Corrs Partner & CEO John W.H. Denton is a global leader in three arenas; a legal expert in the areas of government, workplace relations, and international trade and investment; a national business leader and an international adviser on global policy. His advice is sought by the nation’s most prominent corporations and by governments and international bodies alike.

John is one of three Prime Ministerial representatives on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC); Chair of ABAC’s Finance and Economics Working Group; board member of the Business Council of Australia (BCA); Chair of the BCA Global Engagement Taskforce and Chairman of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Australia.

John was a government appointed panel member of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. He was also appointed by the Prime Minister and Treasurer as one of two originating Australian members of the B20, the business reference group of the G20; and is an external advisor on the Federal Government advisory panel to oversee the development of a white paper on the social, economic, strategic and environmental implications of the Asian century for Australia.

John is also a board member of the Commonwealth Business Council and the Asia Society Australasia Centre.

He is a former diplomat, has a double degree in Arts and Law, and is a Harvard Business School alumnus.

John is recognised as one of the best labour law practitioners in the Asia-Pacific by Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey and one of Australia’s best government and trade lawyers in the 2011 Best Lawyers peer survey.

Corrs Partner & CEO John W.H. Denton is a global leader in three arenas; a legal expert in the areas of government, workplace relations, and international trade and investment; a national business leader and an international adviser on global policy. His advice is sought by the nation’s most prominent corporations and by governments and international bodies alike.

John is one of three Prime Ministerial representatives on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC); Chair of ABAC’s Finance and Economics Working Group; board member of the Business Council of Australia (BCA); Chair of the BCA Global Engagement Taskforce and Chairman of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Australia.

John was a government appointed panel member of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. He was also appointed by the Prime Minister and Treasurer as one of two originating Australian members of the B20, the business reference group of the G20; and is an external advisor on the Federal Government advisory panel to oversee the development of a white paper on the social, economic, strategic and environmental implications of the Asian century for Australia.

John is also a board member of the Commonwealth Business Council and the Asia Society Australasia Centre.

He is a former diplomat, has a double degree in Arts and Law, and is a Harvard Business School alumnus.

John is recognised as one of the best labour law practitioners in the Asia-Pacific by Asialaw Leading Lawyers Survey and one of Australia’s best government and trade lawyers in the 2011 Best Lawyers peer survey.