Joseph Skrzynski, AO
Board of Directors
Joseph Skrzynski has had a career both in business and the not-for-profit sector.
His business career has involved both the public and private sectors, and is dominated by his role in co-founding the CHAMP group, the longest established private equity funds management group in Australia. The group manages institutional wholesale funds, with mandates for investment in expansion capital and management buyouts, and its portfolio companies have been leaders in a diverse range of industries from biotech, IT, health services, manufacturing and media. CHAMP is affiliated with Castle Harlan, Inc., and the combined group manages over $5 billion in institutional funds in the United States and Australia.
Mr Skrzynski's public business offices have included Foundation Director and President of the Australian Venture Capital Association, chairmanship of the National Capital Development Authority and the Broadcasting Council of Australia, and membership of the National Investment Council and the Small Business Council for the Commonwealth of Australia. He is the holder of the inaugural Life Achievement Award of the Australian Venture Capital Association and the Asian Venture Capital Association.
Mr Skrzynski has been very active in the not-for-profit sector, principally in the Arts, Media and the Education spheres. He is Chairman of Special Broadcasting Services (SBS), and has previously chaired the Sydney Opera House Trust, the Broadcasting Council, been the Deputy Chair of the Major Organisations Board of the Australia Council, and a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney.
He graduated with Honours from the Faculty of Economics, University of Sydney in 1969, was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993, and in 2008 became an Officer in the Order of Australia.
