Nicholas Moore is a former Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group Limited. He retired in 2018 after 32 years at Macquarie, including 10 years as CEO.
Nicholas has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of NSW (UNSW). He was admitted as a solicitor and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2017, Nicholas was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business from UNSW. He is Chair of Screen Australia, The Centre for Independent Studies, The Smith Family, Willow Technology Corporation, the National Catholic Education Commission and Aldus Group, and a member of the UNSW Business School Advisory Council.
In November 2022, Nicholas was appointed as Special Envoy for Southeast Asia for the Commonwealth Government.
Nicholas was formerly Chair of the Sydney Opera House Trust and PCYC NSW, and has held directorships at Sydney Airport, Hills Motorway, National Gallery of Australia and QBiotics Group. In addition, Nicholas formerly chaired the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority and the Markets Taskforce Expert Advisory Panel, both within the Department of the Treasury. In 2020, he was appointed by the Australian Government as Emissary for the administration of Virgin Australia.
