ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
We are an independent, member-funded, not-for-profit organisation affiliated through a Deed of Agreement with the NSW Business Chamber, trading as Business NSW and My Business.
Business Hunter is overseen by a Board of Directors drawn from our membership, including one representative of the Business NSW board and one director representing our local chamber alliance partners. Board elections are undertaken every two years. Businesses must be financial members of Hunter First or Business Hunter to be eligible to vote or stand a candidate for election to the board.
Formerly the Hunter Business Chamber, we adopted the name Business Hunter in 2020.
Download our Director PD Governance Handbook
Download our 2024 Nomination Form
2024 AGM Details:
Friday 8th November | Merewether Surfhouse | 12:00pm - 2:00pm
2024 AGM Notice & Agenda
2024 Annual Report
2023 AGM Minutes
Proxy Form
Click to view previous Annual Reports: 2023 Annual Report; 2022 Annual Report, Annual Report 2021, Annual Report 2020; Annual Report 2019; Annual Report 2018; Annual Report 2017; Annual Report 2016
LIFE MEMBERS
| Kyle Loades | Ross Taggart | Paul Murphy OAM | Ian Pedersen |
| David Le Marchant | Peter Evans OAM | Neville Sawyer AM | Richard Anicich AM |
| Katie Brassil | Peter Rundle |
PAST PRESIDENTS
Business Hunter traces its beginnings back to the establishment of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1886. The organisation was later known as the Newcastle Hunter Business Chamber and partnered with the Chamber of Manufactures in the late 1990s to become the Hunter Business Chamber. We became Business Hunter in 2021.
Business Hunter Presidents
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2022- 2020-2022 |
Lauren Eyles Tony Rhodes |
Hunter Business Chamber Presidents
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2018-2020 |
Hennie du Plooy |
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2016-2018 |
Jonathan VanderVoort |
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2014-2016 |
Ross Taggart |
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2011-2014 |
Richard Anicich AM |
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2009-2011 |
Brett Derwin |
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2007-2009 |
Karen Howard |
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2006-2007 |
Stephen Davidson |
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2004-2006 |
Kyle Loades |
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2002-2004 |
Paul Murphy OAM |
Newcastle Hunter Business Chamber Presidents
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2000-2002 |
Paul Murphy OAM |
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1998-2000 |
Robin Chenery |
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and Industry Presidents
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1996-1998 |
Ian Pedersen |
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1994-1996 |
Paul Murphy OAM |
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1992-1994 |
Colin Chapman |
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1991-1992 |
Scott Derwin |
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1989-1991 |
David Le Marchant |
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1987-1989 |
Peter Rundle |
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1985-1987 |
Laurie Molyneux |
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1983-1985 |
Peter Evans OAM |
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1981-1983 |
Clem Varley |
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1979-1981 |
George Keegan |
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1977-1979 |
Tony Samway |
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1975-1977 |
James Moodie |
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1973-1975 |
Peter Doyle |
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1971-1973 |
Bill Gilbert |
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1969-1971 |
J H Greig |
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1968-1969 |
E G A Hallet |
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1966-1968 |
James Evans |
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1964-1966 |
Alex Young |
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1962-1964 |
Sheldon Chadwick |
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1960-1962 |
Athal Levey |
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1958-1960 |
Eric Armstrong |
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1957-1958 |
A McWilliams |
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1955-1957 |
S A Dalton |
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1953-1955 |
P A Vasey |
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1952-1953 |
P E Trevella |
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1950-1952 |
L B Saddington |
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1948-1950 |
C Mills |
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1947-1948 |
P F Moroney |
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1946-1947 |
G Turner |
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1945-1946 |
K R Winn |
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1943-1945 |
G R Beath |
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1936-1943 |
Hon. T Armstrong, MLC |
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1932-1936 |
W E Alexander |
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1929-1932 |
W A Winn |
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1928-1929 |
J McMeekan |
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1927-1928 |
G E Alexander, J McMeekan |
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1925-1927 |
J McMeekan |
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1924-1925 |
M C Reid |
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1920-1924 |
J Paton |
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1919-1920 |
H Ireland |
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1916-1919 |
John C Reid |
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1912-1916 |
H C Langwill |
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1909/1912 |
T M O'Neil |
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1908/1909 |
C S McIntyre |
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1905-1908 |
J M Hyde |
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1904-1905 |
J B Brown |
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1901-1904 |
W B Sharp |
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1900-1901 |
Hon. G F Earp, M.L.C |
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1899-1900 |
G F Earp |
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1898-1899 |
R A Wallace |
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1897-1898 |
H J Brown |
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1896-1897 |
G Bewick |
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1895-1896 |
S Keightly |
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1894-1895 |
D J McLean |
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1893-1894 |
J R Hall |
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1892-1893 |
Hon. A Brown, M.L.C |
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1891-1892 |
R B Wallace |
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1890-1891 |
W B Sharp |
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1889/1890 |
S Keightley |
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1888-1889 |
Hon. A Brown, M.L.C |
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1887-1888 |
H E Stokes |
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1886-1887 |
R B Wallace |