is this guy stupid enough to back hgr

Michael Fitzpatrick - Curriculum Vitae

FOOTBALL STAR Best known for captaining Carlton football club to its 1981 and '82 premierships. Has had equally spectacular success in business and government.

OXFORD SCHOLAR A Rhodes Scholar, studied at Oxford University, returning to work for the predecessor of Telstra and to play for Carlton in 1979.

GOVERNMENT ADVISER Lured to work for the Cain government Treasury Department soon after its election in 1982, looking after overseas loans and leases.

MERCHANT BANKER Head-hunted to New York by investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston in 1985. Returned to Melbourne in 1988 to become a director of the bank's Australian arm.

BUSINESSMAN Increasingly involved in privatisations, he took advantage of the growth of superannuation funds and set up Hastings Funds Management in 1994. Sold 51 per cent of the company to Westpac in 2002.



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NETWORKER Joined the board of Pacific Hydro in 1996. Other directorships include Utilities of Australia Pty Ltd, Airstralia Development Group Pty Ltd and Port of Portland Holdings Pty Ltd.