Victoria

 

Déjà vu debt crisis? Better call Saul

Date

From: Wednesday March 5, 2025, 11:30 am

To: Wednesday March 5, 2025, 2:30 pm

Déjà vu debt crisis? Better call Saul

The Economics Society of Australia Victorian Branch invites you to attend a two-course sit-down lunch with Saul Eslake. Saul will discuss the Victorian state debt - abstract to be provided closer to the date.

 

Tickets are limited and registrations will close on 3rd March unless booked out prior.  

About the Speaker

Saul Eslake worked as an economist in the Australian financial markets for more than 25 years, including as Chief Economist at McIntosh Securities (a stockbroking firm) in the late 1980s.  Chief Economist (International) at National Mutual Funds Management in the early 1990s, as Chief Economist at the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) from 1995 to 2009, and as Chief Economist (Australia & New Zealand) for Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2011 until June 2015. In between these last two positions he was Director of the Productivity Growth program at the then newly-established Grattan Institute, a 'think tank'. 

In July 2015 Saul started up his own economics consultancy business, operating out of Hobart, and in April 2016 took up a part-time position as a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Tasmania.

Last year he completed an Independent Review of Tasmania's Public Sector Finances, pursuant to the agreement between the Premier of Tasmania and members of the Jacqui Lambie Network in the aftermath of the March state election. 

Saul is a member of the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office's Advisory Panel; the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office's Advisory Panel; the Australian Taxation Office's 'Tax Gap' Advisory Panel; is on the Advisory Board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, a Melbourne-based specialist bond investment manager; and is a member of the Board of the Council on the Ageing.

Saul has a first class honours degree in Economics from the University of Tasmania, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. In December 2012 he was awarded an Honorary LLD degree by the University of Tasmania.  He has also completed the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in New York.


Event Details

Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 11.30am arrival for a 12.00pm start and runs until approximately 2.30pm
Cost: $110 for members / $145 for non-members (Tickets include a 2-course sit down lunch.  Please indicate any dietary requirements at the time of booking)
Venue: RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Registrations Close: 3rd March 2025, unless booked out sooner

If you are not yet an ESA VIC member, this event is an opportunity for you to become a member to enjoy discounted rates on this and  other events and access to other free events throughout the year. You can become a member here.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event, 

ESA VIC Branch 

ESA Victoria Branch adheres to the Chatham House Rule. Attendees who come to a meeting are free to use information from the discussion, but are not allowed to attribute comments made.

 

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Venue

RACV City Club

501 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000


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