John Story (businessman)

After a career as a lawyer, predominantly with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Story took on a number of directorships. Story's directorships have included:

• Echo Entertainment Group (2011–2012).^[1] In June 2012, chairman of rival Crown Resorts, James Packer, put pressure on the Echo board to remove Story. Despite Story wanting a shareholder vote on his continuation, he agreed to resign ^[2]
• CSR (2003–2012) ^[3]
• Suncorp (1995 – 2011, chairman 2003 – 2011) ^[4]
• Tabcorp (2004 – 2011, chairman 2007 – 2011) ^[5]
• Magontec (2001–2005)

John Story was the 13th Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 2009 until 2016.^[6] He was preceded by Llew Edwards and succeeded by Peter Varghese. John Story's grandfather, John D. Story was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland from 1938 to 1960.^[7]