John Douglas Story AO, an Australian businessman, was previously a chairman and/or director of a number of Australian listed corporations.
Story is the grandson of John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant.
Career
After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:
- Echo Entertainment Group (2011–2012).[1] In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Limited, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign [2]
- CSR Ltd (2003–2012) [3]
- Suncorp Group Ltd (1995 – 2011, chairman 2003 – 2011) [4]
- Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (2004 – 2011, chairman 2007 – 2011) [5]
- Magontec Ltd (2001–2005)
John Story was the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 2009 until 2016.[6] He was preceded by Llew Edwards and succeeded by Peter Varghese. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.[7]