Wayne Swan

Mr Swan was appointed a non-executive director of Stanwell on 12 December 2019.

Mr Swan served as the Treasurer of Australia for nearly six years, including three years as Deputy Prime Minister.

He was one of the longest serving finance ministers in the G20 and was recognised as one of its leading contributors, drawing on

his unique experience overseeing Australia’s economic outperformance among the developed world.

Mr Swan was awarded Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year in 2011 for his ‘careful stewardship of Australia’s finances and

economic performance’ during the global financial crisis. He was only the second Australian to receive this accolade and the first

for almost 30 years.

His focus as Treasurer was on strong, secure economic growth, job creation, and maximising the opportunities for Australia in the

Asian Century. He was instrumental in the publication of the Asian Century White Paper – a blue print for Australia’s engagement

in the region.

He is the author of Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation (2005) and The Good Fight: Six Years, Two Prime Ministers and Staring

Down the Great Recession (2014).

More recently, Mr Swan has co-authored the Report of the Commission on Inclusive Prosperity, commissioned by the Center for

American Progress and authored a paper on Financing Sustainable Development – What can we learn from the Australian

experience of reform? for the United Nations Social and Economic Commission in the Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP).

He is also a Commissioner on the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation and President of

the Australian Labor Party.