Charles Macek [1964]: Director of two ASX 20 companies & Chairman of Earthwatch

After a thirty year executive career in financial services, Charles Macek (MHS Class of 1964) has been a non-executive director and a consultant/adviser for the last twenty years. He has been privileged to have been associated with significant companies such as Telstra and Wesfarmers, with an AFL club as a director of Richmond, and chairman of several non for profits such as Earthwatch and the Centre for Eye Research Australia, as well as chairing the Financial Reporting Council when it made the decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards as the basis for accounting in Australia.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Memories from Year 12 exams
• Various ‘tipping points’ you encounter in life that can have a big impact on the rest of your life
• How Melbourne High presents you with a wide range of opportunities, and how we should make the most of of everything we could try to do outside of the classroom
• What drink NOT to order in a job interview
• Career highlights, including being a part of Australia’s largest ever IPO and Australia’s biggest private takeover
• The definition of “success”
• Leaving a legacy

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