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Sir Arvi Parbo AC

Sir Arvi Parbo AC

Sir Arvi Parbo AC was born in Estonia, became a refugee in Germany, and migrated to Australia in 1949.

He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a BE (Hons) in 1955 and joined Western Mining Corporation as a mining engineer, becoming Managing Director, Chairman and Managing Director, Executive Chairman and non-executive Chairman, retiring in 1999.

Sir Arvi was also for varying periods Chairman of Alcoa of Australia, director and Chairman of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company and Chairman or a director of a number of other corporations in Australia, USA and Germany. He served as President of Business Council of Australia. President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1990, and President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering from 1995-1997.