Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Parramatta, New South Wales, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Workforce Australia Employment Services served from 3.8.2022 to present
• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Standing: Treaties served from 28.7.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Party positions

• Chair of the Australian Labor Party Economics Committee (NSW) from 2019 to 2022.

Personal

• Born: 26.9.1978, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEc (University of Sydney).
• MEc (University of Oxford).
• PhD Econ (University of Oxford).
• Analyst for the United Nations Development Programme, 2003.
• Research Fellow at the London School of Economics from 2005 to 2008.
• Senior Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister and G20 Sherpa from 2008 to 2010.
• General Manager at Wesfarmers from 2010 to 2014.
• Founder and Managing Director of AlphaBeta from 2015 to 2020.
• Managing Director of Accenture from 2020 to 2022.

Electorate

• Name: Parramatta
• Location: Parramatta covers an area from Carlingford (part) and Rydalmere in the east to Toongabbie and South Wentworthville in the west. The main suburbs include Carlingford (part), Constitution Hill, Dundas, Granville, Harris Park, Holroyd, Merrylands, Mays Hill, Oatlands, Old Toongabbie, Parramatta, Pendle Hill, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea, Toongabbie, South Wentworthville, Wentworthville and Westmead.
• Area: 57 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 103,122 (at 11.6.2019)
• Industries: Retail, financial services, transport industry, building materials, major industry, tourism and higher education with the Western Sydney University's Parramatta campus.

Publications

• Fair Trade for All, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
• Ozonomics, Random House, Sydney, 2007.
• Man Made World [Quarterly Essay #44], Black Inc Books, Melbourne, 2011.
• Dragon's Tail [Quarterly Essay #54], Black Inc Books, Melbourne, 2014.