Ron Langman

In the 1970s he created the Home Ideas Centre which brought all of the suppliers servicing the domestic building industry together under one roof which proved a national success. This idea was followed by the success of Selector.com, a website providing an online service similar to his previous venture.^[1] In 2004 he received a Master of Entrepreneurship from the University of Adelaide^[2] and in 2006 was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the building and construction industry through the establishment of collaborative marketing ventures and as a mentor for young entrepreneurs."^[3] His work commercialising intellectual property, including ideas of young businesspersons he mentored earned him seats on the Australian Government's Intellectual Property Advisory Council,^[1] and on the board of Intellectual Property Australia.^[4] He has also acted as a councillor for the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia and was founder of the Adelaide Art Directors Club.^[5]

In August 2016, Ron opened The Strand Gallery in Port Elliot, where he sells the work of local artists, including some of his own. The gallery is housed in a former Post Office building in the township.^[4] In his youth he worked as a fashion photographer in London before establishing a food photography specialist studio.^[1]