James Grant Hay

James Grant Hay

James Grant Hay, August 2012
Born James Grant Hay
(1969-12-10) 10 December 1969
Melbourne, Australia
Nationality Australian
Education Geelong Grammar School
Alma mater Bond University
Occupation Entrepreneur, writer, film producer
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Website twitter.com/JamesGrantHay

James Grant Hay (born 10 December 1969) is an Australian television advertising entrepreneur, writer[1] and film producer.[2]

Early Life & Background

Grant Hay was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of P.R. Grant Hay, a Royal Australian Naval Officer (HMAS Nepal, HMAS Napier), receiver of the Atlantic Star and Burma Star in World War II, and Shona Elizabeth (née Stuart), an Australian English fashion model. He grew up at Kew in Victoria and Flinders Island in Tasmania and was educated at Geelong Grammar School. He is the grandson of Australian businessman, entrepreneur and thoroughbred racehorse breeder Peter Grant Hay,[3] founder of the Richmond N.S. Brewing Co. Ltd[4] [5] (Carlton & United Breweries), in Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late Sir Rupert Clarke, 3rd Baronet of Rupertswood, AM, MBE, [U.K., 1882].[6] [7]

Business, Law & Politics

Grant Hay is an expert in Australian property law, land subdivison, local government and government compulsory acquisitions in Australia. He has more than ten years experience instructing and briefing senior legal counsel in Victoria, including Robert Richter QC, Michael Wright QC, Stuart Morris QC and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Marilyn Warren AC, QC.

Grant Hay is the great-grandson of the former late Australian Federation politician and Munro Government Cabinet Minister, Francis Stuart MLA, MLC. He is a political supporter of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), acting Chair of The New Republicans and 'Renew Australia' Charter[8] for a third major political party in Australia, drafted by the former late Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL.

Broadcasting, Media & Production

Grant Hay studied broadcast spectrum management at Swinburne University of Technology and majored in internet protocol television and cables. He began his early career in cinema advertising and later product placement in film, commercialising the use of advertising in television programs and mobile applications. He is the founder and President of the Connected TV Marketing Association,[9] a global non-for-profit membership organisation in Australia.

Grant Hay owns the rights to a number of original works through his Melbourne production company. He is an advocate of Australian screen diversity and equality for women in film and is the founding board member of Studio Australia, a public-private partnership venture in Ballina, New South Wales.

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