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Thumbnail-mckeon2 McKeon, living life in the ‘lucky’ queue
Of all his achievements, acknowledgments and philanthropic exploits Simon McKeon, a self-confessed square peg in a lot of different holes, puts his success all down to the serendipitous nature of life itself. In the final part of this insightful interview let your host, CEO of the CPA Australia, Alex Malley reveal the motivations and drivers behind one of the leading characters in corporate Australia.

Vanessa Stoykov

It’s been said that he has the potential in Australia to issue a wakeup call to philanthropy, similar to that of Bill Gates in America.

Hi I’m Vanessa Stoykov, the CEO of the evolution media group, and on today’s episode of evoTV’s The Bottom Line, CPA Australia’s CEO, Alex Malley, delves in to the colourful life of Simon McKeon and examines what it takes to become Australian of the Year.

Alex Malley

Simon, welcome to The Bottom Line.

Simon McKeon

Thank you Alex.

Alex Malley

One of the areas of clarity I need is this concept of Australian of the Year. I need to know what the rulebook says.

Simon McKeon

Well, I’m glad you’re asking me, and asking me today, because if you’d asked me twelve months ago, I wouldn’t have known the answer. Do you know Australia’s the only nation in the world that has a government endorsed national citizen of the year program.

Alex Malley

Is that right?

Simon McKeon

I’ve said it a hundred times this year to all sort of different audiences, and no one’s corrected me. And we’ve had it for more than 50 years. And I’ve got to say something that I’m proud of, as an Australian, is that any one of us can get this extraordinary, humbling honour for a year. And literally the minute after the Prime Minister reads your name out of the envelope, you can turn round and, in the case of our present Prime Minister, challenge her, or her Government or any other ...


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