Mr Combet has been recently appointed to the role of Chair of the Future Fund, a position he began on 1 June, 2024.
Prior to this role, he served as the Chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency and before that as Chair of IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia. Mr Combet was formerly Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Minister for Industry and Innovation, Minister for Defence Personnel, Science and Materiel, and a leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. In 2020, Mr Combet was appointed by the then Prime Minister to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to assist the national response to the pandemic. Prior to his service as a Member of Parliament, Mr Combet served as a Director on the Boards of ME Bank and AustralianSuper.
He has extensive experience and knowledge of Australian industry and the workings of Parliament and government, has over 30 years of experience with industry superannuation, and has degrees in mining engineering, economics and a Diploma in Labour Relations and the Law. His skills encompass advocacy, strategy, policy-making, implementation of major programs, industrial relations, negotiation and conflict resolution, superannuation investment and financial management.
Mr Combet was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for service to industrial relations and promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours.
