Mr Hardie is the principal of Hardie Finance Corporation, a private Perth-based property development company, and is also the principal of Entertainment Enterprises, a private Perth-based hospitality company.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a former partner in a leading Chartered Accounting firm. Mr Hardie has extensive commercial and financial experience and has held board positions on a number of public companies in the mining, media, transport and retail industries.