The former Dow CEO who’s in charge of Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics but has found time to write about his life, reflecting on his corporate battle scars and leadership lessons.
Andrew Liveris has a strong opinion on pretty much everything. Just ask him. “Pick your favourite topic,” he parleys with BOSS at one point. From small scale nuclear reactors to heralding direct air capture as the Holy Grail to solving climate change, manufacturing and immigration policy, the failure of Australian boards, running the Olympics and the Voice.
The 69-year-old has advised prime ministers and presidents of all political persuasion. From Trump. “Everything you read about Trump is true, the personality is a really difficult personality and really centred on himself”, Liveris tells BOSS. “Dow had strict policies around CEO travel. For security purposes, I used the company plane any time I flew anywhere, for business or pleasure. ,” he says.
Brisbane 2032 Games president Andrew Liveris, Brisbane 2032 and Games chief executive Cindy Hook mark nine years until the Games begin.While the Australian engineering company Worley and battery materials maker Novonix are his only ASX-listed board roles, the former US CEO is scathing of Australian boards. Too clubby, BOSS asks?
Ouch. It’s no wonder that Liveris divides opinion and has been variously described as energetic, charismatic, self-promoting, persistent, boastful, ambitious, worldly, curious and bright.Liveris, who also advised the former Morrison government on its gas policy and is also advising the US Department of Energy on the energy transition, - equally divides opinion on his views about energy.
“But to not use gas as a transition fuel in this country is a travesty, it’s chocking us off one of the most affordable transitions available.”
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