Peter Polson Appointed Chair of IDP Education Pty Limited
Released 26 March 2007
The board of IDP Education Pty Limited has appointed Peter
Polson as its chair. Mr Polson has held numerous directorships and
is currently Chairman of the Challenger Financial Services Group
Ltd, a diversified financial services and wealth management
company.
Mr Polson has thirty years experience in the financial services
industry where he has held senior executive roles at the
Commonwealth Bank, the Colonial Group, National Mutual and the
Standard Bank Group.
Mr Polson is currently a director of AWB Limited, a board which
he joined in April 2003 after the Iraq war had commenced and the
United Nations-managed Oil for Food program had ended. He is also
currently a director of Professional Indemnity Insurance Co.
Australia Pty Ltd. His past directorships include Australian
Leisure and Hospitality Group as well as a number of boards within
the Commonwealth Bank Group and the Colonial Group.
IDP Education Pty Limited is one of Australia’s leading service
providers to international students. IDP Education places about
20,000 students a year into courses provided by Australian
educational institutions – more than any other organisation.
Through its subsidiary IELTS Australia, IDP Education is a key
shareholder in IELTS, a global leader in English language
testing.
IDP Education is 50 per cent owned by SEEK Investments Pty
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SEEK Ltd, Australia’s leading
online employment and training company, and 50 per cent owned by
IDP Education Australia Limited, a company owned by 38 Australian
universities.
For further information:
Tim Dodd, Manager, Communications and Corporate Affairs,
IDP Education Pty Limited, 0407 440160, tim.dodd@idp.com
