Neville Norman
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Professor Neville Norman graduated from The University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class honours) in 1967, then a Master of Arts (first class honours, also from Melbourne), in 1969. In 1974 he received his PhD from Cambridge University. Since then, Neville has combined an academic career teaching and researching, consulting and conference-speaking in five continents. Neville combines maths, politics, psychology and humour (perhaps?) to bring economics alive for his audiences.
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Professor Neville Norman has delivered over 6,000 addresses in over 30 countries to finance, industry and business groups. A graduate of Melbourne and Cambridge (England) Universities, Neville holds many positions with Government, industry and finance organisations. He performs as a chairman, facilitator of hypotheticals, a consultant, an expert witness and media commentator. Neville sat on the US-based General Motors Australian Advisory Council for its entire existence (1978-2006).
At Melbourne University, Neville Norman teaches Microeconomics and Taxation and researches in econometrics. Beyond the Uni, Neville has acted professionally as both credit rater and asset allocator, using both economic and financial expertise.
Professor Neville Norman was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal in 2003 for services to his profession and is National President of the Economic Society of Australia.
Neville was the only published forecaster in 2008 to pick the big budget surpluses then slash his forecast ahead of Treasury revelations that surplus days were over. He is the only published forecaster (The Age, 5 January 2009) to have lower interest rates in 2009, followed by rate rises the next year.
Neville Norman has published a large number of books, academic articles and reports in the areas of industry regulation, patents and trade practices; the economic analysis of trade protection and international economics and the economic analysis of taxation and e-commerce; property valuation and investment advice; health promotion and evaluation.
