Hon Neil O'Keefe has 45 years of public and private sector experience, including 17 years as a Federal MP from 1984 to 2001. Mr O'Keefe has local, state, national and international experience in capital and finance, infrastructure, transport, trade, media, water, energy, telecommunications, agriculture and resources.
As chair of the Federal Government Transport Policy Committee, and later as Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, Mr O'Keefe had a pivotal role in the reform and modernising of the Australian transport system from 1990 to 1996. He was also deputy chair of the Joint Party Committee for Defence, Foreign Affairs & Trade. The Maddingley Brown Coal Mine at Bacchus Marsh was part of his electorate and he encouraged the development of the emerging Coldry and Matmor (now HydroMOR) technologies, assisting with early-stage grant funding.
Following his retirement from federal parliament, Mr O'Keefe has held several roles as chair and director.
