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Martin Duursma

The following is based on the speech delivered at the Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit, 17 September 2010, by Martin Duursma, CTO Office Chair, Vice President of Citrix Labs, Citrix Systems.

Let me frame the discussion with a couple of statements:

  1. The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
  2. Failure is good.

Today all of us find ourselves in an Australia that is one of the leading economies in the OECD, in large part due to our good fortune with our resources boom. But, is this a long term condition? Indeed if you think about the word ‘boom’, isn’t it usually followed by the word ‘bust’?

Do we want to tie the long term success of Australia, our people, our society to such dependence on one type of economic activity?

I think Australia needs to broaden its economic base.

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John Randall is a partner in Deloitte Growth Solutions, specialising in superannuation.

Randall has been in professional practice for 26 years, the last 18 of which have been as a partner. He commenced in taxation consulting in 1981 and in 1987, was a founding member of Deloitte’s superannuation consulting division.

Randall has been extensively involved in facilitating and consulting on the implementation of the new Simpler Super regime.

He provides advice on a wide range of tax and superannuation issues with particular emphasis on retirement benefit strategies, self-managed superannuation fund issues, application of the superannuation guarantee regime and international superannuation and pension benefits. John’s portfolio of clients includes high net worth individuals, expatriates, business owners, multinational corporations, accounting and legal firms, and large superannuation and retirement income stream providers. John is an author of several superannuation books, loose-leaf publications and articles.

Randall also conducts seminars for and on behalf of clients on superannuation matters.

 

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