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Peter Adalbert Robert George Fritz AM (born 4 January 1943) 〔Who’s Who in Business in Australia, January – June 2005, Volume I – Biographies, Page 261〕 is an Australian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was born in Arad, Romania and migrated to Australia in 1962. He has been group managing director of the TCG Group of Companies〔http://www.tcg.net.au/history.html〕 since 1971 and Chairman of public policy institute Global Access Partners 〔http://www.globalaccesspartners.org/〕 since 1998. In 1993, some of the 65 companies in the TCG Group were publicly floated on the Australian Stock Exchange as TechComm Group Limited (now called Utility Computer Services UXC), with great success. Another former TCG company floated on the New York Stock Exchange in November 1997 for US$600m (AU$1 billion), making it the largest technology company to be established in Australia until that time. Today the TCG companies, and entities with TCG roots, employ well over 6000 people with a turnover in excess of $1.3 billion annually. Peter's innovative management style and corporate structuring has led to the creation of a business model which is being copied by many successful entrepreneurs, and has become part of university undergraduate and masters programs in business management in Australia and around the world. Peter holds six degrees or professional qualifications, is an adjunct professor at the University of Technology Sydney and the Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering 1998.〔http://www.mernokakademia.hu/magyar/02szervezet/tiszteletbeli_tagok.htm〕 His awards include The Order of Australia in 1993 and the UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2010.〔http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/news/AlumniAwardWinners_2010.html〕 His books include 'The Possible Dream' (Penguin 1988) 〔http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2080318〕 and 'Beyond "Yes"' (Harper Collins 1998),〔http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3291620〕 "The Profit Principle" co-authored by business journalist Jeanne-Vida Douglas (John Wiley and Sons 2010) and "Managing for Change" co-authored by Brad Howarth (TCG Publications 2014). Peter chairs the Australian Government Consultative Committee on Knowledge Capital 〔http://www.theage.com.au/news/Management-Focus/Accounting-for-the-uncountable/2005/02/14/1108229910079.html〕〔http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/annualreport04-05/chapter06_05.html〕 and serves on a number of private enterprise boards.〔http://www.nblf.com.au/about-nblf/forum-steering-committee/〕 He is a member of the Children's Promise Advisory Committee,〔http://www.childrenspromise.org/about-us/the-advisory-committee〕 a not-for-profit philanthropic organisation. He represented Australia on the OECD Small Medium Size Enterprise committee and in other OECD forums.〔http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kYLqigUA60UJ:www.insme.org/documenti/mm-Malmo-Final-25-Feb-04.ppt+OECD+peter+fritz&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a〕 Peter Fritz is a Member of the Board of the Global Panel Foundation - Australasia - a respected non-government organisation (with offices and satellites in Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, Prague, Sydney and Toronto) that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world. The current Australasia Chair is the Rt. Hon. Don McKinnon, former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Commonwealth Secretary General, and the Vice Chair is Hon. Philip Ruddock MP, Special Envoy for Citizenship and Community Engagement, Australian Government. Peter co-chaired the government-commissioned Working Group on Education and Training in Philanthropy and Social Investment (2007–2008) which led to the establishment of the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) in 2008, with an Australian Government endowment of $12.4 million.〔Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Enterprise Annual Report 2007, http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/documents/faculty/FBEAnnualReport2007.pdf〕〔"Social Entrepreneurship: The Need for Education and Training in Australia": Regional Frontiers 2008 - Conference Papers http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2008/000144.pdf〕 The CSI is a joint collaboration between the business schools of the University of New South Wales, Melbourne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Western Australia and provides managerial education, executive support and research for the not-for-profit sector. Peter Fritz is a regular blogger on the issues of innovation and entrepreneurship on Open Forum (Australia).〔http://openforum.com.au/blogs/peter-fritz〕 == References == . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Fritz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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