Ted Byrt

Edward "Ted" Byrt is an Australian commercial lawyer, company director and former presiding member of South Australia's Development Assessment Commission.[1]

Career

Byrt obtained a law degree from the University of Adelaide,[2] and went on to become a partner of Norman Waterhouse Lawyers in Adelaide, where he worked from 1973 until 2007.[3] He has acted as a strategic advisor for a range of major infrastructure projects within Australia and abroad,[1] and has "a thorough understanding of the legal, commercial and political requirements of doing business with government at all levels."[3] He has been a director of a range of Australian companies spanning information systems, air-conditioning, viticulture and carbon sequestration sectors. As of 2015, Byrt is a director of Papyrus Australia Ltd, the ASX-Listed Treyo Leisure & Entertainment Ltd, SMAC Technologies Pty Ltd, the Aboriginal Foundation of SA Inc,[1] chairman of the China Cluster, and a director of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Centre Pty Ltd.[4] Byrt has acted as a spokesperson for Papyrus Australia, promoting its development of tray packaging manufactured from banana palm waste with potential to replace single-use plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables.[5] In 2015, Byrt was acting as a consulting lawyer for the Adelaide City Council, while it investigated the conduct of one of its councilors.[6]

Board memberships

He is a former board member of numerous companies and organisations, including private companies Australian Pulse Traders Pty Ltd, SirsiDynix Pty Ltd and Jigsaw Services Pty. Ltd. Public company memberships have included the Australia China Business Council Ltd, Port Adelaide Football Club Ltd and the PAFC Foundation Ltd. Council and association board memberships have included Bedford Industries Inc and Bedford Industries Co-operative Housing Association Inc., Business SA (South Australia's Chamber of Commerce & Industry), the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Council, the South Australian Housing Trust and the South Australian Affordable Housing Trust.[4]

In the financial year 2008-2009, Byrt was ranked 11th in total remunerations for attendance of meetings as a member of multiple SA government boards. He attended 26 meetings of the Development Assessment Commission, 12 of the Port Waterfront Redevelopment Committee, 11 of SA Affordable Housing Trust, 11 of the SA Housing Trust and 6 of the SA Housing Trust Audit Subcommittee for which he received fees totaling $81,440.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "DPTI - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure South Australia - Home Page". 2015-03-08. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  2. ↑ "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. 1 2 UniSA. "The University of South Australia: Home". www.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  4. 1 2 "Papyrus Australia | Board of Directors". www.papyrusaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  5. ↑ "Papyrus Limited to manufacture trays for fresh produce storage from banana fibre". ABC Rural. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  6. ↑ Brown, Jessica (2015-11-27). "Adelaide councillor told to apologise: I was only joking when I said I’d be wined and dined". Guardian Messenger. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  7. ↑ Emmerson, Russell (2009-09-23). "High-flyers cash up on SA Government boards". The Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
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