Business at the Bar

What does Economist Saul Eslake think are the government’s social and political priorities ahead of the release of the 2018-19 budget? Join us to find out, and for predictions and candid conversation about the economic outlook for Australia.

Saul Eslake

Saul is a member of the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s Expert Advisory Panel and is on the Advisory Board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, a Melbourne-based specialist bond investment manager. He is also a non-executive director of Hydro Tasmania and of Housing Choices Australia.

Saul Eslake has worked extensively as an economist in the Australian financial markets for more than 25 years. The organizations at which he has had the role of Chief Economist include:

·         Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2011 until June 2015

·         Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) from 1995 to 2009

·         National Mutual Funds Management in the early 1990s

·         McIntosh Securities (a stockbroking firm) in the late 1980s

In July 2015 Saul started up his own economics consultancy business, operating out of Hobart, and in April 2016 took up a part-time position as a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania.