Government House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
15 February 2013
The Governor-General is pleased to announce the following honorary appointments within the General Division of the Order of Australia:
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Honorary Officer (AO) in the General Division
Mr Robert Neil MacGREGOR OM,
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
For service to promoting Australia and Australian art in the United Kingdom.
Honorary Member (AM) in the General Division
Mr Bernard André WRIGHT,
67 Lockhart Street, Como WA 6152
For service to the accounting profession, particularly for his sustained contribution to CPA Australia, to business and commerce and to the community.
By Her Excellency’s Command
Stephen Brady CVO
Official Secretary to the Governor-General
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Appointed an honorary Officer (AO) in the General Division
NAME : Mr Robert Neil MacGregor OM
POSITION : Director, The British Museum
ADDRESS : Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
UNITED KINGDOM
CITATION : For service to promoting Australia and Australian art in the United Kingdom.
Mr MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, has promoted Australia and Australian art and flora in Britain, particularly through the Australian season exhibition held in 2011 which included: Out of Australia: Prints and drawings from Sidney Noland to Rover Thomas, the forecourt Australian Landscape display and the Baskets and belonging: Indigenous Australian histories.
As Director of the Museum since 2002, Mr MacGregor has collected over 880 Australian prints and drawings and has made annual visits to Australia, including as guest lecturer at the Museum Leadership Program held at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in 2009. He has also organised a series of exhibitions to be lent to Australian Museums from the British Museum collections. The first exhibition Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum was staged in Western Australia from October 2011 to February 2012; the second Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb has featured at the Brisbane Museum from April to August 2012 and the last The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia opened at the Melbourne Museum in May 2012.
Mr MacGregor’s collaboration with Australian museums and his contribution to promoting Australian art has been outstanding.
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Appointed an honorary Member (AM) in the General Division
NAME : Mr Bernard André Wright
ADDRESS : 67 Lockhart Street
COMO WA 6152
CITATION : For service to the accounting profession, particularly for his sustained contribution to CPA Australia, to business and commerce and to the community.
Mr Wright is a retired Certified Practising Accountant and a businessman who has made a sustained and considerable contribution to the accounting profession, including to the Perth Stock Exchange, to business and to the general community in Western Australia.
An outline of Mr Wright’s professional contributions includes:
- 26 years as an accountant with James W. Paterson & Son (including 10 years as a senior partner);
- member of several committees of the Perth Stock Exchange (3 years as Chairman);
- 7 years as Director of Australian Associated Stock Exchanges;
- 23 years as a non-executive Director of Home Building Society (16 years as Chairman);
- member of CPA Australia since 1954 (awarded Life Membership in 1989 of Australian Society of CPAs which is now known as CPA Australia) with -
- contribution to WA Divisional Council was as a member of 14 committees and in various executive positions (including as Divisional State President);
- contribution at a national level as well as service on six working committees and in various executive positions (including as National President);
- consultant to Bain & Co (Sydney Stock Exchange members) for 6 years; and
- Chairman of Directors, Allwood Furniture Holdings for 4 years.
Throughout his career, Mr Wright was a very active member of CPA Australia, introducing a number of initiatives which have enhanced the society’s standing and professionalism. In October 1991, he was made a Fellow of the Australian Stock Exchange for service to the Australian securities industry. Mr Wright also made extensive contributions to the community, including as the inaugural Chairman of the Western Australian Film Council in 1971, Chairman of Penrhos College Silver Jubilee appeal (1975), Wesley College Council Finance and Properties subcommittee (1975‑1988) and as the inaugural Chairman of the Wesley College Endowment Fund (1981).
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