Vanessa Stoykov

Prominent investment banker, corporate philanthropist, sportsman and Australian of the year: Simon McKeon has made an impressive contribution to both business and the non-profit community.

Hello, I’m Vanessa Stoykov, the CEO of the evolution media group, and welcome to evoTV’s The Bottom Line. Today, CPA Australia’s CEO, Alex Malley, looks at the professional journey Simon has undertaken and how he has made a difference in life. I know you’ll enjoy the program.

Alex Malley

Simon, welcome to The Bottom Line.

Simon McKeon

Thank you Alex.

Alex Malley

Now I suspect in the 70s at school you would have been told at different times to get a haircut.

Simon McKeon

Oh yeah.

Alex Malley

I mean was there ever a time when you actually did have a short, back and sides? Was there a bad experience and you just never let it happen again?

Simon McKeon

Not many, look I guess my Mum once upon a time had to comb my hair and send me off to school but perhaps it's just that I'm not a morning person. I get up and I'm a late night person, it's when I'm my most creative and perhaps I'm just lazy and never really wanted to worry about the hair and the hair sort of just sits where it does anyway. I guess I've often looked a little bit like the square peg in a whole bunch of round holes sitting around business tables. Yeah, look I really haven't thought about it much and if anyone's been offended or has deprived me of business then so be it. Life's ...