the election of the Howard Government, was appointed the Policy Director in the office of the Prime Minister. In October 1997, Arthur was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, a position he held until December 2006 when he resigned to take a Senior Director position with Goldman Sachs JB Were."


 * "In August 2007, Arthur joined the National Australia Bank as Regional General Manager, Business and Private Bank, where he was responsible for Strategy, Marketing, Business Performance, Professional Development and two specialised businesses (Government & Education)."


 * "Arthur has a number of current directorships which include; The Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), Menzies Research Centre Ltd, Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) Pty Ltd, CSN Technology Pty Ltd, Australian Institute of Management (AIM). Arthur is also deputy chairman of Australia Water Holdings Pty Ltd."

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