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Prior to co-founding Baker Young some 25 years ago, Alan was one of Australia’s leading Fund Managers at National Mutual (now AXA), managing some of the companies best performing Investment Portfolios in Australia for several years.
In his twenties Alan entered Stockbroking and became both a member of the Australian Stock Exchange and co-founder/co-owner with David Baker of his own Stockbroking business. He is a leader in his field and is one of the most informed and innovative Stockbrokers in Australia.
Alan has been a regular guest on talk back radio on investment and finance, has been regularly quoted in the press over the years, has published articles and is a past Principal Lecturer with the Securities Institute.
He has wide-ranging business interests and is heavily involved in a number of South Australian based and owned businesses covering investment, viticulture, horticulture, health, education and the arts, and print & online publishing. Alan's strengths lie in funding, establishing and developing new businesses and enterprises to trade in the long-term and in business management advice.
• 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours: Awarded Order of Australia as a Member in the General Division for service to the community, particularly through business advisory roles with health, medical research and educational organisations.
• Co- founder and Chairman of Belvidere Winery, one of Australia's largest independent wine processing businesses;
• Chairman, Flinders Medical Centre Foundation, funding Medical Research, patient care and teaching at one of South Australia's largest co-located public hospital's and university;
• Chairman, Flinders - Bio-Medical Enterprises Pty Ltd, South Australia's newest bioscience company targeting Asia, designing and building new biomedical devices and teaching hospitals how to use them both here and overseas;
• Chairman, Solstice Media, independent print and online publishers of a suite of titles including its flagship, the Independent Weekly an independent newspaper produced by South Australians for South Australians;
• Chairman, Adelaide Central School of Art, one of Australia's few remaining private degree conferring Visual Arts Schools;
• Co- Author, Shine Young Report, A review of Health and Medical Research in South Australia commissioned by the South Australian Government, authored by Alan Young and Professor John Shine AO, CEO Garvan Institute, Sydney .The South Australian Government accepted the recommendation to establish a new flagship Health and Medical Research Institute and subsequently received a grant of $200million out of the 2009 federal budget to establish the new Institute.
• Vice Chairman of the South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, which is the Flagship Institute for health and medical research in South Australia; a $200 Million headquarters is under construction and will house over 700 researchers.
• Chairman, Adelaide United Football Club, Adelaide's National Soccer Team. In 2009/10 Alan led a South Australian consortium to return Adelaide United's licence to South Australia and he now Chairs the Transition Board that aims to see ownership handed back to South Australia.
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