Loftus Harris, AM
Board of Directors
Loftus Harris is a non-executive director on boards in NSW, Victoria, and Queensland, and is a national director of the Australian Institute of Export. He also holds the position of Special Trade Representative to the Middle East and India for the Queensland government.
Mr Harris was Director General of the NSW Department of State and Regional Development for ten years with responsibility for the government's international trade, investment, innovation, business and regional development programs. Prior to that, he was Director General of the Queensland Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development; the Co-ordinator General for Queensland; and Director General of the Department of Tourism, Small Business and Industry. He was an Australian Trade Commissioner for 15 years serving in West Africa, Asia, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, and has wide experience in trade and investment between the United States and Australia.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2008.
