George Osborne

George served for 22 years as an officer in the Australian Army, including a 2-year appointment as an Operations Planner based in Hawaii with the US Marine Corps, for which he was awarded the US Navy Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).
He left the Army in 2001 to take up an appointment as Manager Training and Development with the Country Fire Authority in Ballarat, Victoria. In 2006 he became the General Manager of Training and Community Services with BEST Community Development, a multi award winning regional social enterprise.
In 2008 George commenced as Manager Learning Community with Hume City Council in Melbourne Australia before transitioning as the Manager Economic Development in August 2011 and continues in this role. As well as guiding business support, visitor economy, entrepreneurship development, community economic inclusion and investment attraction, he is currently leading a program – “Towards Hume as Circular City” which involves business training, community education and Council adoption of circularity.
He has previously operated his own consultancy in leadership and teamwork and has lectured in strategic planning and leadership.
George is focussed on economic and social inclusion, the circular economy and is currently a board director with the Melbourne’s North regional business association NORTHLink https://northlink.org.au/ . He was recently the Deputy Chair of the Australian Circular Economy Hub Advisory Board www.acehub.org.au .