Experience, Networks, Innovation

Dr Peter Hendy is one of Australia’s leading economic analysts and commentators.  He is a professional economist and is a company director. He has been Chief Economist in the Prime Minister’s Office, a Member of Parliament, Assistant Minister for Finance, Assistant Minister for Productivity and Assistant Cabinet Secretary in the Australian Government. He was Chief Executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry between 2002 and 2008, and has a long career in both the private and public sectors, including the areas of defence, international trade, treasury, education and industrial relations.  In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary Medal by the Governor-General for services to Australian society in business leadership. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He has worked internationally in the Middle East as Executive Director of the Bahrain Economic Development Board.

He launched Peter Hendy Consulting in 2008 to provide services to companies, industry associations and government agencies in the areas of economic consulting.

Please look through the website and look at the services that are provided and the wealth of experience on offer to help your organisation achieve its goals.

ABN: 42 592 735 177

Out now! My new book:
Australians Don't Take Prisoners

Charlie Hardy was a blacksmith’s assistant from Sydney, Australia.  In his War Diaries he recorded his progress from a happy-go-lucky boy to a hard-bitten, military veteran in that terrible conflict, the Great War of 1914-1918.

At Gallipoli he writes the words:  “Allah Allah they yell & when they know they are beaten they throw down their arms and want to be taken prisoners but Australians don’t take Prisoners”. 

Charlie was an ordinary man involved in extraordinary events and this book weaves his diary entries into a comprehensive and informative history of the War – particularly the Gallipoli Campaign and the tragic Battle of Fromelles which was the worst single day in Australian military history.  Charlie participates in the famous, heroic rear-guard action during this Battle, helping save hundreds of Australian lives, made even more poignant by the historical coincidence that Adolf Hitler was in opposing trenches to Charlie’s company.

“While wars have their share of glory they are brutal, awful things and should always be the last option for a national government. I commend this book and especially hope younger readers can absorb the lessons there are to learn in it – not only about the horrors of war but also the nobility in self sacrifice and duty to your country.”  The Hon. Peter Reith AM, Former Australian Minister for Defence.

To order a copy, click here