The CEO of ASX100 company Alumina Limited Mike Ferraro, son of an Italian rubbish truck driver, has urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, a fellow success story of the son of an Italian, to embrace a “bigger Australia” at next week’s landmark job summit.
“I think that’s why it’s also a meritocracy,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where you’re from, you have the same opportunity to succeed. People are judged on ability, which is how it should be.”recently appointed to lead top-listed companies, including Stockland CEO Tarun Gupta, incoming Boral CEO Vik Bansal, Orica CEO Sanjeev Gandhi, Link CEO Vivek Bhatia, joining Pact CEO Sanjay Dayal and Newcrest boss Sandeep Biswas, who all discussed being drawn to the “cricket-loving nation”.
Mr Ferraro’s parents migrated from southern Italy in the 1950s and his father worked as a rubbish truck driver for the City of Melbourne for more than 30 years. The former lawyer, investment banker and executive at BHP was admitted to Melbourne University law school, where he formed a close-knit group with boys from similar migrant backgrounds who went on to become a judge, a barrister, a managing partner and investment banker.
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