Michael Chaney AO (b. 1950), corporate leader, is Chairman of the National Australia Bank. Perth-born Chaney gained a BSc from the University of Western Australia before starting work in the finance and petroleum industries in Australia and the USA. After completing an MBA he spent three years with the Australian Industry Development Corporation before joining Western Australian rural company Wesfarmers in 1983. He served as Chief Financial Officer for eight years before becoming its CEO in 1992. Under Chaney's 13-year leadership the value of Wesfarmers jumped from 1 billion to ten times that amount, expanding into hardware, energy, chemicals and insurance. Over the last 20 years Wesfarmers has been the top performer on the stock exchange in terms of total shareholder return. With a wide reputation for all-round excellence and likeability, Chaney is also a director of BHP Billiton Ltd, Gresham Partners Holdings Ltd, the Business Council of Australia and the Sydney think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
© Ingvar Kenne
Ingvar Kenne (15 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
April Thompson explores an exhibition of Ingvar Kenne’s global portrait project.
Swedish-born Australian photographer, Ingvar Kenne, captures both individuality and shared human experience in his ongoing portrait project Citizen.
