Jim Varghese AM is the National Chair of the Australia India Business Council and owner and Chairman of The Leadership Company which specialises in change and transformation. He is also Executive Director of the Springfield City Group and was the Chief Executive from 2008 to 2012. Prior to 2008, Jim completed a 30-year career in the public sector that included experience as a chief executive in leading government agencies covering Transport, Main Roads, Education, Training, Employment and Primary Industries in both the Victorian and Queensland public sector. In 2009, he was admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia