Jacques Nasser

Jacques A. Nasser AO is an Australian business executive and philanthropist. Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents, from 1999 to 2001 he served as Fords CEO and president. He subsequently was a partner at One Equity Partners and on the board of British Sky Broadcasting. In 2010 he was appointed chairman of the Australian mining company BHP Billiton. OnDecember 2012, Smart Company named Nasser No.on a list of the most powerful people in Australian boardrooms. Beyond BHP Billiton, he currently serves on the boards of 21st Century Fox and Ko Holding. A member of both the National Order of the Cedar in Lebanon and the Order of Australia, Nasser was also awarded Nasser the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which pays homage to contributions made to America by immigrants. Nasser funds several scholarship programs that assist individual students and has supported organizations such as Focus HOPE.

Jacques Jac A. Nasser was born in the city of Amyoun, Lebanon onDecember 1947. He is the son of a bus driver and independent businessman, Abdo Nasser, who served with the Australian armed forces in Lebanon during the second world war. At four years of age Nasser moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia. He attended Northcote High School. He started a number of businesses as a teenager, including a bicyclemaking operation and several discotheques, which he promoted in Melbourne with his brother Jamie. Nassers first professional experience was at Ford of Australia as a student intern. He graduated with a business degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne in 1968, where he would later be awarded with an honorary doctorate of technology. He speaks five languages English, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese.

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