Saturday, May 8, 2010

Connections

"Ingeus [the job placement agency 97% owned by Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein] has operations in Britain, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Israel and South Korea. The group appointed the corporate blueblood David Gonski as chairman last October..." ($1m bounty Reins on PM's household, Scott Rochfort, Business Day/Sydney Morning Herald, 7/5/10)

"Mr Gonski, the chairman of the Australian Securities Exchange, Coca-Cola Amatil and Investec Bank, sits on dozens of other boards including Westfield Group, Singapore Airlines and Sunraysia... Mr Gonski is a high-profile philanthropist in Sydney's Jewish community, and a long time confidant of Westfield boss Frank Lowy." (David Gonski to chair Therese Rein's company, Natasha Bita, The Australian, 3/11/09)

Gonski is also a member of the "extended executive" of the United Israel Appeal (UIA) NSW. (uiansw.org.au)

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