Steven Skala

Steven Skala AO
Born	(1955-10-06) 6 October 1955 Brisbane, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Oxford University
Occupation	Investment banker
Employer	Deutsche Bank

Steven Michael Skala AO (born 6 October 1955 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian investment banker, company director, and philanthropist.

Biography

Skala is the Vice Chairman, Australia and New Zealand of Deutsche Bank and has been a member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board since 6 October 2006. He is also a director of the classical liberal think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Chairman of start-up innovation group BlueChilli and Wilson HTM Investment Group and is Deputy Chairman of the General Sir John Monash Foundation. He is a former Chairman of Film Australia and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, and a former Director of The Australian Ballet.

Skala was for twenty years a partner at the Melbourne law firm of Arnold Bloch Leibler where he was Head of its Corporate and Commercial practice.

On 26 January 2010 Skala was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the visual and performing arts through roles supporting wider community access, to business and commerce, and to the community through the promotion of educational opportunities for young Australians.

Cricket

As a student at Oxford University, Skala played two first-class cricket matches for the university, and also appeared in two List A cricket matches for the Combined Universities side which at that time included players from Oxford and Cambridge Universities only. He was a right-handed lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper.

External links

• ABC Profile