National Councillors
- Mr Terry Agnew, Group Chief Executive, RAC WA, WA
- Ms Julieanne Alroe, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Brisbane Airport Corporation, Qld
- Mr Peter Althaus, Proprietor, Domaine A / Stoney Vineyard, Tas
- Mr Philip Bacon AM**, Director, Philip Bacon Galleries, Qld
- Mr Luca Belgiorno-Nettis AM**, Joint Managing Director, Transfield Holdings, NSW
- Mr Gavin Bell, CEO & Chief Managing Partner, Freehills, NSW
- Ms Helen Besly, Managing Director, Rowland, Qld
- Mr John Clayton, Pacific Region Head / CEO Australia, Marsh, NSW
- Mr Peter Cleary, Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development, Santos, SA
- Mr Peter Coleman, Managing Director & CEO, Woodside Energy, WA
- Mr Nick Collishaw, Managing Director, Mirvac, NSW
- Mr Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia, WA
- Mr Michael Crouch AO, Chairman & Chief Executive, Zip Industries, NSW
- Mr Doug Dean AM, Managing Director, Veolia Environmental Services Australia, NSW
- Mr Ahmed Fahour, Managing Director & CEO, Australia Post, VIC
- Miss Julia Farrell, Executive Director, Federal Group, Tas
- Mr Barry Felstead, Chief Executive Officer, Burswood Entertainment Complex, WA
- Mr Stephen Found, Chairman, Production Resource Group, Vic
- Mr Russell Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiian Management Group, WA
- Mr Danny Gilbert, Managing Partner, Gilbert + Tobin, NSW
- Mr Richard Goyder, Managing Director & CEO, Wesfarmers, WA
- Mr James Graham, Managing Director, Gresham Partners, NSW
- Prof Jeanette Hacket AM, Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University of Technology, WA
- Mr Andrew Hagger, Group Executive, Corporate Affairs & Marketing, National Australia Bank, Vic
- Mr John Heard AM, Chairman, BankSA Advisory Board, SA
- Mr Paul Heath, Executive Director, CEO & Managing Director, JBWere, NSW
- Mr Hans Henkell, Managing Director, Henkell Brothers Investment Managers, Vic
- Dr Dongyi Hua, Executive Chairman, CITIC Pacific Mining, WA
- Mr Scott Hutchinson, Chairman, Hutchinson Builders, Qld
- Mr Peter Iancov, Group Chief Executive Officer, DORIC Group, WA
- Mr John Irving, Director, Dundee Bay, SA
- Mr Malcolm Jackman, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Elders, SA
- Mr Rod Jones, CEO & Managing Director, Navitas Group, WA
- Mr Colin Jordan, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, RACV, Vic
- Mr Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas Airways, NSW
- Mr Ian Kew, CEO, Northern Territory Airports, NT
- Mr James Komninos, Managing Partner - Perth, RSM Bird Cameron, WA
- Mr Graham Kraehe AO, Chairman, BlueScope Steel, Vic
- Mr Peter Lamell, CEO, Silcar, Vic
- Mr Mark Lelliott, Managing Partner, EWK International, Vic
- Mr Robin Levison, Managing Director & CEO, Industrea Limited, Qld
- Mr Nicholas Linke, Partner, Fisher Jeffries, SA
- Mr Peter Mason, Chairman, AMP, NSW
- Mr Rohan Mead, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Unity, Vic
- Mr Peter Nash, Australian Chairman, KPMG, Vic
- Mr Bruce Neill, Chair, Peppermint Bay Group, Tas
- Mr Ross Nielson, Executive Director, Nielson Properties, Qld
- Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Chief Executive, Optus, NSW
- Ms Mary Padbury, Chairman, Blake Dawson, VIC
- Mr Harley Paroulakis, CEO, Paspalis Property Trust, NT
- Mr John Porter, CEO, Austar United Communications, NSW
- Mr Michael Rayner AM, Principal Director, Cox Rayner Architects, Qld
- Ms Vivienne Ritchie, Vigneron, DELATITE Winery, Vic
- Mr Robert Rockefeller, Director, Nekon, Tas
- Mr Simon Rothery, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, NSW
- Mr Lloyd Smith, Group Chief Executive, Gerard Daniels, WA
- Mr Michael Smith OBE, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Banking Group, Vic
- The Hon Warwick Smith AM, Chairman Advisory Board, Australian Capital Equity, NSW
- Mr Paul Spiro, Brisbane Chairman, Gadens Lawyers, Qld
- Dr Michael Stanford, Group Chief Executive Officer, St John of God Health Care, WA
- Mr Kerry Stokes AC*, Executive Chairman, Seven Network, NSW
- Mr Mark Sullivan AO, Managing Director, ACTEW Corporation, ACT
- Mr Jon Sutton, Managing Director, Bankwest, WA
- Mr Giam Swiegers, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, NSW
- Mr Alan Taylor, Managing Director, Perth, 303LOWE, WA
- Mr Sam Walsh AO*, Chief Executive, Iron Ore & Australia, Rio Tinto, WA
- Mr Greg Ward, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Group, NSW
- Mr Richard Watson, Managing Director, ADP Australia / New Zealand, Vic
- Ms Linda Wayman, General Manager Perth, Southern Cross Austereo, WA
- Mr Ian Wilkinson, Managing Director, Australia West, WorleyParsons, WA
- Mr Peter Young AM, Director, RBS Morgans, NSW
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NSW
- Visy Industries, Vic
State Councillors
- Centre for People Development, SA
- Cowell Clarke, SA
- FJM Property, WA
- Grieve Gillett, SA
- Manteena, ACT
- Mermaid Marine, WA
- Recruitment Management Company, ACT
Honorary Councillors
Recipients of AbaF Leadership Awards who have elected to join the AbaF Council:
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arts Business Leadership Award Winners
- Ms Robyn Archer AO
- Mr John Bell AM OBE
- Mr Carrillo Gantner AO
- Ms Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE
- Mr Greg Mackie OAM
- Mr Ian McRae AO
- Mr Graeme Murphy AM
- Ms Sue Nattrass AO
- Mr Lyndon Terracini
- Ms Mary Vallentine AO
Richard Pratt Business Arts Leadership Award Winners
- Mr Rick Allert AO
- Mr Anthony Berg AM
- Mr Michael Chaney AO
- Mr Ian Darling
- Mr David Gonski AC
- Ms Janet Holmes a Court AC
- Mr Harold Mitchell AC
- Mr James Strong AO
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award Winners
- Mr Robert Albert AO
- Mr Tim Fairfax AM
- Mr Simon Mordant AM & Mrs Catriona Mordant
- Mr John B Reid AO
- Mr Peter Weiss AM
* AbaF councillors Mr Kerry Stokes AC and Mr Sam Walsh AO are also recipients of the Richard Pratt Business Arts Leadership Award
** The Belgiorno-Nettis family and Mr Philip Bacon AM are also recipients of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award